Romances, the offspring of fiction and love, i. 442; early, ib.; that of Heliodorus denounced in the synod, 443; forbidden in the Koran, ib.; of the Troubadours, 444; modern poets indebted to, ib.; Le Roman de Perceforest, 445; of chivalry, examples of, 446; Italian, 448; use made of by poets, 449; French, ib.; went out of fashion with square cocked hats, 450; modern novels, ib.; histories of, 451; D’Urfé’s Astræa, ib.
Romney the painter, his belief in alchymy, i. 282, and note.
Ronsard, the French bard, and his Bacchanalia, ii. 41.
Rosy-Cross, the President of, proffers his advice to Charles I., iii. [464].
Rousseau, his prediction of the French Revolution, iii. [271], [272], and note; his favourite authors, iii. [340].
Royal Autographs, iii. [165].
Royal Promotions, ii. 10.
Royal Society, origin of, ii. 410-413.
Royal Society of Literature, ii. 406, note.
Rubens, his house at Antwerp, iii. [398]; his love for collections of art, [399], and note.