PREFACE.

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. PAGE Life of Busbecq 1 Turkish

Errata.

LIFE OF BUSBECQ. Introductory.

LETTER I.

LETTER II.

LETTER III.

LETTER IV.

FOOTNOTES:

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

Book I. LETTERS TO MAXIMILIAN.

Book II. LETTERS TO RODOLPH.

APPENDIX. CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.

FOOTNOTES: (2)

INDEX TO THE LETTERS.

OGIER GHISELIN
DE BUSBECQ
VOL. I.

THE
LIFE AND LETTERS
OF
OGIER GHISELIN DE BUSBECQ

SEIGNEUR OF BOUSBECQUE

KNIGHT, IMPERIAL AMBASSADOR

BY

CHARLES THORNTON FORSTER, M.A.

Late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge: Vicar of Hinxton

AND

F. H. BLACKBURNE DANIELL, M.A.

Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge: Barrister-at-Law

Πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

LONDON

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1881

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TO

MONSIEUR JEAN DALLE

MAIRE OF BOUSBECQUE
AS A SLIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS KINDNESS
AND THE VALUABLE ASSISTANCE WE HAVE
DERIVED FROM HIS RESEARCHES
THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED