drunkenness of his sons,45;horse-racing in time of,204Henry III., first poet-laureate in his reign,358;esteemed musicians,377Henry V., his mad pranks,33-4;reformed habits,46;dined off porpoise,75;a harpist,378Henry VI., lines written by,360;belief in alchemy,406-7;trial of Duchess of Gloucester,429Henry VII., dramatic performances in his reign,334-5;astrologers consulted for his wife,405Henry 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,410-1Henry III., Emperor, despised Court fools,313Henry V., Emperor, story of,168-9Henry II. of France, first wore silk stockings,303;killed at a tournament,311-2;his Court fools,321Henry III. of France, played at “cup and ball,”5;his follies,20;afraid of cats,86;fond of other animals,262;his jester Chicot,322Henry 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,431Henry V. of France, story of,223Henry, Duke of York, a dancer,101Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, introduced pointed shoes,289Henry, Prince, son of James I., a tennis player,224-5;played at golf,228Heraclius, Emperor, dread of the sea,85Heywood, John, Court jester,330-1Isabella, mother of Philip II., anecdote of,91Isabella Eugenia, Archduchess, story of,288Ivan IV., savage freaks of,11;a drunkard,38;his Court fools,327;story of his cruelty,ib.JamesI. of Aragon, a writer371James I. of Scotland, a chess player,4;murder of,225;musical talent,385James IV. of Scotland, celebration of his marriage,163;adventures in disguise,178;a tennis player,226James 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,428-9James 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 alsoYork, Duke ofJoachim, Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, dwarfs collected by his wife,242Joan, Queen of Naples, romantic tale of,111Joanna of Navarre, married by proxy,310;lines by Edward, Duke of York, on,359John, 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,294-5John of Austria, Don, his living chess-board,4John I. of Portugal, encouraged literature,371John II., patronised literature,371John V., lover of music,110,and literature,371John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, a chess player,3Joseph II., Emperor, his plain fare,74;visit to Catherine II.,175;averse to ceremony,ib.;fond of the theatre,352Josquin, composer, and Louis XII.,385Katherine Parr, her “Lamentation of a Sinner,”362;fortune predicted,420Killian, fool of Albert of Austria,317-8Killigrew, Tom, jester to Charles II.,333Klaus, jester of Elector Frederick,318Konrad, jester of Maximilian I.,314-5Kotzebue, anecdote of the Emperor Paul,12“Le Glorieux,”fool to Charles the Bold,320Leopold, “the Angel,” his self-denial,93Leopold I. of Austria, fond of music and the drama,351-2Loaysa, Cardinal, confessor to Charles V.,70Lola Montes, mistress of Ludwig of Bavaria,22Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Prince, a pianist,392Louis the Debonnaire and the comet,396Louis IX., forbade chess,5;controlled by his physician,113-4;introduced wigs,289Louis 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,413Louis XII., story of,188;anecdote of Josquin and,385Louis 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,430-1Louis XIV., fond of backgammon,7;and billiards,ib.;an epicure,58-9;suicide of hischef,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,430Louis 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,348Louis 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,”412Louis XVII., played quoits,237Louis XVIII., an epicure,62;invented a dish,63;his narrative of his escape,374-5Louis Philippe, anecdote of,278-9Ludwig of Bavaria, his follies,22Ludwig II., his eccentricities,23-4;deposition,25;taste for building,133-4;acquaintance with Wagner,393-4Marguerite, second wife of Edward I., story of,136Maria Theresa, Empress, her mourning,28;dwarf presented to her,239;supported the drama,350Marie 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,386-7Marie Casimire of Poland, curious amusement of,10Marie Louise, her marriage,312Mary, 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,378-9Mary 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,423Mary, Queen of Scots, masques in her reign,163;sports of her reign,232;fond of archery,235;her favourite lap-dog,251Mary Beatrice, queen of James II., receptions at St. Germains,162;disliked cards,197;her pet dogs,254;aversion to paint,298-9Matilda, Empress, her escape from Stephen,169Matilda of Scotland, talent for music,376-7Matthias II., story of his jester,315-6Maximilian, Archduke, married by proxy,311Maximilian I., his Court fools,313-4Maximilian II., fond of hunting,148-9Mazarin, Cardinal, reply to Louis XIV.,190Mendoza, fool of Henry II.,321Menicucci, jester of Grand Duke Ferdinand I.,326Montespan, Marchioness de, and the crown of Agrippina,130-1NapoleonI., 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,431Nelle, Matthias II.’s fool,315-6Nicholas, Czar, his gaze,14Orleans, Regent Duke of, an epicure,63Patch, fool to Henry VIII.,330Paul, Emperor of Russia, Kotzebue’s story of,12;regulated dress,291;his jesters,328-9Pedro, Charles V.’s jester,315Pedro I. of Portugal, a dancer,109Peter 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,327-8Peter III., military mania,12Philibert de Chalon, Prince of Orange, gambled his soldiers’ pay,185Philip of France, anecdote of his fool,320Philip III. of France, his belief in soothsayers,415-6Philip, Landgrave of Baden, advice of his fool,318Philip II. of Spain, as chess player,1;story of his wife’s parrots,256-7;married by proxy,311;his Court fool,322Philip III., died through excess of etiquette,92;fond of dancing,110Philip IV., story of his wife’s stockings,303-4Richard Cœur de Lion, fond of venison,75;horse-racing in reign of,204;discovered by Blondel,329;prediction to,418Richard II., an epicure,75;story of his greyhound,249-50Richard III., entertained players,334;charge of sorcery,429Robinson, Mary, actress, and George IV.,347Roderick, last king of the Visigoths, and his dog,250Romanus, Emperor, his dream,427Rudolph, Archduke of Austria, patron of music,392-3Scogan, jester to Edward IV.,329Sebastian, Don, freak of,26;decreed plain living,74;his restlessness,98;physical strength,125;fond of hunting,149Sophie, Queen of Denmark, story of,111-2Stanislaus, 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,373-4Stich, jester of Duke Ludwig of Bavaria,317Tarleton, fool of Queen Elizabeth,331Tennyson, Lord, and Queen Victoria,29,370Thurneysser, famous astrologer,404-5Tippoo Saib, talisman of,409Triboulet, fool of Francis I.,320-1Ulrica, sister of Frederick the Great, her stratagem,174-5Ulysses and his hound,247Vatel,chefto Louis XIV., his tragic death,60-1Victoria, 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,384Vladislaus, King of Poland, had fits at sight of apples,86Wenceslaus, the Emperor, a hard drinker,39;roasted his cook,59William 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,396William Rufus, anecdote of,424William 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,”412William 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,274William I. of Germany, anecdote of,424William, Prince, lost in theWhite Ship,45William the Silent, story of his spaniel,257York, Duke of, afterwards James II.,story of,49;entertainments at Edinburgh,164;played golf,228,and pall-mall,231York, Frederick, Duke of, a lover of the turf,218