_Flagellations_ (corrective) their use is known from the earliest times, 51. Are used as a means of procuring victory in war, 52; by Masters over their Slaves; great power of Masters in Rome in that respect, 57, & _seq._ Both in antient and modern times by Schoolmasters, 71, & _seq._ by Judges, 55; by Ladies to correct misbehaviour, 319, & _seq._ Are useful to defeat captious arguments, 177. To reward satires or bon-mots, 177, 178, 268, & _seq._ To check those who betray the secrets of others, 268, & _seq._ To repress competitors, 277. To confute heresy, 258. Are, in modern times, used in Seraglios, 172; in the palaces of the western Sovereigns, 173, & _seq._ in Monasteries and the rites with which they are performed there, 131, & _seq._ 180. _Flagellations_ (jocular) performed as a pastime, 96, 97, 39, 240, 241. _Flagellations_ (recommendatory) 162, & _seq._ _Flagellations_ (in general) are undergone by Sovereigns and Great Men, 265. Are served by Emperors with their own hands, _ibid._ Are useful to make one’s fortune, 267. To acquire reputation, _ibid._ Are very proper to enliven and embellish public festivals, 395. Are capable of being performed with much gracefulness, 375, 376. The most comfortable manner to receive them, 253. Their glory completed, 258. _Francis_ (St.) his stigmats, a contrivance of his, 109. Is flagellated by the Devil the very first night after his arrival at Rome, 126. _Friars_, miracle effected by one, 128, & _seq._ Contrivance of certain Friars in Catalonia, 247. See _Monks_. _Fulk_ Grisegonelle, an account of the penance he performs, 391. G. _Gay_ quoted, 77. _Gelasius_ (Pope), puts an end to the festival of the Lupercalia, 94. Improvements that had been made in it in his time, _ibid._ _Gerald_ (Sylvester) his _Itinerarium Cambriæ_, quoted, 317. _Gil Blas_, quoted, 78. _Girard_ (Father), inflicts Cornelian disciplines on Miss Cadiere, 237. _Gerund_ de Campazas, a Spanish Novel, quoted, 293, 379. _Goddesses_, weapons with which the Antients supplied them, 60, 319. _Gretzer_ (Father), a strenuous promoter of flagellations, 44, 45. His consultation of a Physician recited, 402, 403. _Gymnosophists_, or naked Sages, 391. H. _Heloisa._ The friendship of Abelard to her, 236, 243. _Henry_ II. of England, receives a correction from the Church, 251, 252. _Henry_ III. of France, inlists as a Brother in a fraternity of Disciplinants, 356, & _seq._ 372. _Henry_ IV. of France, receives likewise a correction from the Church, 253. The great indulgence with which he is treated on that occasion, 254, 255. _Hermits_, what kind of men they are, 115. No better than common Friars; story of one, _ibid._