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Vaccher. See Wake.

Valaresso, Alvise, Venetian ambassador to the Swiss:
-, instructions to, 17.
-, goes to Rigoletto, 32; sick, Alvise Zorzi to replace, 153.

Valcamonica [Prov. Brescia, Italy]:
-, rectors of, to provide escort for Wake, 125.

Valfenpitel. See Wolfenbuttel.

Valier, Lorenzo, Savio alla Mercanzia, 505.

Vallestain. See Wallenstein.

Valois, Charles of, Duke of Angoulême:
-, offers help to Deuxponts, 140.

Valtelline, the Valley, 180, 189, 243, 428, 446, 505, 569, 575.
-, Venetian instructions to, 518.
-, (1625):
-, Venice sends more troops to, 10, 135, 170; Feria's persistence about, 32; Venetian forces in, good, 36, 136.
-, deputies of three leagues will guard, 45.
-, Louis promises satisfaction about, 91; Venetian success in, 101, 186; Spaniards mean to strike blow at, 119.
-, Swiss levies for, 153, 163; matters touching, to be kept separate in Venetian letters, 159.
-, troops of league in, retire, 172; Wake travelled through, 188; successes of league in, 195, 196.
-, snow stops progress in, 214, 224; forces increasing in, 229; Venetian expenses in, 251, 265.
-, (1626):
-, everything centres round, 313; papal troops for, 359; French want to thwart Spanish attempts to get, 361.
-, Venice urged to fresh efforts in, 373; France wants Monzon terms about improved, 374.
-, Norman troops for, 375; Venetian activity in, 413; Scappi's opinion about, 423, 424.
-, terms of peace for, 436, 478, 479; Dorset asks what Venice will do about, 529.
-, pope's troops in, 538; Cœuvres brings new regiment to, 539.
-, peace of. See Monzon, treaty of.

Vandeput, Vanderput, Henry, merchant:
-, bankrupt, 362.

Vandolet. See Vantelet.

Vanguard. See Ships, names of.

Vanmale, agent of Flanders in England:
-, offers satisfaction for reprisals, 28; invited to James's funeral, 55; proposed dismissal, 185, 204; recalled, 223; takes leave, 232.
-, servant of, in England, 577.

Vantelet, Vandolet, Madame de:
-, queen allowed to keep, 507, 515, 517.

Varese [Prov. Como, Italy]:
-, Feria's troops assembled at, 163.

Varinières, Jean de, Marquis of Blainville, Abbeville, Blacaimville, Blenville, Blenvile, 363, 426.
-, French ambassador extraordinary to England, 250, 309.
-, selected, 150; to urge departure of fleet, 151; expected at Southampton, 158, 162.
-, at Boulogne, 177; Pesaro to use arrival to promote union between crowns, 181.
-, reports from Boulogne, 183; Buckingham to see before starting, 184.
-, arrival, discussions with king, 189; warm with Buckingham, but gains nothing, 190.
-, urges sailing of fleet, 191; punishment of Lewkenor prevents serving, 192; tries to get Lewkenor reinstated, 200, 232.
-, stormy negotiations, 198, 212, 221, 222; makes no progress, 199; demands of, give offence, 202.
-, Pesaro to help, 205; points put forward by, 212; English say has come to deceive, 213, 221, 244.
-, to ask for English fleet to enter Mediterranean, 217; protests against seizure of ships, 223.
-, English complain of, 227; Venice hopes to hear has effected reconciliation, 228; Venice regrets failure, 238.
-, asks audience about Vic's proposals, 230; concessions on two points, 231.
-, assures Charles that Louis desires peace, 236; suggests accommodation to Charles, 244; king's replies to, 244, 245.
-, asks leave to return, 245; instructions about inviting Buckingham, 249.
-, opinion of English desire for peace in France, 251; remonstrates about Soubise, 252.
-, position at home, 252; says Sweden and Denmark will not agree to offensive alliance without France, 253; says nothing can be done without France, 269.
-, says France will not defray ambassadors extraordinary, 254; English haughty with, 263.
-, (1626):
-, English dislike and distrust, 268; so wants to return, 268, 270; derides idea of English succouring Rochelle, 270; prevents French king and queen acting as godparents to Buckingham's son, 271; reasons for offence, Charles dislikes, 274.
-, English will ask for recall, 275; Charles tells decision about coronation, 276.
-, not treated so well as Scaglia, 277; Pesaro's offices with, commended, 282; Scaglia's welcome to pique, 291.
-, gets Jesuits and another religious released, 282, 283; confidences with Pesaro, 283, 301, 302, 303.
-, does not exchange visits with Scaglia, 285; desires to precipitate rupture, 300.
-, Buckingham has long conference with, 302; Carleton says trouble due to excessive zeal of, 303.
-, pleased at legate and Rambouillet going to Spain together, 306.
-, Buckingham speaks to, about queen writing to mother, 310; proposed meeting with priests to decide about queen's coronation, 311.
-, owners of French goods seized appeal to, 316; subtle plan for Rochelle and Buckingham, 317.
-, attendance at coronation ceremony, 321; Buckingham tells will be satisfied with peace, 325.
-, account of negotiations, 326; difference with Charles about opening ceremony of parliament, 327, 328; refused audience, 329.
-, sees queen privately, 332; withdraws to Greenwich, 333, 345; English delight at recall, 347.
-, unwarrantable claim at coronation ceremony, 347; recalled to treat of German affairs with English ambassadors, 349.
-, secretary arrested, riot at house through pursuivants, 350.
-, expecting brief from pope, 353; foments ill feeling between the two crowns, 354.
-, claims advantage over Venetian ambassador. 354; no quarrel between kings because of, 356.
-, comes to London to see queen, 359; English ambassadors speak to Louis against, 360.
-, Buckingham apologises to for pursuivants, 361; denies that pope against France, ib.
-, leads queen to offend Charles, 375; recalled, lowers demands, 381, 382; reconciled with Charles, 383; well treated, 397.
-, treats about Germany, 384; preparing to leave, no business, 388; tries to make rupture with parliament, 391.
-, confidences to Pesaro, 391, 392, 399; gives pension to Rusdorf, 395; leave taking, 397, 398.
-, denies English account of negotiations with France, 397; fresh affront by pursuivants, 398.
-, presents to, 403; introduces Tantucci to Charles, 404; says English must treat with Louis, not Savoy, 407.
-, complaints of, at departure, 417; Venice denies truth of statement, 421.
-, speaks daringly against England, 434; formed faction against king, 531.
-, secretary of. See Marande.

Varuer, Vernel, Thomas, burgomaster of Deventer:
-, Dutch commissioner for treaty, 257n, 258.

Vaughan, Capt. Thomas:
-, captures ships from Chalais, 162n.

Vaux, Lord Edward, of Harrowden:
-, imprisoned for resisting king's officers, 231.
-, -, -, William, brother of:
-, imprisoned in Fleet, 231n.

Veer. See Vere.

Veis, Michael, 133.

Venice, 60, 61, 116, 138, 207, 353, 409, 470, 541, 568, 588, 590.
-, (1625):
-, hope to profit by breach of peace between Gabor and emperor, 8; try to stop foreign galleys lading wheat in Turkish places, 10, 16, 22, 49, 50.
-, Charles assures of affection, 18, 54; patent for Mansfelt, 22; enrolment of Swiss troops, for, 25; league with Zurich and Berne, 26.
-, ships made ready against merchantmen of, 29; projects against in Friuli and Istria, 32.
-, forces in Valtelline, 36; order large levies, 37; send condolences and congratulations to England, 39, 40, 45; payment of ambassadors extraordinary, 40, 67, 102.
-, to be asked to favour league, 59; orders to Padua for entertainment of Wake, 60, 61.
-, provision against pirates, 65; Nethersole thanks for Palatine, 66.
-, question of levies for, from Swiss, 72, 77, 78, 124.
-, France informs of alliance with England, 73.
-, French companies of muster at Brescia, 83; France expects to incline to peace, 90.
-, not concerned with Mansfelt, 93; encouragement to Dutch, 95, 96.
-, barques in Valtelline win advantage over Spaniards, 101; support idea of English fleet entering Mediterranean, 102, 103, 139.
-, try to stop truce between Spain and Turks, 103.
-, Henrietta's friendship for, 108; Morton spent many years at, 111.
-, represent services to Charles, 112; Charles thanks, 113; does not desire attack on Genoa, 117; grant Mansfelt's petition, 119.
-, order letters about money and mercenaries to be kept separate, 120.
-, outrage against French ambassador at, 124; provide escort for Wake, 125.
-, Mansfelt asks for patents from, 131; Mansfelt wishes to enter service, 133; Mansfelt going to, 155.
-, choose Anzolo Contarini to go to England in place of Erizzo, 134.
-, fresh reinforcements for Valtelline, 135, 172; representations to Dutch against withdrawing army, 136.
-, all force of Spaniards may fall upon, 140; insist on work done for league, 144.
-, will receive satisfaction about funeral incident, 152, 162, 163, 178, 192; satisfaction accorded to, 193; thanks, 229.
-, Wake not certain of returning to, 153, 184; Dutch want to assist league, 166; suggested ambassador to Sweden, 168.
-, orders to get Porte to countenance Gabor, 169; operations in Valtelline, 170.
-, question of merchants hiring English ships, 173–175, 187, 216, 218.
-, recognise Wake's friendliness, 179, 196; want Swiss to help plans, 180.
-, operations in Valtelline, 186, 195; French deceive, 188; Blainville does not consider as equal, 192.
-, Charles assures of steadfastness in war, 193; anxious for particulars of Anglo-Dutch league, 194, 195.
-, Carlisle hints may go to, 199; efforts to reconcile France and England, 203, 204, 228, 232, 238, 239, 250, 268.
-, want Charles to induce Rochellese to submit, 205; cook of French ambassador arrested at, 205, 206.
-, Wake to invite to enter Anglo-Dutch league, 206; supposed to be contributing to Cadiz fleet, 209.
-, instructions about consulage claim at Aleppo, 211, 212, 256, 260; anxious for peace of France, 212, 272.
-, asked to allow Spietz to command Bernese, 217, 219, 220; Wake's retired life at, 228.
-, wish to know if English fleet for Mediterranean, 220, 228.
-, overtures to, about joining league, 226, 235, 258; well spoken of, at Hague negotiations, 234.
-, Swiss to invade Milan if consents, 236; to be invited to co-operate with league of England, Denmark and Dutch, 241.
-, want Huguenots to submit, 242; wanted to contribute to league, 247, 254, 262, 265, 269; excuses for not doing so, 248.
-, want to know if France and England will help Denmark and Mansfelt, 251; remonstrate with France, 255.
-, anxious to know about plans against Genoa, 256; feared understanding with England at Naples, 259.
-, proposed encouragement of ship building, 261; representations about consulage, 265–267.
-, better to act alone against pirates, 262.
-, (1626):
-, Buckingham wants to enter league, 276; Wake's return to, 277.
-, release of goods of, in England, 277, 287, 292, 293; unwilling to enter league with England and States, 278, 307.
-, efforts for reconciliation of France and England, 278, 282, 289, 291, 295, 306, 338, 340, 349, 362, 378, 394.
-, trade in Turkey, 280; close union with Savoy, 284; negotiations about consulage, 286, 287, 295, 296, 315, 316.
-, want gunpowder from England, 289; Lewkenor punished out of regard for, 290.
-, English want to join league, 291; William of Nassau expresses devotion to, 298.
-, urged to support Gabor, 301, 331, 337, 348, 410; efforts for peace of France, 302, 339.
-, goods to be restored to, 305, 324, 365; Dutch ask to enter league, 306; services to public cause, 308.
-, appeal against duty on indigo, 309; ambassadors ordered to communicate with each other, 312, 313.
-, reconciliation of England and France a task for, 333; not merchant of, at Hague, 347.
-, offer bounty to those buying foreign ships, 354; Spaniards moving against, 359.
-, French deceive, 369; instructions to ambassadors for England, 371, 372, 375–7.
-, urged to fresh efforts in Valtelline, 373; to be told of Monzon treaty, 374.
-, English and others will stand firm if sure of, 378; Denmark urges negotiation with, 386.
-, probable offence at Monzon treaty, 392; well armed, 401; Dutch doubtful of help from, 402.
-, anxious about diversion of Persian silk, 408, 456; Wake appeals to, 411, 412, 422; would follow England against Spain, 412.
-, suggested measures for restoring mart, 412, 413.
-, active in Valtelline, 413.
-, proposed subsidy to Gabor, 420, 490; Wake suggests alliance to, 421; Swiss speak well of, 423.
-, Dutch ask monthly payments from, 424, 443; Charles and Henrietta express affection for, 425.
-, Buckingham thinks could intervene for accommodation, 426; Savoy wants to know what will do, 435, 436.
-, measures for defence after Monzon, 436, 438; merchants and consulage at Aleppo, 438.
-, Roe going to, 442; encourage Dutch, 444; resolution about new impost, 445.
-, French send to, about treaty, 450, 475, 478; wanted to make fund to support force against Spaniards in Italy, 456, 459.
-, heavy sacrifices for league, 466, 475, 477, 487, 522, 556; need of being in league against Hapsburgs, 467, 476; readiness to co-operate, 468.
-, question of Wake's return to, 477, 538; question of forcing foreign ships to bring cargoes to, 485.
-, Buckingham wants help to foment trouble in France, 481, 482; Buckingham wants to join in attack on league, 486, 487.
-, asked to give disbanded troops to Baden, 484; Denmark wants help from, 488.
-, reported intention to join in attack on Sicily, 491; release Irwing from galleys, 492.
-, proposal to send ambassador to, from Denmark, 494, 506, 530, 534; provides galley for Roe's return, 495, 496.
-, reply of Preaux, 497; Wake ordered back to, 500, 515; Wake returns to, 572.
-, talk of league with Swiss, Savoy and England, 510; English consider understanding with, 513.
-, decision about ships bringing entire cargoes to, 518; consumption of salt fish at, 553.
-, attempt to assassinate Badoer, 518, 549n; talk of promise to make diversion, 522, 534.
-, compliments exchanged with English sovereigns, 525, 526.
-, Dorset asks what will do about Valtelline, 529; support wanted for Baden, 540, 567, 570; galley for Roe's return, 542.
-, Catholic league may be aimed against, 547; Charles asks what will do, 557.
-, quantity of Spanish wool brought to, 556; slanders against in Spain, 564.
-, goods for, seized at sea, 578, 579; representations to France, 591.
-, offers of service to, 24, 86. of Sackville, 528.
-, Banco del giro, of, 489.
-, Board of Health, 14.
-, Captain of the Guard, 414.
-, Collegio, secretary to. See Surian.
-, cottimo of, 236.
-, Council of Ten, 26, 77, 111, 115, 119, 124, 134, 171, 179, 236, 414, 497.
-, remit sentence of Scotti, 120; releases French ambassadors cook, 205; vote gift to Rosso, 403.
-, Doge of. See Corner, Giovanni.
-, Five Sages for Trade (Savii alla Mercanzia), 119, 421, 445, 518.
-, recommend bounties for ship building, 261; report against increasing indigo duty, 355.
-, recommendations for restoring trade, 412, 413; report on foreign trade in Levant islands, 454, 455.
-, opinion on making foreign ships bring cargoes to Venice, 485; opinion on consulage at Aleppo, 524.
-, to see that Venetian subjects pay no consulage, 536; new regulations about duties on commodities, 550–554; regulation upon salt fish, 554, 555.
-, Inquisitors of State, 338, 549n.
-, Procurators alla Giustitia Vecchia, 550, 552, 553, 555.
-, Proveditori General, 32, 36, 45, 48, 90, 100, 108, 125, 132, 135, 137, 145, 150, 153, 159, 163, 170, 172, 183, 186, 188, 195, 214, 223, 368, 436.
-, -, See also Molin, Domenico; Pisani.
-, Proveditore General in Terra Firma, 17, 24, 134, 287, 492.
-, -, See also Barbaro, Antonio; Erizzo, Francesco.
-, Proveditore of the fleet, 470, 495, 496.
-, Rason Nuove, 40, 377.
-, Rason Vecchie, 554.
-, Receivers and Regulators of the Customs, 550, 552.
-, Regolatori alla Scrittura, 120.
-, Rialto, 498n.
-, S. Baseggio, 369.
-, secretaries of. See Dolci, Pietro.
-, Zattere, 369.

Vercei:
-, Venetians occupy, 186.

Vercelli [Prov. Novara, Italy], 458.
-, Spanish troops near, 125.

Verden, Ferdem [Prov. Hanover, German Empire]:
-, Denmark advances to, 151.

Verdun, Bishop of. See Lorraine, Francis of.

Vere, Veer, Henry, Earl of Oxford, 594.
-, leads attack on redoubt, 46; seriously ill, 69; dead, 73; claims to office of Lord Great Chamberlain, 393.
-, -, Horace, 609.
-, leads attack on redoubt, 46; to command regiments for Denmark, 558, 588.
-, -, Sir John:
-, Venice asked to give leave to serve king, 410; Venice refuses to rescind dismissal, 492.

Vernel. See Varuer.

Verona [Prov. Verona, Italy], 400, 410.
-, Wake travels through, 134.
-, rectors of:
-, to provide escort for Wake, 125; to get passport for Correr and Contarini, 517.
-, captain of:
-, to provide escort for Correr and Contarini, 401.

Verrua, Verua [Prov. Alessandria, Italy]:
-, Feria marches on, 132; Feria besieges, 137, 145, 150, 153, 171.
-, Feria loses hope of taking, 159, 163; Savoy harasses Spaniards at, 173; Lesdiguières urged to relieve, 183.
-, Spanish difficulties at, 187; Feria decides to leave, 188; English admire defence of, 201.
-, Feria raises siege, 214, 223, 229, 295; Wake congratulates duke about, 227.

Versailles [Oise, France]:
-, king at, 579.

Verul. See Berulle.

Vetru. See Wetterau.

Verzin. See brazilwood.

Vianuol, Agostin, Venetian secretary at Florence:
-, despatch, 422.

Vic, Vich, Wich, Henry, agent of Conway:
-, sent to France, 199; not admitted to treat, 222; to ask for ships lent, 227.
-, Blainville asks for audience about proposals, 230; brings account of state of affairs in France, 275.
-, sent to tell Carleton of dismissal of French attendants, 507; goes to France, may go on to Piedmont, 567.

Vice Admiral of the Fleet. See Herbert, Philip, Earl of Montgomery; Mansell, Sir Robert; Palmer, Sir Henry; Pennington, John.

Vice Admiral of French fleet. See Menty.

Vice Admiral of the West. See Eliot.

Vice Chamberlain. See Carleton, Sir Dudley; Cary, Robert; Digby, John.

Vicenza [Prov. Vicenza, Italy]:
-, rectors of, to provide escort for Wake, 125.

Vico, Pietro, Venetian Resident at Naples:
-, despatches, 172, 203, 564.

Vienna, Austria, 484, 510.
-, despatches dated from, 38, 46, 72, 112, 122, 134, 152, 220, 227, 250, 264, 281, 435, 437, 483, 492, 530, 546.
-, news from, 170.
-, Montealbano leaving for, 173, 219.

Viette, Father, chaplain to queen, 507n.

Vignoles, Vigniles, Vignola, Baron of. See Hire, Bertrand la.

Villa Mediana, Count of:
-, to go to England with congratulations, 47.

Ville aux Clercs, Baron of. See Lomenie.

Villefranche [Alpes Maritimes, France], 255.
-, Guise's fleet at, 48; facilities for English fleet at, 246; made free port, 407.

Villeocler. See Lomenie, Henry Augustus de, Baron of la Ville aux Clercs.

Villiers, Charles, Buckingham's son:
-, birth, 238, 248, 265; king and queen mother of France thought of as godparents, 271.
-, -, Christopher, Earl of Anglesey:
-, signs proclamation of Charles's accession, 4.
-, -, George, Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Admiral, etc., 5, 65, 111, 138, 148, 161, 166, 181, 445, 499.
-, (1625):
-, sent St. Leger, 1; not going to France, 3, 7, 12; Charles consoles, 3; signs proclamation of king's accession, 4.
-, hears of depredations of Dunkirkers, 6; no ships to sail without permission, 11.
-, report on affairs of crown, 11; opposed to limiting honours, 12.
-, great favour from Charles, 13, 21, 63; indisposed, 19; quarrel with Andover, 21.
-, esteem for Effiat, 25; behaviour of king's servants to, 27.
-, goes to Blackwall to see ships, 29; to cross sea to receive bride, 34; ill disposed to Spain, 38.
-, Venice courts, 39; marriage to be in presence of, 41; replies to pesaro about wheat and Italian affairs, 49.
-, challenge of Hinojosa to, 50; goes to meet queen, 51, 61.
-, Charles gives Chelsea palace to, 53; makes excuses for Lewkenor, 54; French ambassadors act in concert with, about funeral, 64.
-, reaches Paris, 59, 63; good intentions, 60; objects of visit, 62, 80.
-, long interview with Richelieu, 66; account of negotiations, 67, 68, 75; probable difficulties, 70, 76.
-, leaves Paris with queen, 68, 77; Scaglia approaches, 79, 85, 93, 102; orders arrest of Dunkirkers, 71.
-, ladies of household to cross to Boulogne, 70; Morosini speaks to, about funeral, 74.
-, Anstruther may wait for return, 79; king's present to, 82; Henrietta's retort to, 84.
-, thanks Morosini, 86; prepared rooms at Dover for queen, 87; failure of
-, negotiations, 88, 112, 113.
-, Richelieu says satisfied with answer, 94; attentions to French ambassadors, 99.
-, commissioner to treat with Dutch ambassadors, 104.
-, parliament imputes failures to advice, 107; mixed up in funeral incident, 108.
-, gossip about journey with queens to Amiens, 109; Palatine and wife draw up patents for, to command fleet, 110; made admiral of fleet, 113; doubtful if commands, 123.
-, speaks with Pesaro about funeral incident, 115, 127, 128, 162; assurances about, 158.
-, expresses views on foreign affairs, 116, 117; opinion of French, 154, 155.
-, wants to introduce ladies of his family into queen's household, 129.
-, Pembroke wants to have blame of funeral incident, 139; does not like Lewkenor, 144.
-, asks parliament to support war, 141; parliament believes means to wear them out, 142.
-, ready to make concessions to parliament against Catholics, 143.
-, parliament dissolved to save, 146; begs king to let parliament go on, 147; detests parliament, 161.
-, Morosini asked to write to, about fleet, 151; worried about affairs, 154.
-, comments on not taking command of fleet, 162; thinks himself safe, 167.
-, brought funeral incident before Council, 168.
-, mission to Netherlands decided, 176; Oxenstiern remonstrates with, about fleet sailing, 177.
-, criticised because English ships help defeat Soubise, 178; at Plymouth to hasten fleet, 184.
-, to take letters for Gabor to Holland, 186; Blainville attributes difficulties to private interests of, 190.
-, takes leave of king, 192; start delayed, 198; may go to France, 199, 218; ordered to France, 238.
-, to inspect reinforcements for fleet, 200; object of mission to Netherlands, 201.
-, journey to Holland doubtful, 213; at Harwich, 217; caught in storm, 237.
-, negotiations delayed till reaches France, 222, 223; Louis mysteriously jealous of, 222; Wake's opinions of Buckingham's mission to France, 225; French disputes depend on results of journey, 231.
-, negotiations at Hague, 225, 226, 233–235, 250, 256, 257; takes Barnevelt's place, 233.
-, wants to marry daughter to Palatine's son, 230.
-, brings jewels and plate to pawn at Amsterdam, 234; returning to England, 235.
-, Court paralysed during absence, 236; French suspicious of journey, 237.
-, opponents in parliament made sheriffs, 238; appeal to about reduced pay for S. Salvador, 241.
-, expected to go to France, 242, 244, 253, 272; hopes to operate in France without Blainville's help, 245.
-, Richelieu laughs at journey to Netherlands, 245; attitude at signing of league, 247; wants contribution from Venice, 247, 248.
-, takes leave in Assembly, 248; does not mean Rochellese to be destroyed, 249.
-, Richelieu offended by letter, 248; misgivings of Louis about inviting, 249; France wants to exclude, 254.
-, Contarini commended for reply to, 251; gets Dutch ships withdrawn from Menti, 252.
-, ships sent to fetch, 253; good journey back, 257.
-, signs league at Hague, 258; French uncertain if in Netherlands, 263; Aerssens to persuade to go to France, 264.
-, (1626):
-, Pesaro to congratulate, 265; Charles welcomes back affectionately, 269.
-, gives up French journey, 270; wants king and queen mother of France as godparents to son, 271.
-, objects to French methods, 274; Bautru intimate with, 275; wants Venice to enter league, 276; takes jewels to pawn, 281.
-, Louis intimates not to come, 281; feasts Scaglia, 284; declares wish for peace in France, 291.
-, great intimacy with queen, 292; difficulty over Venetian goods seized, 293, 297.
-, Pesaro speaks to, about consulage, 295; wants Roe recalled on private grounds, 296.
-, great and universal feeling against, 297, 298, 310; Charles determined to support, 298.
-, agitated about news from France, 299; interest in affairs varies according to passions, 300.
-, says king will give Savoy ships, 301; long conference with Blainville, 302.
-, ill informed about reprisals, 309; asks Blainville not to interfere with queen writing to mother, 310.
-, efforts to secure strong party for in parliament, 311; secures place in Council of Scotland, ib.
-, intrigues against Cecil, 312; Pesaro to represent Spanish aims to, 315; blinded by necessity of getting money, 316.
-, Blainville's plan to save with parliament, 317; pecuniary obligations undertaken at Hague, 318.
-, desire to be strong to meet parliament, 319; seems secure, 325.
-, Scaglia writes to, 320; interest in goods seized, 324; tells Blainville will be satisfied with peace, 325; views about French peace, 326.
-, takes oath as Master of the Horse, popularity because queen not being crowned, 321.
-, takes order for queen to withdraw from mother's apartments, 327; Pesaro talks with, about king's difference with Blainville, 328.
-, speaks of queen's large heartedness, 329; Louis and queen mother invite over, 331; Aerssens does not believe will go, 332.
-, wants to arrange queen's household, 333; supposed effort to divert attention of parliament, 334.
-, cannot attend conference in France because of parliament, 337; interests of upset things, 341.
-, promise of subsidy for Gabor, 342; tries to divert attention of parliament, 344, 357; persuades king to insist on authority, 345.
-, need to propitiate for forwarding despatches, 346; Pesaro speaks with about Gabor, 348; and reprisals, 348, 349.
-, means Blainville to have satisfaction against pursuivants, 350; parliament hesitates to attack, 351; method of parliamentary, attack on, 358.
-, House of Lords defeats on question of proxies, 351, 352; has Dutch ships released, 355.
-, report of French peace and friendliness put about in interests of, 356; asked to explain arrest of St. Peter, 357.
-, Arundel enemy of, 359; anxiety about parliament, 360; apologises to Blainville for behaviour of pursuivants, 361.
-, says Arminians prevent payment to Denmark, 364; parliament means to separate from king, 365; Contarini to win confidence, 372.
-, Dr. Turner's attack on, 366, 379; forcing Phillips on Levant Co., 367, 390, 391.
-, Charles defends against parliament, 367, 368, 385; Coventry defends, 385.
-, Venetian ambassadors to propitiate, 376; petitions king for and against dissolution, wants Lords alone to supply king's needs, 380; wants dissolution, 384; to destroy parliament and raise taxes at will, 390.
-, Blainville charged with interfering about, 381, 391; attempts to prejudice, 382; wants to go to France, 384.
-, speaks in Lords about navy and impeachment, 384; weakness of defence, 385, 386, 392.
-, parliament will not answer offices, 387; approaches members to help cause, 390; indisposed, 396.
-, favours Cecil, 391; interested in question of Great Chamberlain, 393.
-, disdain of parliament, 396; Bristol's accusations against, 396, 429, 433; defence of, 430.
-, feast for Blainville, 398; Charles dissolves parliament to save, 400; report of dealings with parliament at Turin, 401, 402.
-, parliament suspicious of, 403; introduces Tantucci to king, 404.
-, impeachment, 405, 406, 411, 416, 430–2, 448, 452, 458; articles against, 433, 442, 449.
-, accused of poisoning James and others, 406, 416; favours Cotton, 407.
-, recrimination with Bristol, 414; Bristol accuses, 415; partisans plead cause, 416.
-, Blainville expects to ruin, 417; thanks Count of St. Maurice, 418; confidence of the Abbot Scaglia in, 421; uneasiness about parliament, 425.
-, Pesaro speaks with about foreign affairs, 425, 426; suspected of secret understanding with France, and of intrigues with Catholics, 427.
-, present to St. Maurice, 428; thinks of going to Piedmont to escape, 429.
-, attempts to reconcile with Bristol, 438, 440, 516; compared to Sejanus, 431.
-, vain attempt to get Lords to condemn Eliot and Digges, 431, 432; has peers created to help, 440, 450.
-, thinks of going to Holland, 433, 441; tries to get rid of Arundel, 441; Arundel sits next in Lords, 448.
-, Mende treats with, 439; speaks against French, 466; wants union against Spain and Austria, 467.
-, made chancellor of Cambridge, 441, 449; partisans rejoice at dissolution, but fall inevitable, 453; king punishes enemies, 454.
-, growing hatred of, 461; unexampled influence, 462; fear that Bristol may divulge crimes, 463.
-, new parliament would insist on removal, 464; pays mutinous sailors, 468.
-, thinks of going with fleet to regain popularity, 468; will not go, 479, 480, 490.
-, Venetian ambassadors interview about treaty of Monzon, 476, 477; about war with Spain, 481; state of France, 482; wants Venice to join league against Hapsburg, 486, 487.
-, Scots remonstrate because wants to control offices of realm, 490.
-, quarrels between king and queen attributed to, 497, 498; French oppose, 498.
-, arranges match of daughter to Montgomery's son, 500, 512, 517; going to Paris, 501.
-, cause of expulsion of queen's attendants, 507, 508; with king and a few others against rest of kingdom, 512.
-, Mende remonstrates with, 514; detains Smith, 515; letters from France to, 520.
-, vulgar believe king bewitched by, 521; fears loss of influence, 526; Montagu favourite of, 527, 555.
-, Dorset dependant of, 529; tries to curry favour with people over French affair, 532.
-, tries to sell pearls to help king, 534; wants to replace Roe by Phillips, 535, 595.
-, stir caused by attempt to replace Cranfield, 537; to resign all appointments and be tried in Star Chamber, 538.
-, instrumental in Cranfield's impeachment, 539; Quad has credentials to, 541.
-, persons in confidence of placed about queen, 547, 566; proposed loan secured on property of, 548.
-, Scaglia's credit and influence with, 555; king knows nothing but what chooses, 558.
-, letters to Denmark, 558; no one will help to lodge French ambassadors for fear of displeasure, 560.
-, calls on Bassompierre, complains about Sancy, 565; Savoy's schemes regulate plans of, 567.
-, commissioner to treat with Quad, 568; writing to Spinola about exchange of prisoners, 569.
-, interview with Contarini upon French affairs, 574, 575; inclined to treat with Spain, 577.
-, disputes of London with about providing ships, 576; Contarini treats with about ships seized, 578.
-, advises Bassompierre to be conciliatory, 581; Bassompierre confers with, 582; interests obstruct about settling queen's household, 583.
-, Rosencranz speaks to, withdraws promise of troops from Netherlands, 584; Rosencranz advised to insist with, 585.
-, suspicion that bribed by Spain, 586; Bassompierre's negotiations with, 591.
-, stops London ships putting to sea, 586, 595; sailors destroy coach, 587; Bassompierre tries to win, 592.
-, Hamilton dissatisfied with, 594.
-, rapid rise, influence over Charles, reason for dislike of Spain, 599; popularity in England on return, popularity wanes, relations to parliament, 600.
-, recrimination with Bristol, 601; enmity to Arundel, 602; very ill advised, 602, 603; may play the Coriolanus, 603, 604.
-, builds on king's affection, his mistakes, 604; Butler's remark about, 604, 605.
-, reason queen spoke to king in favour of, 605; removes Madam St. George from queen's coach, 606; Charles without faults, except affection for, 608.
-, -, Katherine, Duchess of Buckingham, Buckingham's wife, 415.
-, Buckingham wishes to introduce into queen's chamber, 129; Buckingham takes farewell of, 176, 192; Buckingham goes to see on return from Netherlands, 269.
-, king desires queen to receive into household, 498; keeps watch on queen, 542.
-, position in household, 583.
-, -, Mary, Countess of Buckingham, Buckingham's mother:
-, admitted lady of the queen's bedchamber, 129; French will not allow to hold office, 149; sworn to queen's household, 515.
-, queen to see king go to parliament from rooms of, 327; a recusant, 366.
-, value of help to son, 526; to attend queen at religious functions, 535.
-, keeps watch on queen, 542; position in household, 583; an open Catholic, 599.
-, medicines of given to James, 600.
-, -, Mary, Buckingham's daughter:
-, proposed marriage to Palatine's son, 230, 298; marriage arranged with Montgomery's son, 500, 512, 515, 517.

Vilocler. See Lomenie, Henry Augustus de, baron of la Ville aux Clercs.

Vimercato, Count Giovanni Battista:
-, comes to England with Dutch ambassadors, 85.

Vinsing, Winsem, Laurence, Danish envoy to France:
-, asks for money, English back, 336; has audience of king and Richelieu, Contarini warns against Saxony, 337; English ambassadors ask that may be satisfied, 368.
-, French not towards, 378; passes by Hague on return, 395.

Virginia:
-, tobacco arrangement hurts, 29.

Vistula, River, Wesel [German Empire], 498.

Vittorio, Prince of Piedmont, senior prince, 421, 422, 537.
-, sent to recover Oneglia, 36; suggestion of sending English fleet to help, 86.
-, sent to Savona, 101; holds western Riviera, 117; sent to relieve Albenga, 125.
-, sent to Riviera, 132; Wake calls on, 184; thinks Wake merely refecting, 228.
-, returns to Turin, 263; offices at French court, 313; approaching French court, 320.
-, asks how to treat Buckingham, 332; wants congress about Gabor, 337.
-, asks France's intentions towards Spaniards, 338; Coke commends operations, 339.
-, regrets troubles between France and England, 347; manoeuvring for general league, 347.
-, English have great confidence in, 352; remarks on French policy, 375.
-, sends Count of St. Maurice to England, 382, 442; wants to be surety for English proposals, 384.
-, angry at Monzon treaty, but mollified, 392; sends M. della Dragoniera, 401.
-, St. Maurice writes to, 407; dissatisfied with French, 477; thinks France, Spain and pope all agreed, 478.
-, treats with Bouillon, 491.

Vizcaya. See Biscaya.

Vluuel. See Ulefelt.

Vodi. See Wood.