14 letters compose the name of _Henri de Bourbon_, the 14th king of France and Navarre. 14th December, 1553 (14 _centuries_, 14 _decades_, and 14 _years from the birth of Christ_), Henri IV. was born, and 1553 added together = 14. 14th May, 1554, Henri II. ordered the enlargement of the Rue de la Ferronnerie. This order was carried out, and 4 times 14 years later Henri IV. was assassinated there. 14th May, 1552, was the birth of Margaret de Valois, first wife of Henri IV. 14th May, 1588, the Parisians revolted against Henri III., under the leadership of Henri de Guise. 14th March, 1590, Henri IV. gained the battle of Ivry. 14th May, 1590, Henri IV. was repulsed from the faubourgs of Paris. 14th November, 1590, “The Sixteen” took oath to die rather than serve the Huguenot king Henri IV. 14th November, 1592, the Paris _parlement_ registered the papal bull which excluded Henry IV. from reigning. 14th December, 1599, the Duke of Savoy was reconciled to Henri IV. 14th September, 1606, the dauphin (Louis XIII.), son of Henri IV., was baptized. 14th May, 1610, Ravaillac murdered Henri IV. in the Rue de la Ferronnerie. Henri IV. lived 4 times 14 years, 14 weeks, and 4 times 14 days, _i.e._ 56 years and 5 months. 14 May, 1643, died Louis XIII., son of Henri IV. (the same day and month as his father). And 1643 added together=14; just as 1553 (_the birth of Henri IV._)=14. Louis XIV. mounted the throne 1643, which added together=14. Louis XIV. died 1715, which added together=14. Louis XIV. lived 77 years, which added together=14. Louis XV. mounted the throne 1715, which added together=14. Louis XV. died 1774 (the two extremes are 14, and the two means 77=14.) Louis XVI. published the edict for the convocation of the states-general in the 14th year of his reign (September 27, 1788). Louis XVIII. was restored to the throne, Napoleon abdicated, the “Peace of Paris” was signed, and the “Congress of Vienna” met in 1814; and these figures added together=14. In 1832=14, was the death of the Duc de Reichstadt (only son of Napoleon I.). In 1841=14, the law was passed for the fortification of Paris. In 1850=14, Louis Phillippe died. =Fox= (_That_), Herod Antipas (B.C. 4 to A.D. 39). Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils.—_Luke_ xiii. 32. _Fox_ (_The Old_), Marshal Soult (1769-1851). =Foxley= (_Squire Matthew_), a magistrate who examines Darsie Latimer [_i.e._ Sir Arthur Darsie Redgauntlet], after he had been attacked by the rioters.—Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.). =Fracasse= (_Capitaine_), the French Bombastes Furioso.—Theophile Gautier.