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Drexelius' (Dreschel), Jeremiah, ac-
count of Ralegh's magnificence in
dress, i. 32.

Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester,
letters to him from Ralegh, Aug. 25,
1581, ii. 17; March 29, 1586, 33;
Oct. 8, 1587, 35.

Dudley, Sir Robert, serves in the expe-
dition against Cadiz, i. 208; ii. 108,
149.

Duke, Richard, of Otterton, grants a
lease of Hayes to Walter Ralegh of
Fardell, i. II; letter to him, from
Ralegh, for purchase of Hayes manor,
ii. 26.

Durham House, surrender of, by Ralegh,

to Bishop Tobias Matthew, ii. 262;
letter of Ralegh respecting it, 269;
fire at, 404.

Dyer, a pilot, called at Ralegh's trial
to give evidence as to gossip at
Lisbon about James' coronation, i.
427.

E.

Egerton, Sir Thomas, afterwards Vis-
count Brackley, letters to him from
Ralegh, April 10, 1583, ii. 20; March
8, 1587, 1588, 40; conveys to the
Earl of Essex the decision of the

Commissioners respecting him in
1600, 215.

El Dorado, the fabled wealth of, i. 159;
origin and meaning of the term, 164;
the early expeditions in search of,
165, ii. 422; see also Guiana.
Eliot, Sir John, is present at the execu
tion of Ralegh, i. 699.

Elizabeth, Queen of England, negotia-
tion of, with the French Huguenots

prior to the departure of Champer-
noun's contingent, i. 27; her treat-
ment of the Count of Montgomery,
30; her person, 51; 'Timias and Bel-
phoebe,' 56; Ralegh's interview with,
on behalf of the Earl of Oxford, 59;
her conversation about Ralegh with
the Earl of Essex in 1587, 72; her
treatment of Ralegh's prediction of a
new Irish rebellion, 99; Spenser's
account of the quarrel between her
and Ralegh, 121; her caprice in
the choice of commanders for great
enterprises, 202; her irresolution
about the expedition against Cadiz,
204; her conduct in regard to the
partition of the spoils, 222; her pro-
position for the marriage of James
VI. with Arabella, 297; conversa-
tion with the French Ambassador
about Arabella, 298; her seizure of
Arabella's property, 299; state of
parties in England at the time of her
death, 340; sends a token by Ralegh
to Sir H. Gilbert, ii. 19; Ralegh
writes to her, expressing his regrets
at being excluded from the Queen's
presence, 259.

Elwes, William, account of a portrait
of Lady Ralegh, formerly belonging
to, i. 137.

England, Crown of, Succession of the,
i. 266, 279.

English soldiers, treatment of the, en-
gaged in the capture of Cadiz, i.

224.

Epernon, Duke of, Ralegh's notice of
his flight from the French Court,
ii. 247.
Erinetta,
i. 622.
Erskine, John, Earl of Mar, i. 307.
Erskine, Sir Thomas, mission to Calais

of, i. 325; appointment of, by James
I., to supersede Ralegh in the office
of Captain of the Guard, 363.
Essex, Robert, Earl of, see Devereux.
Exeter, imprisonment of W. Ralegh of
Fardell in, during the rising of the
west, i. 17.

F.

Fachardo, Francisco, ii. 355.
Faery Queen, i. 123, 139.

Faige, Charles, Ralegh's intercourse
with, on the eve of the last expedi-
tion to Guiana, ii. 344, 346, 364.
Falmouth, fortification of, i. 244.

Fane, Sir Thomas, feigned correspon-
dence between Lord Cobham and,
i. 394.
Fardell, in Devonshire, notice of the
Ralegh manor-house of, i. 8.
Fayal, capture of, by the English
squadron, under Ralegh, i. 239.
Featley (or Fairclough), Daniel, D.D.,
extracts from his letters to Ralegh on
the education of his eldest son, Walter
Ralegh, i. 624.

Federmann's Expedition in search of
El Dorado, i. 165.

Fellowship for the discovery of а
North-west Passage, i. 84.
Fenton, James, i. 46.

Feogh, Mac Hugh, i. 105.

Ferne, Sir John, accusation of intended
piracy against Ralegh, i. 683; ii.
373-

Field, Richard, D.D., i. 451.
Fitz Edmonds, John, of Cloyne, recom-
mended by Ralegh to Leicester, ii.
18.

FitzEdmonds, John, Seneschal of Imo-
kelly, lays an ambush for Ralegh on
the road to Bally, i. 44.

FitzGerald, Catherine, Countess of Des-
mond, widow of Thomas, twelfth
earl, i. 107.

FitzGerald, James Fitz-Thomas, i. 319.
FitzGerald, John Fitz-Thomas, Earl of

Desmond, i. 319; attempt to assassi-
nate him near Arklow, 323.
FitzJames, John, dealings of the Dean
and Chapter of Sarum with, ii.

07.

Fitzwilliam, Sir William, orders dis-
traint to be levied on Ralegh's
tenants in Munster. i. 98; seizes a
castle belonging to Ralegh in Mun-
ster, ib., ii. 49, 50.

Fleet, proceedings of the English, in
1597, ii. 172, 177, 18o.

Flemish ships, treatment of, by Ra-
legh, ii. 47.

Fletcher, George, statement of, that he

had been deceived by calumnies of
the Earl of Essex being in personal
danger at the hands of Ralegh, i.

255

Floire, John, see Floyer.

Flores, Pedro Gutierrez, see Gutierrez.
Floyer, John, captures a ship of
Bayonne, ii. 55, 56.

Fortescue, Sir John, remonstrates with
Burghley on the proceedings in rela-
tion to the partition of the spoils of
the Carrack Madre de Dios, i. 156.

Fowler, Sir Thomas, foreman of the
jury at Winchester, in Nov. 1603,
i. 405.

Fowler, Thomas, trustee for Arabella
Stuart, i. 298.

France. Attorney-General Yelverton's
assertion that Ralegh had obtained,
in 1617, a French Commission 'to
assail Spaniards,' i. 678.
Franchi Conestaggio, Girolamo dei,
ii. 200.

Freake, Thomas, ii. 246.
Free Trade, Ralegh on, i. 273.
Frobisher, Sir Martin, is sent to recall
Ralegh from the expedition against
Panama, and to act for him as Ad-
miral of the Fleet, i. 147; Ralegh's
instructions to him, 149; note on,
ii. 45.
Frontino, Hernan, ii. 355.

G.

Gage, John, writes to the Archbishop
Blackwell about the Romanist plot-
ters of 1603, i. 351.

Gascoigne. George, verses alleged to
have been addressed by Ralegh to,
i. 36; publishes Sir Humphrey Gil-
bert's Discourse on a North-west
Passage, 77.

Gawdy, Sir Francis, a Justice of the
King's Bench, sits as a commis.
sioner for the trial of Ralegh,
i. 386; his alleged saying about
that trial when on his death-bed,
388.

Gawen. Walter, i. 480.

Genoa, alleged negotiation between
Ralegh and the Ambassador of
Savoy respecting an attack upon,
i. 577, 579-584
Geographical discovery, Ralegh's li-
beral promotion of the literature of,
i. 163.

Geraldines, rising of the, ii. 6.
Gerard, Miles, i. 353.

Gerard, Thomas, Lord Gerard of Ge-
rards Bromley, serves as a volunteer
in the expedition against Cadiz, i.
208; apprehends Thomas, Lord
Grey of Wilton, on a charge of

treason, 405.

Geronimo de la Concepcion, account of
the English attack on Cadiz by, i.
209, 212, 213.

Gibb, John, is employed by James I. to

convey the secret warrant for staying

the execution at Winchester, i. 448,
450.
Gilbert, Adrian, is joined with Ralegh
and John Davys in a North-west
Passage Company, i. 84; contro-
versy with John Meere about the
Constableship of Sherborne Castle,
470; Ralegh's mention of him in
a testamentary letter written in 1603,
ii. 386.

Gilbert, Captain, voyage to Virginia of,
ii. 251.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, service in the
Netherlands, i. 35, 77; discourse on
a North-west Passage to China,
ib.; his intended voyage to New-
foundland, in 1579, interrupted by
Privy Council, 78; alleged attack
by one of his ships on a Spanish
barque at Warfleet, 79; Royal
Charter to, in 1578, for the prosecu-
tion of voyages of discovery, 80; cor-
respondence with Sir F. Walsingham
on his voyage of 1583, 82; and with
Sir G. Peckham, 83; death, ib.;
Ralegh's account of the suppression
of Irish insurrections by, ii. 2;
Ralegh's letter to, accompanying a
token of the Queen's favour, 19.
Gilbert, Sir John, i. 78; Deputy Vice-
Admiral of Devon, 67; prepares
for an expedition to Guiana in
1598, 199; letter to Cecil, on pri-
vateering enterprises in 1601, 333;
letter to him from Ralegh, on the
victualling of ships at Plymouth, ii.
34; Ralegh confers with him re-
specting defence of the country,
36.

Gillingham, falconry at, ii. 85.
Godolphin, Sir Francis, ii. 186.
Godwin, Thomas, Bishop of Bath and
Wells, falsehood of an assertion that
Ralegh organized or concocted a
scandalous report against, i. 131.
Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña,

Count of, tradition of his personal
dislike of Ralegh, i. 568: his pedi-
gree, 569, note; his portraits, 569;
his early career in Spain, 570; his
embassy to England, 571; proofs of
his power over King James, 573;
and of his personal estimate of James,
574; protests against Ralegh's expe-
dition to Guiana, 587; obtains de-
tailed account of Ralegh's plans, and
a chart of his intended route, and
sends them to Madrid, 588; induces
James to alter some of the terms em-

ployed in Ralegh's commission, 589;
interposes on behalf of the deserter
from Ralegh's fleet, Captain John
Bailey, 642; accuses Ralegh of piracy,
646; has a parting interview with
James on leaving London, 651; and
goes to Madrid, ib.

Gontaut, Charles de, Duke of Biron,
Marshal of France, Ralegh's attend-
ance on the Duke of Biron in
London, and at Basing House, i. 277;
ii. 229-235.

Good, John, ii. 431.

Goodman, Godfrey, Bishop of Glou-
cester, anecdote about Ralegh's em-
balmed head by, i. 706.

Goodwin, Hugh, an English boy, left
in Guiana, i. 192; Oldys' statement
as to his fate, ib. note. [The contrary
statement in the text is an error,
arising out of a misconception of the
passage in Ralegh's MS. journal,
there referred to.]

Gorges, Sir Arthur, describes, in a letter
to Robert Cecil, a scene in the Tower,
in 1592, between Ralegh and Sir
George Carew, i. 141; account by,
of the interview between Essex and
Ralegh, after the taking of Fayal,
241, ii. 233.

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, interview of,
with Sir W. Ralegh, on the Thames,
at the time of the Essex Conspiracy,
i. 256; allusions to, in Ralegh's trial
at Winchester, 396; Ralegh's quarrel
with, ii. 312.

Goring, George, becomes lessee of part
of Ralegh's estate in Munster, i. 103.
Grados, Geronimo de, ii. 622, 632.
Grant, Patrick, ii. 127.

Grenvile, Bernard, ii. 197.
Grenville, Sir Richard, made com-

mander of an expedition to Virginia,
in 1585, i. 87; arrives at Roanoke,
89; death in a combat at the Azores,
with one ship against five, 144;
Ralegh's relation of the event, 145,
214; Ralegh's conference with him
respecting defence of the country, ii.
36.
Grey, Arthur, Lord Grey of Wilton,

i. 37, 48; letter to Burghley respect-
ing Ralegh, ii. 4; letter to Walsing-
ham, ib.; letter in reply to Walsing-
ham, 5.

Grey, Frances, Duchess of Suffolk, i.
288.

Grey, Henry, Duke of Suffolk, i.
288.

Grey, Lady Kathcine, see Seymou
Grey, Thomas, Lord Grey of Wilton,
serves as a volunteer in the Islands
Voyage of 1507. 233: conferences
at Ostend, July 1600, with Kalegh
and Cobham, as bearer of a message
for Sir R. Cecil, 317; his account
of their visit, 318; career and
character of, 345; dispute between
him and Lord Southampton in the
presence chamber of Queen Anne
at Windsor, 346; extent of his com-
plicity in the plot for surprising the
court. 347; his conference with Sir
Griffin Markham, 348; Watson's
plot against him, 350; behaviour of,
at the mock-execution Scene at
Winchester, 451: his speech atter the
reprieve, 454: Wetson's account of
his conspiracy, ii. 450 450; mes-
sage to him, while a prisoner in
the Tower, from Cecil, Aug, 20,
1603, 461; Sir E. Coke's Abstract

of the Treasons of Lord Grey and
others, 462 465; extent of his parti-
cipation in the plot of 1603, his lite.
character, &c., 469 481; letter to
Cecil. from Winchester, Dec. 1603,
praying for his intercession with the
King, &c., 482.

Guanipa, River and Bay of, i. 179.
Guiana, the early explorations of, i. 163;

Philip von Hutten's account of, 166;
journeys of Ursua and Aguirre in,
167; and those of Antonio de Berreo,
169; pilot voyage of Jacob Whiddon,
172; Ralegh's first voyage, 173; his
pictures of its scenery, 181-183; his
account of the ores of Guiana, and of
the experiments m their assaying,
180, 166; conversation between Ra-
legh and the chieftain Topiawari, on
its productions, climate, and inhobi-
tants, 187, 190, 192; publication of
Ralegh's Deverie of Guana, 196;
his MS. treatise of the Levac for
Guiana, 198; new preparations for the
voyage to. ii. 100, 103, 105; coloni-
zation and wealth of, 100 111, 118;
proposals for an expedition to, made
to Queen Anne of Denmark, 335;
further proposals, 336, 347: account
of the final voyage and its misfor-
tunes, &c., 347-380; charts of, 420.
Gutierrez Florez, Pedro, i. 212.
Guzman, Fernando de, expedition of,
in search of El Dorado,' i. 167;
murder of, by Lope de Aguirre,
168.

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Hailes, David, Lord, see Dalrymple.
Hakluyt, Richard, i. 33, 163.
Hakluyt, Richard, the Elder, i. 163.
Hales, John, notice of an Invective
against the Succession of the Queen of
Seeds, written by, i. 288.

Harcourt, Robert, voyage of, to Guiana,
j. 191.

Harington, Sir John, i. 131; he ob-

tains a promise from King James
of the forfeitures of the Markham,
i. 457.

Hariot, Thomas, goes out to Virginia
under Ralegh's Charter of 1584, ì.
87; dedicates the Brief and Druc
Retort of Virginia to Ralegh, SS;
defamation of, by Chief Justice Pop-
ham, in passing sentence at the trial
of Ralegh, in Nov. 1603, 436; help
readered by him to Rale, in the
revision of the History of the World,
545; letter to Sir R. Cecil, with
proposals for framing charts of
Guiana, &c., ii. 420.

Harlay, Christophe de, Count of Beau-
mont, statement of, as to the relations
between Lord Cobham and Sir Robert
Cecil, in May 1603, i. 358; account
of the examination of Cobham, in
his correspondence addressed to
King Henry IV. 377; account of
the conference between D'Arenbergh
and Cobham, 378; his account of a
conversation with Lady Ralegh, 379;
his comments on the dying words
of George Brooke, 442; account of
the hesitation of King James in de-
ciding on the fate of Rolegh, and of
the other condemned persons, 443:
and of the alleged intervention of
the Spanish Ambassador, 445:
his statement as to Ralegh's beha-
viour at the mock-execution scene.

450.
Harlay, Countess of Beaumont, visit of,
to the Tower of London, and conver-
sation with Ralegh, i. 480.
Harry, the Indian, i, 611, 612.
Harvey, Sir George, suppresses a re-
tractation of the charges against Ra-
legh, made by Lord Cobham, until
after the trials at Winchester, i. 381,
434; removal of, from the Lieutenancy
of the Tower, 486; his letter to Cecil,

inclosing Lord Cobham's confession
of remorse for his false accusation of
Ralegh, ii. 483.

Hastings, Edward, a volunteer in
the Guiana expedition of 1617, i. 567.
Hawkins, Sir John, Spenser's portrait

of him as Proteus,' i. 124; his in-
tervention on behalf of Ralegh, in
1592, 150; projects, in 1587, an attack
on Cadiz, 201; Ralegh asks his
opinion respecting the Great Susan,
ii. 52; his Panama expedition, 1595,
with Sir Francis Drake, and Ra-
legh's proposals in relation to it,

119, 120.

Hay, James, 1st Earl of Carlisle, i.
449; ii. 494.

Hayes, near Otterton, in Devon, the
birthplace of Ralegh, i. 9.
Hayes, Edward, account of Ralegh's
voyage in 1579 by, i. 81.
Hayward, Sir John, i. 294.

Hele, John, Serjeant-at-Law, opens the
indictment of Ralegh in the trial at
Winchester, i. 387.

Heneage, Sir Thomas, report of, to

Lords of Council respecting captives
in Barbary, ii. 30.

Henry IV., King of England, Sir John
Hayward's History of, i. 294.
Henry IV., King of France, conversation

of, with Sully about Arabella Stuart,
i. 300; Elizabeth's eagerness for a per-
sonal interview with Henry, 330;
comment of, on the conduct of King
James in relation to the trial at
Winchester, in 1603, 456; his com-
mission to René Maree de Mont-
bariot for the Conquest and Planting
of Guiana,' 596.

Henry, Prince of Wales, fruitless suits
of, for the pardon of Ralegh, i. 492;
his request that Ralegh would advise
him on the Savoyan proposition of a
double marriage, 494; has a ship
built after the suggestion of Ralegh,
510; his death, 511; Ralegh's letter
to him, with plans for building a war-
ship, ii. 330.

Herbert, Henry, Earl of Pembroke,
asks Ralegh's mediation with the
Queen for a grant of the New Forest,

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Hickes, Sir Michael, Secretary to Lord
Burghley, letter to him from Ralegh
in favour of Captain Spring, ii. 382.
Highington, Robert, i. 290.
Hill, James, a Diplomatic Agent in
Finland, report to the Lord Treasurer
Buckhurst of the willingness of Duke
Charles, of Sudermania, to join in an
English expedition, under Ralegh, to
Guiana, i. 199.

Hilliard, William, Ralegh recommends
him for a prebend in Exeter Cathe-
dral, ii. 131.

History of the World, i. 25, 33, III,
239; where was it written? 488;
its design and plan, 517; the History
of the Four Monarchies of Antiquity
intended as an Introduction to a
History of England, 518; its new
portraits in old dresses, 523; its chro-
nology, 535; its ethics, 536; causes
of its having remained unfinished,
541; the helpers in its composition,
543-

Hoby, Sir Edward, ii. 425.

Hody, Pierre de, complaint of, against
Ralegh, and Council determination
therein, i. 117.

Holderness, John, Earl of, see Ramsay.
Holford, Mr. ii. 431.

Holland, Joseph, a pedigree of Ralegh
[now in MS. Harl. 1500'] drawn
by, i. 8.

Hooker, 119 tutor of Walter Ralegh
the Younger, at Oxford, i. 624.
Hooker, John, addresses Ralegh on the
Ralegh alliances and pedigree, i. 3 ;
and draws a moral therefrom, 4;
Pole's criticism on Hooker's state-
ments, 5; Hooker's account of a
Ralegh tradition connected with
Smallridge Chapel, 6; notice of
Ralegh's stay in France, 33; notices
Ralegh's encounter with Spaniards
in 1579, 81.

Horsey, Sir Edward, i. 65, 66.
Horsey, Sir Ralph, ii. 401; letters to
Sir R. Cecil, written in 1596, 423, 424.
Hoskyns, Sir John, and the History of
the World, i. 544, 545.

Howard, Anne, Lady Howard of Effing-
ham, ii. 388.

Howard, Charles, Earl of Nottingham,
and Lord High Admiral of England,
Ralegh's commendation of his tac-
tics for the defeat of the Spanish
Armada of 1588, i. 111; revives, in
1596, a project for an enterprise
against Cadiz, 201; is joined in

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