F

Fabius Maximus, his manner of conducting war [against Hannibal], 20.

Facchinetti, John Antony, Bishop of Nicastro, Legate at Venice, letters from, 4, 33, 35, 42, 120.

-, -, letter to, 4.

Faciardi [—], negotiates with the Emperor, 4.

Faggan, Nicholas, scholar, alms refused by, 450.

Falsterbo ? (Fulumstre, Fulkenster) castle, M. Gallionstart or Gullunstarne, Lord of, 238 (2).

Farnese, Alexander, Prince of Parma. See Parma.

-, Alexander, Cardinal, the Pope entertained by, 375.

-, -, letters to, 36, 41, 169, 253, 276, 408, 504, 518.

-, Ferrante, Bishop of Parma, letter to, 284.

Fassardo, Don Pietro, to go into Poland, 95.

Feast of the Kings [i.e. Twelfth night], 83

Federicis, Jerome de, late Bishop of Martirano, nuncio at the Court of Savoy, letters from, 176, 189, 194, 201, 232, 277, 330, 332.

-, -, letters forwarded by, 197 (2).

Felton, [John], accused of betraying the Duke of Norfolk, 11.

Fenn, John, priest, petition of, 184.

Ferdinand, Emperor, late gentleman of the Chamber to. See Guzman, Don Martino.

Feria [Dom Gomez de Figueroa], late Count of, 120.

-, -, young son of, 120.

-, [Lady Jane Dormer], Duchess of, [widow of the Count], 243.

-, -, formerly bedchamber woman to Queen Mary, desires an indulgence from the Pope, 120.

-, -, of high rank and a holy woman, 397.

-, -, images removed from St. Paul's brought by, to Spain, 534, 538, 539.

-, -, uncle of. See Sidney, Sir Henry.

Ferns, Bishopric of, 156.

-, Bishop of, a heretic. See Devereux, John.

Ferrabosco, Antonio, going to Italy, 483.

-, -, enquiries to be made concerning, 527; money brought by, ibid.

-, -, a comrade of. See Ratclyffe.

Ferrara [Alfonso] d'Este, Duke of, 24.

-, Renée de France, [Dowager] Duchess of, 131.

-, [Hippolito d'Este], Cardinal of, news sent to, 41.

-, -, agent of. See Vercelli, Mgr. di.

Fethard (Fegart) in Ormond, a walled town, 158.

Fez, affairs of, 266, 267.

Fiesco, Count of, sent against Montgomery, 103.

-, -, nephew of, captured, 74.

Figliazzi, Giovanni, arrested, 437.

Figurd, one, 432, 437.

Finale, business of, 33, 95.

Fitton, James, President of Connaught, castle of Athlone defended by, 162.

Fitzgerald, Gerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, 203.

-, -, brought captive to England, 151; released, 152.

-, -, has escaped from prison and is in the field 168,

-, -, “a Catholic and most potent lord,” 209.

-, -, reported to have made terms with the Viceroy, 397.

-, -, desires James Fitzmaurice to return to Ireland, 362, 429, 498, 521.

-, -, the Pope to write to, 498.

-, -, lords and knights owing service to, 158.

-, [Gerald, 11th] Earl of Kildare, one of the great lords of Leinster, 154, 156.

-, -, and his two sons [Gerald and Henry], brought prisoners to England, 209.

Fitzgerald (Geraldine), James Fitz Maurice, otherwise Don James Fitzmaurice, as Captain-General and Governor of Desmond, defeat of the Viceroy by, 152; a lord of Desmond, 158.

-, -, towns, castles, &c., burned by, 162.

-, -, proposed as leader of the intended attack upon Ireland, 166, 246.

-, -, Munster ruined by, 167.

-, -, goes to Rome, 231, 239, 289.

-, -, is returning to Ireland, 246, 293, 295.

-, -, in relation to the proposed rising to be led by, and aid needed for or to be given to, &c., 298, 299, 311, 316, 321, 322, 326–328, 361, 362, 364, 374, 396, 397, 519, 522, 532, 538, 540, 541, 543, 544, 546, 558.

-, -, movements of, 305, 317, 328, 329, 343, 354, 355, 362, 366, 367, 369, 396, 452, 481, 482, 484, 492, 493, 496, 499, 515, 558.

-, -, brief given to, by the Pope, 328.

-, -, going to Ireland to start his enterprise, 329 (2), 331, 334, 335, 337 (2), 363.

-, -, King Sebastian refuses to see, 331.

-, -, not likely to do much without the aid of Spain, 340.

-, -, demands of, 343.

-, -, Stucley going to join, 344, 360.

-, -, offers to go to Flanders, 345.

-, -, is about to sail for Ireland, 346, 347.

-, -, is very ill-provided, 355, 362, 369, 370.

-, -, relations of, with Stuckley. See Stucley.

-, -, business of, discussed with King Philip, 359.

-, -, is totally abandoned by King Philip, 369.

-, -, design of, suspected by Elizabeth, 386, 531.

-, -, reports concerning his voyage, 390, 391, 395.

-, -, chiefs from whom he will gain much support, 396; means by which the Pope may aid, ibid.

-, -, said to be in France, 395, 397, 402, 423, 424, 426, 428, 429, 430, 438, 440, 452, 558, 568.

-, -, and Stucley (“the Marquis”), harmony to be preserved between, 403.

-, -, shipmaster's treachery to, 418.

-, -, plundered goods recovered by, 425.

-, -, to be Governor of Ireland, 443.

-, -, believed to have sailed for Ireland, 445, 447, 449, 544 (2).

-, -, is constant to his undertaking but delayed by difficulties, 452 (2).

-, -, the Pope urges a good understanding between Stucley and, 492, 500; desires him to go to Lisbon as soon as may be, and from thence to start for Ireland, 498.

-, -, to claim compensation for the loss of men in Africa, 498.

-, -, on landing in Ireland, must take charge of all the war, 498.

-, -, to consult with Stucley on the plan of action, 499.

-, -, his “clumsy dance” has cost the Pope great sums, 512, may sail forthwith, ibid.

-, -, his speedy despatch for Ireland desired, 521, 525.

-, -, reported to have gone to Flanders, en route for Ireland, 522.

-, -, a young Irishman recommended by, 540.

-, -, supposed to be gone for Ireland, 544.

-, -, having taken Ireland, hopes to compass the same ends in England, 545.

-, -, may carry money for the King of Scotland, 547.

-, -, still in Brittany, 558.

-, -, sends his secretary to the Pope to clear him of imputations, 559.

-, -, suggests that some lettered persons should be sent to Ireland, 559.

-, -, account of interviews with Stucley and the King of Portugal, 561–566.

-, -, a nobleman and good Catholic, but able to do little, 562.

-, -, feud of, with a powerful Earl, ibid.

-, -, said to be still in Ireland (qy. Brittany), 566.

-, -, letters from, 346, 347, 452.

-, -, -, alluded to, 360, 367, 429, 430.

-, -, letters to, 453, 492.

-, -, -, alluded to, 499, 500.

-, -, letters of recommendation to, alluded to, 542.

-, -, armour for, 542.

-, -, demands of, in relation to the expedition, 546.

-, -, document sent to, 485.

-, -, friends or supporters of, 517, 521, 545.

-, -, instructions and advice to, 390.

-, -, memorial of, touching his business, to the King of Spain, 545, 546.

-, -, money, arms &c., given or to be given to, 532, 541.

-, -, negotiator for. See Ryan, Bishop of Killaloe.

-, -, orders in relation to, 542, 543.

-, -, petition of, alluded to, 314.

-, -, possessions of, provision concerning, 546.

-, -, servants of, 429, 430.

-, -, wife of, at St. Malo with him, 423, 424; to go with him, 532; to be left in Spain, 545.

-, -, sons of, in Lisbon and Madrid, 293, 542, 543; wishes them to be sent to Rome, 542; his obligations to devolve on, 545; to be left in Spain, 532; as hostages, 545.

-, -, Maurice, son of, in Portugal, 293, 328, 329 (2), 496.

Fitzgerald, Lord John, brother of the Earl of Desmond, brought captive to England, 151; release of, 152; a great lord, 158; in relation to [James Fitzmaurice] Fitzgerald, 521.

-, Maurice, of a Florentine house, ancestor of the Earls of Kildare and Desmond, 151; sons of, ibid.

Fitzgibbon, Edmund, “the White Knight,” although called a knight, is a great lord, 158.

Fitzmaurice, James. See Fitzgerald, James Fitzmaurice.

-, Thos., Knight of Kerry, [also] a great lord, 158.

Fitz Patrick (Makilliphadrik), a lord of Leinster, 156.

Fitz Piers, [James Butler], Lord of Dunboyne, a vassal of the Earl of Ormond, 157.

Fitz Thomas, Sir Maurice, de Geraldines, 156.

Fitzwilliam, Lord. See Burgh, William de.

Fitzwilliam, Sir William, Viceroy or Governor of Ireland, in 1574; a chief Catholic gentleman (qy. the Earl of Desmond) taken by, 187.

Flanders, the war in, passim.

-, rising in, 10, 27, 28.

-, Spanish troops going to, 23, 169, 360; departing from, 297, 300–304.

-, conflagration still growing in, 31.

-, disturbances in, chiefly fomented by Elizabeth, 35; a danger to Christendom, 38; she desires trouble in, 54; the King of Spain should go himself to appease, 85.

-, perils to, if France and Spain do not keep the peace, 48.

-, events in, 79.

-, the Spanish King said to be going to, 93.

-, the enterprise of England would be best carried out from, 84, 101.

-, coast of, guarded, 106.

-, the French do not wish for quiet in, 111.

-, [Spanish] affairs not going well in, 101, 117.

-, -, fleet in, defeat of, 133.

-, hopes of the ending of the war in, frustrated, 138.

-, war in, Spanish expenditure on, 142.

-, Baron d'Aubigny returns to, 144.

-, safe-conduct given to Mondragon to go into, 147.

-, proposal for Don John to go to, 170, 171.

-, some (Spanish) successes in, 172, 173.

-, preparations in regard of, 174.

-, troubles in, 187; English in, advices from, ibid.

-, English exiles to depart from, 198.

-, the country eaten up by the troops of both parties, 201.

-, names suggested for governor of, 249.

-, news from, 250.

-, money needed for, 266.

-, complaint that the Catholic King has done nothing in regard to, 276.

-, revolution or disturbances in, 281; hinder the English enterprise, 284, 285.

-, matters of, discussed with King Philip, 284.

-, Don John goes to, 286. And see Austria, Don John of.

-, Spaniards and foreigners are quitting, 294, 295.

-, Catholic religion in, must be protected, 302.

-, peace in, still very precarious, 303.

-, revolution in, 281; Alva accused of bringing about, 304.

-, being evacuated by the Spaniards and well disposed towards Don John, is likely to be quiet, 311.

-, bad news from, 330, 336, 339, 340, 349.

-, attack upon, by the French, feared, 336.

-, startling events in, alluded to, 344.

-, enterprise of, 345.

-, strange tidings from, 352.

-, war in, oblation asked for by the Pope to be appropriated to, 406.

-, tranquillity cannot be restored to, unless the enterprise against England is successful, 418.

-, the Imperial Diet to treat of peace for, 424.

-, complaint of foreign soldiers in, 448.

-, expulsion of the English college from, alluded to, 435.

-, Monsieur's going to and proceedings in. See Alençon.

-, -, going into, an account of, to be sent to Rome, Spain and England, 479.

-, tumults of, university students dispersed by reason of, 503.

-, the enemy's army and Monsieur gaining strength in, 504.

-, little hope of peace for, 505.

-, various designs upon, 506, 507.

-, discord in, in matters of religion, 519.

-, James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald reported to be gone to, 522.

-, no hope for aid from [for the Irish expedition], 525.

-, the King of Spain can hardly make good the defence of, 512.

-, suggestion for giving “some share in,” to Alençon, 537.

-, affairs of, alluded to, 525, 526; the Pope negotiating concerning, 538.

-, English forces to be diverted from, 545.

-, prosperous course of affairs in, 560.

-, the bells of the churches in, to be taken down, and the doors of the monasteries locked, 568.

Flanders, Admiral in. See Beauvoir, M. de.

-, affairs of, alluded to, 58, 60, 89, 406.

-, army in, 55. And see Alva, Duke of.

-, army of, might be sent into England, 47, 78.

-, “capitulation” or peace in (i.e. Don John's agreement with the States) alluded to, 320, 322.

-, Catholics of, chief of. See Aerschot, Duke of.

-, confines of, French troops on, 342.

-, courier from, 11.

-, English ambassadors to. See Ambassadors.

-, exiles banished from. See English exiles.

-, envoys from the Emperor said to be going to, 134.

-, Estates of, 145.

-, -, suggested as a dowry for the Infanta, 33.

-, -, have revoked the donative to the King of Spain, 201.

-, -, intercession with Philip on behalf of, 290.

-, -, troops hired by, 335; Cambrai occupied by, ibid.

-, -, league with, by Elizabeth, 343. And see Elizabeth.

-, -, Council of, at Brussels, 374.

-, -, envoy from, to the French King, 384.

-, -, offers of, 408.

-, -, have pawned three fortresses to the Queen of England, 424.

-, -, the Queen's relations with, 440.

-, -, have made a league with Monsieur, 504.

-, -, in relation to Duke Casimir. See John Casimir.

-, -, open discord among, 519.

-, -, commissaries sent by, to the people of Ghent, 530.

-, exiles in, for religion's sake, 178, 188.

-, English exiles from, 200, 560.

-, -, merchants in, 110, 192.

-, -, troops reported to be sent to, 10, 335; recalled from, 40, 67.

-, French troops going to. See French troops.

-, forces from, promised to the Queen of Scots and Duke of Norfolk, 2.

-, frontiers of, French troops on, 343.

-, German and Walloon soldiers in, should be paid off, 312.

-, Governor of. See Requesens; see Matthias, Archduke of Austria.

-, Huguenots or heretics in, news supplied by, 28; operations of, in, 29; defeat of, before Mons, 34; hope that their progress may be checked, 42; narrative concerning, 44; suspected league of, with those of Germany, 101; blow to, if Ireland were conquered by Spain, 165; provisions, &c., sent to, by Elizabeth, ibid.; great concourse of, going to, 442.

-, -, King Philip's relations with. See Philip II.

-, letters from, alluded to, 543.

-, merchants of, reported restitution of their traffic with England, 108, 109; “accord” for, said to be postponed, 109.

-, -, moneys to be sent from, to Rome, 276.

-, negotiations in, between the Spanish King and the rebels, 200, 201, 202, 239, 281, 289; peace made, alluded to, 297, 301, 323.

-, news from, 28, 62, 67, 79, 98, 133, 173, 182, 184, 185, 200, 288, 341, 342, 372, 450, 519.

-, news-letters from, 358.

-, nobles of, to return to, 249.

-, ministers in, affairs to be left to, 263; attitude of, 313.

-, pacification of, a writing on, 560.

-, people of, not disposed to accept Archduke Matthias, 349; are leaning towards the Queen of England, ibid.: do not desire Alençon's coming, 451.

-, places in, succoured by the Spaniards, 67.

-, President of. See Hopper.

-, rebels in, try to get aid from France and England, 28: to be banished, 200, 201; Elizabeth said to have promised aid against, 203; encouragement given to, from England, 418.

-, refugees in, 551.

-, reports from, 8, 319, 320, 504.

-, Scottish nobles in, 552.

-, ships going to, 190, 231, 233.

-, ships of. See Flemish ships.

-, Spanish commissioner in, 92; fleet in or going to, 124, 125, 144, 171, 178–185, 190.

-, travellers to or from, 144, 184, 348, 539.

-, Spanish troops in, 26, 92; going for, see Spanish troops; departure of, 297, 300–304.

-, troops from, desired for Ireland, 172.

Flemings in England, edict concerning, 198; in Portugal, 409.

Flemings, the, 106; ill-treated by the Spaniards, 155; believed to be aided by French troops, 289; Alençon ill satisfied with, 529.

Flemish affairs, the Emperor's suspected attitude towards, 33.

-, army, attack upon, by Don John, 482; town sacked by, 532.

-, gentleman, sent to Elizabeth, 132.

-, pirates, 86.

-, ships, 509; captured by the English, 159.

-, troops, captain of. See Lalaing.

Florence, Grand Dukes of. See Tuscany.

-, ambassador from, in France, 215.

-, English at, 390.

-, nuncio at, 176.

Florentine noble house, Maurice Fitzgerald a member of, 151.

Florentines, sent to prison, 432.

Flushing, 192.

-, dues to be paid at, 190.

-, English troops sent to, 22, 27, 254.

-, -, captain in, 29.

-, -, recalled from, 74.

-, -, ships at, under Spanish colours, 82.

-, Holland ships sent in aid of, 99.

-, men of, the Governor of Middelburg in parley with, 79; make feint of firing at English ships, 82.

-, many fleeing from, to England, 116.

-, ships of, taken, 122; go to encounter the Spanish fleet, 181.

-, in the hands of the Gueux, plan to recapture, 12.

-, the English Queen deems, an equivalent for Calais, 138.

-, reported offer to place, in Requesen's hands, 248.

Foix (Foys), Paul de, a negotiator of the league between France and England, 3, 16.

-, -, mission of, to England, 8, 29.

Fontainebleau, the King going to, or at, 95, 503, 505.

-, the French Court at, 97, 101, 131, 518.

-, the English ambassadors going to, 108.

Fontana, Robert, Collector Apostolic, in Portugal, 390, 395, 407–411, 416, 417, 419, 443, 484, 494, 509, 510, 520, 565.

-, -, information from, 407.

-, -, prays the King of Spain for ransom for prisoners with the Moors, 515.

-, -, all Fitzgerald's business passes through the hands of, 522.

-, -, negotiations of, with Stucley, 560 et seq.

-, -, opposes the African enterprise and urges delay, 561–565.

-, -, letters from, 337, 343, 347, 355, 359, 366, 411, 413, 420, 426, 429, 432, 439, 448, 453, 463, 467, 472, 473, 482, 491, 508, 510, 516, 520, 530, 544, 560, 568; alluded to, 414, 429, 535, 568.

-, -, letters to, 367, 380, 440, 446, 454, 481, 500, 520, 536, 544; alluded to, 499, 543.

-, -, house of, in Lisbon, 567.

-, -, orders to, in relation to Stucley, 445, 446, 449.

-, order of, alluded to, 559.

Fowler, William, priest, petition of, 184.

Foyle, Loch, Ulster, 152.

Fraga, traveller from, 285.

France and England, confederacy between, 9.

-, and Scotland, ancient league or friendship between, alluded to, 16, 45.

-, and Spain, jealousies between, 46.

-, armed men going to and fro in, 18.

-, action of, in the Low Countries, discussed, 24.

-, government of, in the hands of the Queen Mother and Monsieur, 31.

-, friendship of, with the Turk, hope of breaking, 31.

-, fear that she may avail herself of the forces of the Turk, 48.

-, past perils in, alluded to, ibid.; now in the way to recover her strength, ibid.

-, former wars of, in relation to claims to Burgundy and the Low Countries, 66.

-, progress of the Reformation in, arrested by the Tridentine decrees, 81.

-, in relation to the enterprise against England, 92.

-, peace made in, alluded to, 124.

-, Catholic cause, prosperity of, in [in 1562], 130.

-, revolt and dearth in, 150.

-, no Dauphin in, 177.

-, affairs in, said to be arranged, 202.

-, proposed accord or pacification in, 197, 233, 237; negotiations for, 240; ruptured, 330.

-, capitulations of, renewed, with England and the Swiss, 204.

-, calamities of, deplored by the Pope, 214.

-, total subversion of, expected, 248.

-, the Pope proposes to send a legate to, 250.

-, the troubles in, passim.

-, aid from, hoped for in the Low Countries, 344.

-, seditious manuals in, 357.

-, designs of Elizabeth as to, 503.

-, almost as much harassed by the Flanders war as Flanders itself, 504.

France, Admiral of. See Chatillon, Gaspard, Sieur de Coligny.

-, -, post of, persons mentioned for, 42.

-, agent of, in Brussels, 300.

-, ambassadors to and from. See Ambassadors.

-, army of. See French army.

-, Chancellor of. See Biragues, René de.

-, Council of, animosity between the grandees and, 22; conspiracy against, 149, 150.

-, -, members of, extol the Pope, 317.

-, Court of. See French Court.

-, Crown of, places said to belong to, 506.

-, English Catholic community in, dismissed from Douai, 397; migrates to Rheims, 398.

-, -, exiles in, 560.

-, -, spies in, 560.

-, -, ships detained in, 342.

-, House of, aggrandisement of, not to be feared, 31.

-, House of Guise in, 355.

-, Huguenots in. See Huguenots.

-, league of, with England, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17; renewal of, 203.

-, letters to and from, passim.

-, Marshal of. See Bellegarde; see Cossé Brisach; see Damville.

-, massacre in. See St. Bartholomew.

-, Master of Requests in. See Villemor.

-, news from, 196.

-, nobility of, at the baptism of the King's daughter, 89.

-, -, desire broils, that they may plunder and make gain, 112.

-, Order [of the Holy Ghost] in, Knights of, 12.

-, Parliament of, pressed by the King to pass edicts fox new imposts, 518.

-, peace lately made in, alluded to, 355.

-, people of, danger of their making a league with England and Germany, 181.

-, -, new imposts protested against by, 518.

-, prelates in, not inclined to help an Irish bishop, 180.

-, princes of the blood royal of, are wont to impair the strength of the kingdom, 31.

-, Privy Council of, demands of the English ambassador to, 141, 142.

-, rebels in, reported to have made peace with the King, 198.

-, reiters in, discharge of, 198.

-, travellers to and from, passim.

-, troops for, raising of, in Germany, 214.

-, troops in, accustomed to be kept “at the cost of the poor peasants,” 502.

-, Kings of. See Charles IX.; Henry III.

-, King of, the late. See Francis II.

-, Queens of. See Elizabeth of Austria; Louise de Vaudemont.

-, former Queen of. See Mary Queen of Scots.

-, Queen Mother of. See Catherine de Medici.

-, former Kings of, friendship of, to the Scots, 405.

-, Margaret, Princess of. See Margaret.

Francesco, one, valet de chambre to Stucley, 509.

Franche Comté. See Burgundy, county of.

Francis I., King of France, aid given by, to Henry VII, alluded to, 30.

Francis II., late King of France, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, 219.

Francis, Duke of Alençon, aft. of Anjou. See Alençon.

Franciscan Order, General of, might do something touching the affairs of England, 126.

Frangiotto, Captain, of Lucca, 117; was in Paris at the St. Bartholomew, 118; at Lyon, 120.

Frangipani, Fabius Mirto, Archbishop of Nazareth, nuncio in France, 250, 501, 526, 527.

-, -, reported conversation of, with Queen Catherine, 181.

-, -, in relation to the Prince of Scotland, 318.

-, -, going to the French Court, 453.

-, -, sent to Italy by the French King, 485.

-, -, money sent to Fitzgerald by way of, 492, 558.

-, -, entreats the French King and his mother not to aid Alençon, 502.

-, -, letters from, 186, 251, 267–269.

Frankfort, Imperial edict published at, alluded to, 323.

-, money payable at, 323, 434.

Fraser, John, of Aberdeen diocese, licence to, for ordination, 397.

Frederic II., Emperor, establishment of the Scots at Ratisbon by, alluded to, 556.

Frederic, Don, son of the Duke of Alva, 26.

Frederick II., King of Denmark. See Denmark.

Fregoso, Signor Giovanni Galeazzo, sent to the Princes of Germany by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, 29, 111.

-, -, at the French Court, 143.

French, the, perturbing the Low Countries, 24.

-, their “patronage” of the Queen of Scots, 45.

-, the Duke of Alva suspected by, 78.

-, are occupied with their own affairs, 84.

-, wish to see Flanders unquiet and the King of Spain embarrassed, 111.

-, will not readily suffer the Spaniards to be masters of England, 324, 337, 340.

-, aid from expected, for the Queen of Scots, 551.

French army or troops, to put down heretics, 78.

-, -, arquebusiers of, 423.

-, -, commissaries of, 141.

-, -, artillery for, sent from Ireland, 154.

-, -, going to Flanders, 442.

-, Court, the, 43, 124, 169, 171, 189, 425.

-, -, all goes at, as the Huguenots wish, 71.

-, -, ambassadors at, supper given to, 83; a great personage of, ibid.

-, -, quarrel of the Princes fermented at, 113.

-, -, a great personage to be sent to, from England, 115.

-, -, seditious persons at, 143.

-, -, goes in procession through the city, 177; Princes at, ibid.

-, -, matters talked of, at, 197, 383.

-, -, movements of, 179, 485.

-, -, malignants at, discovered, 213.

-, -, the Prince of Scotland must not come to, 318.

-, -, intrigues at, 441; envoys sent to, ibid.

French exiles at sea with the English corsairs, 96.

-, gentlemen desiring to serve Don John, 348.

-, Guard, the, gentlemen of, 89; captains of, orders to, 176.

-, Knight of Malta, 285.

-, men imprisoned by Alva, escape of, 100.

-, men going to treat with Elizabeth re marriage with Alençon, 548.

-, mercenaries of Elizabeth, 550.

-, merchandise, seized by English corsairs, 142.

-, ministers of State, united against the Queen Regent, 150.

-, pirates, 86, 199.

-, ports, proposal to place, in Elizabeth's hands, 214.

-, seamen, 395.

-, ships, aiding the Prince of Orange, 239.

-, -, arrest of, by Elizabeth, 342, 343; reprisals for, 357.

-, troops, sent into Flanders, 27, 39, 181, 289; at Mons, allowed to go out free, 51; on the borders of Flanders, withdrawal of, demanded by Elizabeth, 343; sent by the Duke of Guise to Don John, 352.

Fresamech [qy. Fresnes], French and English in, 18.

Freslin or Fresnes, in the hands of the Gueux, 12.

Friesland, 21.

Frumento (Formento), Mgr. Alessandro, going as nuncio to Portugal, instructions to, 522.

Fuensalida (Fossalica), Count de, a major-domo of the King of Spain, 368.

Fuentarabia (Fonte Rabia), news-letter from, 9.

Fugger, Col. Charles, imprisonment of, 385.