INDEX 



(1578) 310, 321, 348, 360; map 

 of the world by, engraving 

 of, 256 ; and the bulwark on 

 Countess Island, vii. 310; cap- 

 tain of the Anne Francis 

 (1578) VII. 322, 365; leaves the 

 fleet, VII. 335 ; advice to Upcot 

 and Tanfield, vii. 351; at Hat- 

 ton's Headland, vii. 355, 357; 

 discovery of Blessing Island, 356; 

 embarks on the pinnace, vii. 358 ; 

 finds Captain York and the 

 miners, vii. 360; fetches his ship 

 to Countess's Sound, vii. 361 ; 

 dangers of, in the Busse of 

 Bridgwater, vii. 366 ; * Discourse ' 

 by, XII. 91. 



Best, Robert, merchant in Russia, 

 II. 291, 392; interpreter in Russia 

 (1556) 362 ; in a proposed trial by 

 combat (1560) 411. 



Beta river, x. 408. 



Betancourt, John, and the Canary 

 Islands (1417) iv. 369, vi. 120. 



Betanzos, biscuit baking in, for the 

 Spanish fleet, vi. 485. 



Betel leaf, found in Cannanore, v. 



391- 



Bethlehem, Laurence Aldersey at 

 (1581) V. 209, 216; John Eldred at 

 (c. 1583) VI. 9. 



Bethlem, see Bethlehem. 



Bets, William, of Cley, and Prus- 

 sian pirates, 11. 64. 



Bets, William, released from prison 

 in Goa (1583) v. 461. 



Bevice, see Bevis. 



Bevis, John, of London, of the Em- 

 bassy to Prussia (1390) 11. 19. 



Bevis, Thomas, death of, at Roa- 

 noke (1590) VIII. 416. 



Bevis, the, flagship of Sir Anthony 

 Sherley (1596) x. 266; distress and 

 return of (1597) x. 276. 



Beyram, see Bairam. 



Beyrout, in Syria, English trade in 

 (1511) V. 62\ 



Beza, Theodore de, on the Armada 

 (1588) IV. 235. 



Bezeneger, sack of (1565) v. 382, 

 383 ; diamond mine, v. 386 ; 

 King's Palace in, v. 387; Queen 

 of Gargopam tributary to, v. 

 389; and Queen of Battacella, 



XII 



391 ; and S. Thomas City, 401 ; 



products of Goa sent to, v. 389; 



Caesar Frederick at (1567) x. 381. 



Bianco Cavo, John Locke at (1553) 



V. 85, 100. 



Biarmia, country, iii. 461 ; state 



of, I. 12 ; north of Norway, iv. 



196, vii. 164. 

 Biarmlandia, see Biarmia. 

 Biaza, haven of, or la Laguna, 



mentioned in the Ruttier, xi. 



96. 

 Bichier Castle, near Alexandria, v. 



332. 

 Bichieri, Laurence Aldersey at (1586) 



VI. 43. 



Bidoux, Pr6 John de, prior of S. 

 Giles, and the Turks at Lango 

 (1522) V. 15; and Captain Mar- 

 tiningo, v. 20 ; wounded, v. 29, 



37- 



Bigat, William, master of the Wil- 

 liam and John (1581) Iii. 247. 



Biggat, William, shipmaster (1582) 

 III. 303. 



Bigs, Captain Walter, land cap- 

 tain in Sir Francis Drake's fleet 

 (1585) X. 98; death, x. 134. 



Bilbao, in Biscay, the Primrose at 

 (1585) VI. 413. 



Bilbil Port, III. 224, 285 ; arrival of 

 Arthur Edwards at (1568) iii. 136; 

 arrival of Thomas Banister at 

 (1569) 151; English merchants at 

 (1580) III. 224, 230; latitude, 229; 

 Jacob the Armenian shipwrecked 

 off (1580) 232. 



Bileri, see under Bulgaria the 

 Greater. 



Bills, John, of Cromer, damages 

 owed to (1409) II. 104. 



Bima, one of the Java Islands, con- 

 dition of women in, v. 500. 



Bimba, see Bymba. 



Binne, a negro of Hanta, left in 

 London (1557) vi. 218. 



Binny, William Towerson's negro in 

 Guinea (1577) vi. 245. 



Biorno, third bishop of Holen, in 

 Iceland ( 1 147) iv. 54, 153. 



Bir, description by Caesar Frederick 

 (1563) V. 367; Ralph Fitch at 

 (1584) V. 505; Sanjack of, Nestor 

 Martiningo, slave to (1571) v. 147. 



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