_Adrian_ I. (Pope) occupied the Holy Chair in the year 772, and forbids Confessors to beat their penitents, 229. _Ægyptians_, an account of their religious ceremonies and flagellations, 85. _Ajax_ Mastigophoros, a Tragedy of Sophocles, a remarkable passage in it, quoted, 54. _Alcoran_ of the Cordeliers, what Book, 394. _Amorous_ History of Gauls, quoted, 342. _Anabaptists_, a pious expedition and procession of theirs, 393. _Anchorites_ of the East, accounts of their self-mortifications, 112, & _seq._ _Anthony_ (St.) is the Institutor of Monastical Life, 127. Frequent visits he receives from the Devil, and the different treatments he experiences from him, 125, 127. _Apuleius_, quoted, 86. _Aulus Gellius_, quoted, 149. _Austin_ (St.) his remarkable advice to the Tribune Marcellinus, concerning Heretics, 133. _Augustus_, is said to have subjected the Romans to his whip, 60. B. _Bastinadoes_, are but incomplete acts of penance, 224, 395. _Bath_ (Knights of the) at the time of their installation are to receive admonitions from the Master Cook of the Sovereign, 186. _Bernardinus_ de Bustis, a sermon of his quoted, 310. _Bernardinus_ of Sienna, in what manner he receives the advances of a Lady, 263. Is not a fit model for ordinary persons to imitate, 294, 297. _Bishops_, are invested, in the earliest times, with a power of flagellation over their flock, 132, & _seq._ _Boileau_ (the Abbé) specimens of his Latin, 232, 263; personally introduced, 400; reprimanded, 405. _Bolingbroke_ (Lord) writes Ministerial dispatches on the posteriors of his Mistress, 285. _Bonner_, Bishop of London, his method of informing Hereticks, 258. _Boston_ Magistrates and Select-men served with a flagellation, 273, & _seq._ _Bottom, a_, a boxing technical expression; its meaning, 386. _Brantôme_, quoted, 173, 176, 178, 239, 407. _Bridget_, a holy Nun, sets both St. Chrysostom and St. Austin right, by means of a vision she has, 107. _Buchanan_, his flagellatory jokes, 160. _Buckhorse_, his prowess, 385. _Buffoon_ (a Court) in Spain, his witticism at the expence of the Queen, and flagellatory reward for the same, 178. _Burnet_, quoted, 259, 267. _Buxtorf_, his Judaic Synagogue quoted, 35, 36. C. _Caligula_ (the Emperor) his expedients for silencing those who made a noise near him in the Theatre, 266. _Calot_, the celebrated Engraver, mentioned, 127. _Canillac_ (the Marquis of) falls in love with Margaret, Queen of Navarre, on sight of her fine arm, 269. _Canon_ (an English) Dean of the Church of Rheims, bestows a sound admonition and discipline on the Bishop of Châlons, 151, 152. Thanks given him by the latter, _ibid._