Fairfax, Sir Thomas, anecdotes of him and his family, ii. 461-474.
Fame, contemned, 66.
Familiar spirits, intercourse with, believed, i. 27, 28, 280.
Fanshaw, Sir Richard, his Ode on the king’s commanding the gentry to reside on their estates, iii. [369]-371.
Farces, ancient, reprehensible, but their pleasantry and humour not contemptible, i. 358; customary among the Romans after a serious piece, ii. 131.
Fashions.—See Literary Fashions. Anecdotes of their origin, changes and extravagances, i. 216-230; introduction of French, 227, 228; chronicled by Stowe, 225; French, prevailed in the reign of Charles II., 228; notice of modern, 229; lines condemning the acts of, 230; expensive in the reigns of Henry VII. and VIII., ii. 36.
Feast of Fools, ii. 31.
Feast of Asses, ii. 31.
Felton, John, the assassin of the Duke of Buckingham, his motives for the act, ii. 371; his passage to London in triumph, 372; anagram on his name, 373; his remorse, ib.; his character, 374; his family, ib., and note; propositions found in his trunk, 375; history of the remarkable written paper found in his hat, ib., note; answer to a threat of torture, 376; poem addressed to, 378.
Female beauty and ornaments, opinions and practices of various nations concerning, i. 211.