B

Babington, his plot against Elizabeth, 407, 414, 419, 421, 430, 432.

Badajoz, 305.

Badoer, Alberto, Venetian Ambassador in Germany, 15.

-, -, -, letters from, 15, 41, 57, 59, 73, 80.

-, -, -, in Borne, letters from, 837, 861, 867, 869, 884, 889, 900, 915, 920, 923, 924, 928, 942, 971, 973.

Bagdad, 949.

“Baieta”, the ship, 624.

Bailo, title of, 126.

“Balanzara”, the ship, 689, 797, 810.

Balbi, Nicolo, 332.

Ballard, his plot against Elizabeth, 407, 420, 424.

Bandolieri, 538.

Bankruptcy, dread of, in Spain, 524.

Banquet, official, at the Porte, 241.

Barages, Count of, 1042.

Barasses, 425.

Barbary, 330, 346, 385, 558, 993.

-, jars, 318.

Barbastro, letters dated from, 279, 280, 281, 284, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292.

Barcelona, 380, 538, 850, 860, 975, 976, 1020.

-, letters dated from, 388, 824, 846, 847, 853.

-, Turkish galleys at, 375.

Baris, port of, 681.

Barnstaple, 310.

“Barozza”, the ship, 996, 1011.

Basel, 341.

Basques, the, 276.

Bastille, 500, 575.

Bathory, 599.

Bâton sent to Parma by Sixtus, 389.

Battle between French and Spanish fleets, 100.

-, -, English and Spanish galleys, 509.

-, -, Drake and the Armada, 705, 706, 713, 721.

Bavaria, 319, 1058.

-, house of, 234.

Bayona, 290, 293, 305, 328, 437, 677, 839, 980.

Bayonne, 366.

Bazan, Alonzo de, 519, 522, 628, 770, 800, 808, 854, 856, 863, 868, 980.

Beale, 484.

Bear, a pet, 201.

Bearimont, M. de, 103.

Beam, 379, 467, 512, 720.

Beglierbey, of Greece, 502, 520, 598.

Belem, Castle of, 460, 552, 556, 653.

Belle Isle, 84.

-, Marquis of, 1058.

Bellièvre, Pompone de, 347, 440, 441, 461, 477, 483.

-, -, sent to the Prince of Parma, 42.

-, -, his mission to Navarre, 173.

-, -, at Montauban, 242.

-, -, sent to England, 434.

-, -, report on his mission to England, 445.

Belzuar (sive Bezoar), 567.

Bene, Abbé dal, 6, 20, 25, 75.

-, his mission to the Pope, 18.

Beneventum, Count of, 366, 450.

Benveniste, 186, 202, 203, 444, 493, 502, 599, 765, 780.

-, political agent at the Porte, 176.

Berchem, 124.

Berg, 389.

Bergen, 414, 517.

-, siege of, 421.

Bergues, 785, 787.

-, Parma besieges, 752.

-, siege of, 759, 762, 772, 775, 783.

-, English in, 767.

Bermudez, Pietro, letter from, 293.

Bern, 341.

Bernardo, Lorenzo, Venetian Ambassador at the Porte, letters from, 272, 277, 291, 296, 301, 303, 315, 318, 324, 325, 329, 330, 332, 335, 336, 338, 342, 343, 352, 368, 385, 409, 418, 444, 448, 472, 493, 496, 502, 532, 545, 558, 568, 581, 1067, 1068, 1072, 1075, 1082, 1087, 1100, 1101, 1108, 1109, 1111, 1120, 1127, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1137.

Bernet, M. de, 807.

Bernstein, Don John of, 1058.

Bertenda, Mino, 657.

Berwick, town of, 118, 611.

Besançon, 411, 415, 521.

Bethune, Mademoiselle de, 155.

Betting in Rome, 565.

Bezoar (belzuar), 567.

-, stone, 821.

Bilbao, 276, 400, 404, 411, 567, 708, 914.

Birago, Cardinal, 7.

-, Charles, 155, 169.

-, L., 169.

Bircoe, 276.

Biron, Marshal, 169, 1088, 1106, 1110, 1112.

-, -, takes Caudebec, 1121.

Biscay, 88, 305, 1071.

-, province of, contract for ships, 452.

Biscayan, a, fires at Prince of Orange, 80.

Biscayans, 488.

Biscuits, 423, 449, 466, 510, 512, 526, 687, 694, 715.

-, bad, for Armada, 684.

-, contract for, in Lisbon, 371.

-, stores of, in Corunna, 6.

Bishops, Scotch and English, in Spain, 509.

Biucco, 681.

Blackness Castle, 299.

Blanc le Berrl, 823.

Bleeding, medical practice of, 373.

Bleibach, Schenck of, 1124.

Blois, city of, 28, 803, 814, 817.

-, letters dated from, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 810.

-, English Ambassador ill at, 249.

Bobadiglia, 510.

Bobadilla, Franasco de, 627, 835.

Bodino, 407.

Bogdonia, 946.

-, Principality of, 1087.

-, settlement of, 1127.

Bois-le-Duc, 554, 562.

Bokhara, 949.

Bolich, 522.

Bombay, 949.

Bondia, Count of, 788.

Bondiglia, Francesco, 934.

Book, setting forth cruelties practised by Elizabeth, 194.

-, on Philip's claim to English throne, 509.

Bookseller, a French, 194.

Boosey, Robert, Treasurer of Berwick, 118.

Booty at Bombay, 949.

-, English, 770, 1003, 1010, 1014, 1020, 1113.

Bordeaux, city of, 20, 63, 87, 460, 465, 478, 509, 707, 725, 782.

-, treaty of, 124.

Borrase, Count of, 392.

Bouillon, Duke of, 1129.

Boulogne-sur-Mer, 59, 681, 713, 807, 809, 823.

Bourbon, Princes of, 587.

-, Henry of. (See Navarre.)

Bourbon, Cardinal of, 194, 319.

Bourbourg, Conference of, 639.

Brabant, 70, 124, 748.

-, Alençon sworn Duke of, 74.

-, Duke of, 97.

-, English in, 347.

Braga, Archbishop of, 795.

Bragadin, Marc' Antonio, 900.

Braganza, Duke of, 848, 856, 861, 869.

Brandenburg, Marquis of, 222, 403.

Bravo, Don Sandro, 844, 851, 856, 863.

Brazil, 300, 304, 305, 460 550, 609.

-, English in, 423.

Brazilian wood, 310.

Brazils, 609.

Breda, 582, 584, 585, 588.

Bremen, town of, 227.

Brest, 713, 1053.

-, port of, 964.

Breton galleys, 76.

-, ships, 516.

Bretons, 49.

Bribes to English in Flanders, 509.

-, to Grand Vizir, 163, 186, 202, 208.

Bridiguerre, Count, 460.

Brief of Investiture of England, 366.

Brill, 535.

Brisac, Count of, 53, 1047.

-, death of, 103.

-, M. de, 84, 87, 101, 108, 120.

Brittany, 52, 948, 968, 978, 979, 992, 1038, 1042, 1049, 1050, 1053, 1103.

-, English in, 1062, 1063.

-, English and Navarre in, 940.

-, Navarre and Mercure in, 910.

-, Spanish in, 821, 1001, 1019, 1116.

Brochiero, Diego, 1019.

Brouage, 424.

Bruges, 97, 124, 728.

-, Bishop of, 483.

Brunswick, 402, 540.

-, bastard of, 413.

Bruslart, Secretary, 445, 477, 517.

Brussels, city of, 82, 269.

Brutti, 598.

Bryant, John, 86.

Buccaneers. (See Corsairs.)

Buckhurst, Lord, 505.

Buda, Pasha of, 995.

Buf, (= d'Elbeuf), Marquis of, 25.

Bull, the, of the Crusade, 280, 288, 304.

-, Pontifical, 1098.

-, fight, 508.

“Buon Jesù”, the ship, 1115.

Burghers of Antwerp, 124.

Burgos, 425, 754, 793.

Burgundian, a, fires at Prince of Orange, 233.

Burgundians in Flanders, 14.

Burgundy, alliance with England and Spain, 87.