INDEX
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y].
Agesilaus, anecdote of, [6]
Albert of Austria, anecdote of his fool, [317]
Alexander III., his physical strength, [124];
a boxer, [235];
attached to animals, [261]
Alexis, Czar, prohibited smoking, [132]
Alfonso of Castile, belief in astrology, [401-2]
Alfonso IV. of Portugal, devoted to hunting, [149]
Alfonso V., a writer, [371]
Alfonso VI., his excesses, [25], [109-10];
horsemanship, [150];
affection for dogs, [258]
Alfred the Great, practised falconry, [236-7];
a harper, [376]
Amelia Sophia, Princess, a card player, [201-2];
lines attributed to, [368];
death, ib.
Anjou, Duke of, rivalry of Henry III., [20]
Anne, Queen, dressed during prayers, [36];
reputed love of strong drink, [52];
gastronomic tastes, [80];
fond of hunting, [143];
a card player, [199];
patron of the turf, [213];
escape at the Revolution, [234];
encouraged archery, [236];
particular in dress, [299-300];
patronage of D’Urfey, [333];
touched for “king’s evil,” [411]
Anne of Austria, belief in astrologers, [400-1]
Anne Boleyn, an epicure, [76];
danced with the French king, [101-2];
her physical defects: [290];
dirge written by, [361];
musical, [378];
prophetic incident, [419]
Anne, Queen of Denmark, painting of, [139-40]
Anne of Gonzaga, Princess Palatine, her dream, [425]
Anne, Queen of James I., fashions of her reign, [297]
Anne, Empress of Russia, fond of dancing, [107]
Anne of Warwick, disguise of, [180-1]
Armstrong, Archie, fool of James I., [332]
Athelstan, King, horse-racing in time of, [204]
Augustus, peculiarity of, [14];
afraid of lightning, [85];
fond of gaming, [184];
kept dwarfs, [239]
Augustus, King of Poland, his love of dress, [297]
Augustus the Strong, of Saxony, his feats, [124-5];
a china fancier, [132];
General Kyan and, [280]
Bajazet II., Sultan, his dream, [427-8]
Bébé, favourite dwarf of Stanislaus, [73], [240]
Bernadotte, Baptiste (afterwards Charles XIV. of Sweden), his superstition, [416-7]
Bertin, Mademoiselle, Marie Antoinette’s milliner, [304]
Bertoldo, Italian fool, [325]
Bianca of Milan, died of indigestion, [74]
Boleslaus II., King of Poland, worked as a porter, [173]
Borra, fool of Martin of Aragon, [324]
Borso, Duke of Ferrara, his jester, [325]
Boruwlaski, Joseph, dwarf, story of, [239-40]
Böttiger, originator of Dresden china, [132-3]
Brusquet, famous Court jester, [315], [321-2]
Buckingham, Duke of, and Queen Catherine, [161]
Cambacérès, a noted epicure, [64]
Cambridge, late Duke of, his homely tastes, [84]
Campanella, the astrologer, [401]
Carème, celebrated chef, [83]
Carl August, Duke of Weimar, and Goethe, [263]
Carlos, Don, son of Philip II., his violence, [31]
Caroline, Princess, played at blind-man’s-buff, [6]
Caroline, Queen, dressed during prayers, [36];
Sir Paul Methuen and, [272];
favoured a playwright, [344]
Caroline Matilda, wife of Christian VII., her riding habit, [301]
Casimir II. of Poland, story of, [188]
Casimir IV., his death, [151]
Catherine, queen of Henry VIII., pageants before, [153-4]
Catherine of Aragon, proficiency in dancing, [100];
pageant at her marriage, [154];
disliked show, [295]
Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II., [50-1];
fond of dancing, [104-5];
love of sport, [140];
masquerading adventures, [161];
frolic at Saffron Walden, [182];
fond of cards, [196];
played on Sunday, [197];
wore low-necked dresses, [290];
wore short skirts, [298];
patroness of Italian opera, [380]
Catherine II., a plain liver, [72];
fond of the ballet, [108];
anecdote of, ib.;
ruse practised on Joseph II., [175];
enjoyed whist, [193];
fond of animals, [261];
caged her perruquier, [302-3];
literary powers, [372]
Catherine de Medicis, belief in astrologers, [398-9]
Catherine Parr. See Katherine
Charlemagne, an epicure, [57-8];
his strength, [124];
his water clock, [128];
devoted to the chase, [144];
privilege granted to hounds, [248];
taste for music, [385];
his talisman, [408]
Charles I., a chess-player, [3];
secret obligations of, [13];
his abstemiousness, [48];
encouragement of the masque, [160];
journey to Spain incognito, [181-2];
horse-racing in his reign, [208];
played at golf, [228],
and bowls, [229-30];
athletic feats of, [232];
his Court dwarf, [244];
opinion on dogs, [252];
his whipping-boy, [307];
patron of the drama, [340];
his literary ability, [365-6];
predictions of his death, [420-1];
consulted astrologers, [421]
Charles II., his debauches, [49-50];
tea introduced by his queen, [50];
his gastronomic tastes, [78];
knighting of a sirloin, [78];
his table pillaged, [79];
fond of dancing, [103-4],
and of masquerading, [161];
gambling in his reign, [196];
encouraged horse-racing, [209-12];
fire at Newmarket, [211];
Rye House Plot, [211-2];
bred race-horses, [212];
a tennis player, [226];
his walking powers, [232];
fond of dogs, [252-3];
the pickpocket and, [268];
rejoinder to Dr. Stillingfleet, [269];
victim of a joke, ib.;
low-necked dresses in his reign, [289-90];
his jester, [333];
fond of theatricals, [340];
anecdote of, [341];
poetical talent, [366-7];
account of battle of Worcester, [367];
his taste for music, [381];
touched for “king’s evil,” [411]
Charles of Austria, died of eating mushrooms, [74]
Charles the Bold, his Court fool, [320]
Charles Edward, Prince, capture of his baggage, [410]
Charles the Fat, his excuse, [10]
Charles V. of France, tennis in his reign, [227]
Charles VI. of France, fond of disguises, [169-70];
narrow escape, [170];
a gambler, [184];
his cards, [185]
Charles VII. of France, fond of pleasure, [39];
his Scots archers, [236];
introduced long coats, [288-9]
Charles VIII. of France, death of, [8]
Charles IX. of France, his excesses, [21];
disguise, [171];
partiality for dwarfs, [239]
Charles X. of France, flight of, [147-8];
a whist player, [192];
joke of, [278]
Charles III. of Mantua, his disguises, [179]
Charles II. of Spain, played at “jouchets,” [5];
opened coffins, [27];
his wild fancies, [90]
Charles III. of Spain, devoted to hunting, [150-1]
Charles IV. of Spain, fond of hunting, [151];
his wit and spirit, [287]
Charles V., Emperor, celebrates his funeral, [27-8];
a hard drinker, [43-4];
an epicure, [69];
manner of eating, [69-70];
suffered from indigestion, [70];
his mechanical taste, [126-7];
journeys incognito, [176];
adventure with a cobbler, [177-8];
partial to dwarfs, [242];
anecdote of, [279];
settled a dispute, ib.;
disregard of dress, [292-3];
his Court fools, [315];
taste for music, [387-8];
faith in amulets, [413-4];
his lucky day, [431]
Charles XII. of Sweden, a plain liver, [74];
his endurance, [98];
bitten by a dog, [258];
reply of, [286]
Charlotte, Queen, her dress, [301-2]
Chesterfield, Earl of, and George IV., [54]
Chicot, fool of Henry III., [322]
Childeric III., the “Phantom King,” [96]
China, Emperor of, use of dancing, [112-3];
whipping-boy to, [310]
Christian I. of Denmark, despised Court fools, [313]
Christian II, and his dwarf, [240-1]
Christian IV., enjoyed a carouse, [42]
Christina, Queen of Sweden, her masculine habits, [16];
personal
habits, [17];
her death predicted, [18];
fond of rose-water, [42];
change of religion, [167];
travelled in disguise, [171-2];
her wit, [286];
dress, [294];
influence on Roman society, [354]
Clod, jester to Queen Elizabeth, [331]
Coetier, Jacques, physician to Louis IX., [113-4]
Condé, Prince Henry of, as an epicure, [66]
Consort, Prince, love of music, [383]
Cumberland, Duke of, his corpulence, [82]
Cymburga of Poland, her strength, [125]
D’Artois, Comte, his follies, [22]
Dee, Dr., and Queen Elizabeth, [407-8]
D’Enghien, Duc, anecdote of, [117]
Denmark, Queen of, her disguise, [172]
D’Epernay, Duke, dread of a leveret, [86]
De Rohan, Chevalier, story of, [190]
D’Escars, Duc, maître d’hôtel to Louis XVIII., death of, [62-3]
De Soubise, Prince, an epicure, [57]
De Teil, Comte, and Queen Marie Casimire, [10]
Dickens, Charles, and Queen Victoria, [369-70]
Diniz, of Portugal, a poet, [370]
Dunand, maître d’hôtel to Napoleon, [65]
D’Urfey, song-writer, patronised by Queen Anne, [333]
Edward I., as chess player, [2];
his pranks, [31-2];
intemperance, [46];
activity, [124];
disliked show, [295];
lover of music, [377];
comet appeared at his birth, [397]
Edward II., a player of cross and pile, [2];
his freaks, [32];
amused by dancing, [99];
his female jester, [329];
lines written by him, [358-9];
visit of Raymond Lully, [406]
Edward III., his taste for hunting, [136];
race-horses in time of, [205]
Edward IV., his intemperance, [46];
his extravagant dinners, [75];
meeting with Elizabeth Woodville, [137];
anecdote of his jester, [329-30]
Edward VI., his whipping-boy, [306], [309];
superstition, [431-2]
Eleanor, Queen of Henry II., story of, [302];
dramatic patroness, [334];
a troubadour poet, [357-8]
Eleanora of Castile, fond of literature, [358]
Elizabeth, Queen, a chess player, [3];
her indecision, [34];
drank common beer, [47];
her bill of fare, [77];
detested dwarfs and monsters, [86];
aversion to smells, [87];
patroness of dancing, [102];
fond of hunting, [138];
pageants and masques at Kenilworth, [156-7];
her support of the masque, [158];
horse-racing in reign of, [206];
tennis in her reign, [224];
sports of her reign, [231-2];
fond of animals, [251];
rejoinders made to her, [265-6];
fond of jests, [266];
love of finery, [295-6];
her jesters, [331];
patroness of the drama, [336-8];
literary compositions, [363-4];
musical, [379];
and the comet, [397];
belief in occult sciences, [407-8];
talisman presented to, [409];
credulity, [413]
Elizabeth, queen of Edward IV., fond of nine-pins, [231]
Eric XIV. of Sweden, violence of, [15];
his fate, [15];
superstitions, [402], [415]
Essex, Earl of, his masque before Elizabeth, [156-7]
Feodor, son of Ivan IV., his bell-ringing hobby, [124]
Ferdinand I. of Austria, his weak mind, [96]
Ferdinand II., story of his jester, [316]
Ferdinand I. of Naples, taste for fruit, [73]
Ferdinand II., Grand Duke of Tuscany, “the fool of his health,” [89]
Ferdinand V., the Catholic, a hunter, [148];
disliked finery, [292]
Ferrand, Count of Flanders, a chess player, [4]
Francis I. of France, injured at snowballs, [8];
his licentiousness, [40];
fond of hunting, [145];
introduced short hair, [288];
his Court fools, [320-1]
Frederic, Elector, collector of relics, [131];
advice of his fool, [318]
Frederic of Baden, Princess, wife of Gustavus IV., [19]
Frederick, Austrian prince, died of eating melons, [58]
Frederick the Great, an epicure, [66];
cost of his dinner, [67];
his bill of fare, [68];
activity, [97];
collector of snuff-boxes, [132];
denounced hunting, [148];
his masked ball in 1745, [165-6];
his dogs, [259];
and horses, [260];
anecdote of, [264];
retort to, [282-3];
Carlyle’s story of, [283];
General Ziethen’s reply to, [283-4];
slovenly habits, [293];
fond of theatricals, [352-3];
a musician, [389-91]
Frederick II., anecdote of, [319];
a writer, [374];
belief in astrology, [403];
alchemy in the reign of, [405-6]
Frederick III., his indolence, [96]
Frederick, Prince of Wales, his sudden death, [226-7];
fond of private theatricals, [344];
lines written by, [368-9]
Frederick William I., a hard drinker, [38];
his bill of fare, [68];
passion for recruiting giants, [93-4];
eccentricities, [95];
fond of hunting, [148];
his coarse jokes, [281-2];
ignored fashion, [293];
fools at his Court, [319];
fond of music, [389]
Frederick William III., averse to hunting, [148]
Gadbury, John, astrologer, [404]
Gascoigne, Judge, committed the Prince of Wales, [33]
Geoffrey, son of Henry II., dissolute habits, [45]
George I., fond of good living, [81];
horse-racing in his reign, [213];
partial to dwarfs, [244];
his humour, [270-1];
indifferent to fashion, [300];
fond of the play Henry VIII., [342];
death predicted, [423]
George II., apparition seen by, [30];
his temperate habits, [53];
anecdote of, [81];
his exactness, [88-9];
his anger, [89];
fond of hunting, [143-4];
at Heidegger’s masquerade, [164-5];
gaming in his reign, [200];
Lady Deloraine and, [200-1];
horse-racing in reign of, [214];
his humour, [271-2];
instituted naval uniform, [301];
encouraged immoral dramas, [343]
George III., fond of children, [6];
played at backgammon, [7];
his abstemiousness, [53-4], [82];
no lover of the turf, [214];
love of humour, [273-4];
his sons whipped, [310];
Quin the actor and, [344];
patron of the drama, [345];
attacks on, [346-7];
Mrs. Bellamy and, [346];
death of Princess Amelia, [368];
attached to church music, [382]
George IV., his intemperance, [54-5];
adventure with a dog, [54];
reception of his bride-elect, [55];
his favourite dishes, [83-4];
a gambler, [202];
patron of the turf, [214-7];
at Brighton races, [216];
interest in Ascot and Goodwood, [217-8];
patron of the prize-ring, [234-5];
connection with Mary Robinson, [347];
fond of music, [382-3]
George Castriot, Prince of Albania, his strength, [125-6]
Gonella, jester of Duke of Ferrara, [325]
Grammont, Count de, and Louis XIV., [7]
Gustavus III., his extravagance, [41-2];
death, [166];
incognito travels, [179]
Gustavus IV., his eccentricities, [19];
deposition, [20];
a writer, [373]
Hanover, King of, his musical taste, [388]
Hardicanute, a gourmand, [57]
Heidegger, practical joke on, [164-5]
Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I., her fancy for dwarfs, [243-4];
story of, [298];
taste for music, [379];
consulted a prophetess, [421-2]
Henry I., loss of his son, [45];
a hunter, [135];
menagerie formed by him, [249-50];
treatment of a lampooner, [264];
dismayed by a storm, [425]
Henry II., a chess player, [2];
drunkenness of his sons, [45];
horse-racing in time of, [204]
Henry III., first poet-laureate in his reign, [358];
esteemed musicians, [377]
Henry V., his mad pranks, [33-4];
reformed habits, [46];
dined off porpoise, [75];
a harpist, [378]
Henry VI., lines written by, [360];
belief in alchemy, [406-7];
trial of Duchess of Gloucester, [429]
Henry VII., dramatic performances in his reign, [334-5];
astrologers consulted for his wife, [405]
Henry VIII., a card player, [8];
his intemperance, [47];
an epicure, [75];
partial to dancing, [99-100];
stripped by the onlookers, [100];
performed a ballet, [101];
execution of Anne Boleyn, [137];
hunted with Anne, [137-8];
his masques, [152-4];
a gambler, [194-5];
lover of horses, [206];
a tennis player, [223-4];
established a cock-pit, [233];
an archer, [235];
a falconer, [237];
Sir Thomas More’s reply to, [265];
his Court jesters, [330];
patron of the drama, [335-6];
literary attainments, [360-1];
his amulet, [408];
cramp rings in his reign, [410-1]
Henry III., Emperor, despised Court fools, [313]
Henry V., Emperor, story of, [168-9]
Henry II. of France, first wore silk stockings, [303];
killed at a tournament, [311-2];
his Court fools, [321]
Henry III. of France, played at “cup and ball,” [5];
his follies, [20];
afraid of cats, [86];
fond of other animals, [262];
his jester Chicot, [322]
Henry IV. of France, fond of children, [6];
an epicure, [58];
fond of the ballet, [114];
a gambler, [186];
fond of dogs, [262];
disliked finery, [292];
his whipping-boys, [307];
marriage, [310];
his female fool, [323];
assassination predicted in a dream, [426];
his lucky day, [431]
Henry V. of France, story of, [223]
Henry, Duke of York, a dancer, [101]
Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, introduced pointed shoes, [289]
Henry, Prince, son of James I., a tennis player, [224-5] ;
played at golf, [228]
Heraclius, Emperor, dread of the sea, [85]
Heywood, John, Court jester, [330-1]
Isabella, mother of Philip II., anecdote of, [91]
Isabella Eugenia, Archduchess, story of, [288]
Ivan IV., savage freaks of, [11];
a drunkard, [38];
his Court fools, [327];
story of his cruelty, ib.
James I. of Aragon, a writer [371]
James I. of Scotland, a chess player, [4];
murder of, [225];
musical talent, [385]
James IV. of Scotland, celebration of his marriage, [163];
adventures in disguise, [178];
a tennis player, [226]
James I., a card player, [8];
at church, [35];
enjoyed a carouse, [42], [47-8];
his household expenditure, [77];
detested pork, [77-8];
knighted a sirloin, [78-9];
shuddered at sight of a sword, [87];
enjoyed hunting, [138-9];
his mishaps, [139];
masques and pageants, [158-9];
patron of horse-racing, [206];
first public races, [207];
fond of cock-fighting, [233];
played quoits, [237];
fond of animals, [251-2],
and of buffoonery, [266-7];
Buckingham’s trick, [268];
regulated dress, [291];
indifferent to dress, [293];
his whipping-boy, [308];
Court fools, [331-2];
patron of the drama, [337], [338-40];
fond of literature, [364-5];
belief in witchcraft, [428-9]
James II., averse to hard drinking, [51];
in exile, [106-7];
fond of hunting, [140-1];
entertained at Copthall, [141-2];
masques at St. Germains, [162];
state of his disbanded soldiers, [163];
a horseman, [212-3];
Milton’s rejoinder to, [270];
the stage in his reign, [341].
See also York, Duke of
Joachim, Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, dwarfs collected by his wife, [242]
Joan, Queen of Naples, romantic tale of, [111]
Joanna of Navarre, married by proxy, [310];
lines by Edward, Duke of York, on, [359]
John, King of England, as chess player, [2];
his drunkenness, [45];
visit to Nottingham, [46];
fond of venison, [75];
a hunter, [136];
a sportsman, [205];
his dress and that of his queen, [294-5]
John of Austria, Don, his living chess-board, [4]
John I. of Portugal, encouraged literature, [371]
John II., patronised literature, [371]
John V., lover of music, [110],
and literature, [371]
John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, a chess player, [3]
Joseph II., Emperor, his plain fare, [74];
visit to Catherine II., [175];
averse to ceremony, ib.;
fond of the theatre, [352]
Josquin, composer, and Louis XII., [385]
Katherine Parr, her “Lamentation of a Sinner,” [362];
fortune predicted, [420]
Killian, fool of Albert of Austria, [317-8]
Killigrew, Tom, jester to Charles II., [333]
Klaus, jester of Elector Frederick, [318]
Konrad, jester of Maximilian I., [314-5]
Kotzebue, anecdote of the Emperor Paul, [12]
“Le Glorieux,” fool to Charles the Bold, [320]
Leopold, “the Angel,” his self-denial, [93]
Leopold I. of Austria, fond of music and the drama, [351-2]
Loaysa, Cardinal, confessor to Charles V., [70]
Lola Montes, mistress of Ludwig of Bavaria, [22]
Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Prince, a pianist, [392]
Louis the Debonnaire and the comet, [396]
Louis IX., forbade chess, [5];
controlled by his physician, [113-4];
introduced wigs, [289]
Louis XI., anecdote of, [97];
fond of the chase, [145];
journeys in disguise, [171];
anecdotes of, [275-6];
disliked finery, [291];
the astrologer and, [399-400];
healed by touch, [413]
Louis XII., story of, [188];
anecdote of Josquin and, [385]
Louis XIII., a chess player, [5];
taste for fruit, [58];
a dancer, [114];
fond of the chase, [145];
averse to gambling, [188];
Sully’s rebuke of his favourites, [276];
Bassompierre’s rejoinders to, [277];
his courtiers beardless, [289];
his Court fool, [323];
credulity, [400];
lucky day, [430-1]
Louis XIV., fond of backgammon, [7];
and billiards, ib.;
an epicure, [58-9];
suicide of his chef, [60-1];
consideration for ex-King James, [106-7];
fond of dancing, [114-5];
his favourite dances, [115];
anecdote of him, [116];
mechanical coach constructed for him, [129];
passion for jewels, [130];
the crown of Agrippina, [130-1];
fond of hunting, [146],
and of gambling, [188-90];
the Capuchin and, [278];
his wig, [302];
remark of, [307];
his Court jesters, [323-4];
patron of the drama, [347-8];
remark on the comet, [398];
stopped persecutions for witchcraft, [430]
Louis XV., his profligacy and devotion, [30];
an epicure, [61-2];
speculated in corn, [97];
story of, [191];
his wanton character, [262];
retort to Lauragais, [277];
indifference to drama and music, [348]
Louis XVI., his mechanical taste, [127-8];
passion for hunting, [146];
gambling in his reign, [191];
remark about Charles IV., [287];
dress in his reign, [303];
touched for “king’s evil,” [412]
Louis XVII., played quoits, [237]
Louis XVIII., an epicure, [62];
invented a dish, [63];
his narrative of his escape, [374-5]
Louis Philippe, anecdote of, [278-9]
Ludwig of Bavaria, his follies, [22]
Ludwig II., his eccentricities, [23-4];
deposition, [25];
taste for building, [133-4];
acquaintance with Wagner, [393-4]
Marguerite, second wife of Edward I., story of, [136]
Maria Theresa, Empress, her mourning, [28];
dwarf presented to her, [239];
supported the drama, [350]
Marie Antoinette, fond of dancing, [117-8];
anecdote of her, [147];
a gambler, [191-2];
her conduct at the races, [221];
dress, [304-5];
interest in theatricals, [349-50];
affection of audience for her, [350];
taste for music, [386-7]
Marie Casimire of Poland, curious amusement of, [10]
Marie Louise, her marriage, [312]
Mary, Queen, a dancer, [102], [155];
fond of wagers, [195-6];
lover of animals, [251];
the drama in her reign, [336];
her literary work, [363];
talented in music, [378-9]
Mary II., a dancer, [105];
averse to gaieties, [106];
fond of cards, [198];
witty remark, [270];
patron of the drama, [341];
at the theatre, [342];
goes to see a fortune-teller, [423]
Mary, Queen of Scots, masques in her reign, [163];
sports of her reign, [232];
fond of archery, [235];
her favourite lap-dog, [251]
Mary Beatrice, queen of James II., receptions at St. Germains, [162];
disliked cards, [197];
her pet dogs, [254];
aversion to paint, [298-9]
Matilda, Empress, her escape from Stephen, [169]
Matilda of Scotland, talent for music, [376-7]
Matthias II., story of his jester, [315-6]
Maximilian, Archduke, married by proxy, [311]
Maximilian I., his Court fools, [313-4]
Maximilian II., fond of hunting, [148-9]
Mazarin, Cardinal, reply to Louis XIV., [190]
Mendoza, fool of Henry II., [321]
Menicucci, jester of Grand Duke Ferdinand I., [326]
Montespan, Marchioness de, and the crown of Agrippina, [130-1]
Napoleon I., as chess player, [1];
played at blind-man’s-buff, [6];
fondness for children, ib.;
“the little red man,” [30];
epicures of his reign, [64];
a fast eater, [65];
suffered from indigestion, ib.;
in a temper, [66];
a favourite dance, [115];
story of, [193];
averse to gambling, ib.;
his fortune predicted, [416-7];
his lucky day, [431]
Nelle, Matthias II.’s fool, [315-6]
Nicholas, Czar, his gaze, [14]
Orleans, Regent Duke of, an epicure, [63]
Patch, fool to Henry VIII., [330]
Paul, Emperor of Russia, Kotzebue’s story of, [12];
regulated dress, [291];
his jesters, [328-9]
Pedro, Charles V.’s jester, [315]
Pedro I. of Portugal, a dancer, [109]
Peter the Great, violence of, [14];
his orgies, [37-8];
his bills of fare, [71];
aversion to being looked at, [93];
boat-building hobby, [121-2];
visit to Holland, [122];
and to England, [123];
learned smithing, [124];
attended a masked ball, [176];
story of, ib.;
partial to dwarfs, [241];
his monkey, [260-1];
remark about lawyers, [284-5];
plain dress, [299];
his Court fools, [327-8]
Peter III., military mania, [12]
Philibert de Chalon, Prince of Orange, gambled his soldiers’ pay, [185]
Philip of France, anecdote of his fool, [320]
Philip III. of France, his belief in soothsayers, [415-6]
Philip, Landgrave of Baden, advice of his fool, [318]
Philip II. of Spain, as chess player, [1];
story of his wife’s parrots, [256-7];
married by proxy, [311];
his Court fool, [322]
Philip III., died through excess of etiquette, [92];
fond of dancing, [110]
Philip IV., story of his wife’s stockings, [303-4]
Richard Cœur de Lion, fond of venison, [75];
horse-racing in reign of, [204];
discovered by Blondel, [329];
prediction to, [418]
Richard II., an epicure, [75];
story of his greyhound, [249-50]
Richard III., entertained players, [334];
charge of sorcery, [429]
Robinson, Mary, actress, and George IV., [347]
Roderick, last king of the Visigoths, and his dog, [250]
Romanus, Emperor, his dream, [427]
Rudolph, Archduke of Austria, patron of music, [392-3]
Scogan, jester to Edward IV., [329]
Sebastian, Don, freak of, [26];
decreed plain living, [74];
his restlessness, [98];
physical strength, [125];
fond of hunting, [149]
Sophie, Queen of Denmark, story of, [111-2]
Stanislaus, ex-King of Poland, his wine, [40];
extravagant habits, [41];
an epicure, [72];
his pie, [73];
taste for building, [134];
fond of hunting, [151];
a card player, [203];
his dwarfs, [240];
his wit, [285];
reply to Voltaire, ib.;
the young actor and, [354-6];
his writings, [373-4]
Stich, jester of Duke Ludwig of Bavaria, [317]
Tarleton, fool of Queen Elizabeth, [331]
Tennyson, Lord, and Queen Victoria, [29], [370]
Thurneysser, famous astrologer, [404-5]
Tippoo Saib, talisman of, [409]
Triboulet, fool of Francis I., [320-1]
Ulrica, sister of Frederick the Great, her stratagem, [174-5]
Ulysses and his hound, [247]
Vatel, chef to Louis XIV., his tragic death, [60-1]
Victoria, Queen, fond of games, [4];
romped with children, [7];
morbid tendency, [28];
belief in spirits, [29];
plain liver, [84];
attended races, [220];
dwarfs at her Court, [245];
love for animals, [255];
appreciated wit, [275];
patron of the drama, [347];
her literary work, [369-70];
love of music, [384]
Vladislaus, King of Poland, had fits at sight of apples, [86]
Wenceslaus, the Emperor, a hard drinker, [39];
roasted his cook, [59]
William the Conqueror, as chess player, [1];
his temperance, [44];
physical strength, [124];
dwarfs in his retinue, [243];
saved by his jester, [329];
his bard, [376];
disbelief in omens, [396]
William Rufus, anecdote of, [424]
William III., wore his hat in church, [35];
drank ale, [47];
joined in debauches, [49], [51];
his vulgar behaviour, [79-80];
hatred of mourning, [88];
fond of coursing, [142];
at the cock-fight, [143];
a gambler, [198-9];
patron of racing, [213];
Sir E. Seymour’s retort to, [280];
refused to touch for “king’s evil,” [412]
William IV., advocate for temperance, [56];
his favourite dish, [84];
horse-racing in his reign, [219];
sale of his stud, [220];
patron of golf, [229];
appreciated jokes, [274]
William I. of Germany, anecdote of, [424]
William, Prince, lost in the White Ship, [45]
William the Silent, story of his spaniel, [257]
York, Duke of, afterwards James II.,
story of, [49];
entertainments at Edinburgh, [164];
played golf, [228],
and pall-mall, [231]
York, Frederick, Duke of, a lover of the turf, [218]
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes.”
[2] See Smiles’ “Life and Labour,” p. 338.
[3] W. R. Morfill, “Russia,” pp. 253-254.
[4] Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. p. 249.