Fights, sham, in Italy in the middle ages, ii. [37], [38]
Fire, regarded by the ancients as an emblem of virginity, i. 108, note
Fish, symbol of the early Christians, i. 376
Flamens of Jupiter, ii. [298]
Flora, games of, i. 276
Forethought, brought into a new position by industrial habits, i. 140
Foundlings, hospitals for, ii. [23], note, [32].
Adversaries of, [98], and note
France, condition of, under the Merovingian kings, ii. [236], note