_Kitchen_ (the), is the appropriated place for flagellations in the Palaces of the Western Kings and great Men, 185. Advantages of the place, _ibid._ The great share the people of the kitchen bore in former times in supporting the dignity of Kings, 186. Farther remark on the importance of the people of the kitchen, 191. Their laudable zeal in assisting their Masters, 190, 191. _Kolben_, his description of the Cape of Good Hope, quoted, 292. L. _Labat_ (Father), his travels into Spain and Italy quoted, 382. _Lacedæmon_ Flagellating solemnities that took place there, 79, & _seq._ Are described, or alluded to, by Cicero, Plutarch, Lucian, Seneca, &c. _ibid._ Are still in use in the times of Tertullian, 83. It is difficult to say whether there was more inhumanity or stupidity in these processions, 395. _Ladies_ have an abhorrence to cruelty, even in their acts of revenge, 320. Neither do they intirely overlook offences; remarkable instances of both their spirited resentment and mercifulness, 321, & _seq._ Aim at elegance in all their actions, 320, & _seq._ The singular power of the graces to engage their attention, 376. Have a right to flagellate their Husbands, 339, 340. _Lady_ (a great), mentioned by Brantôme; the remarkable entertainments and festivity that took place in her house, 239, & _seq._ _Lancelot_ du Lac, the Knight, his History quoted, 218, 228. _Lafontaine_, the Poet, quoted, 116, 196, 243, 322, 409. _Law_ (the study of the), what is necessary to succeed in it, 282. _Lazare_ (the Fathers of), their seminary; the excellent institution it was, 162. The extensiveness of their operations, 163, 164. Their scrupulous exactness in performing their engagements, _ibid._ The occasion of their seminary being abolished, 165, 166. _Lazarillo_ de Tormes, the notorious Spanish Cheat; how punished by his four Wives, 327. _Legend_ (Golden), a farrago of Monkish stories compiled by _Jacobus de Voragine_, 115. Again quoted, 151. _Lewis_ XI. of France; the rascally turn of his devotion, 207. _Liancourt_ (the Lady of), account of this Lady; her competition with the Marchioness of Tresnel, 278. Is worsted in the issue, 280. _Libanius_, the Sophist, quoted, 288. _Limeuil_ (Mademoiselle de), a Maid of Honour to the Queen of France, 173, 174. The misfortune that befalls her, _ibid._