Alfonso VI., his excesses, 25, 109-10; horsemanship, 150; affection for dogs, 258 Alfred the Great, practised falconry, 236-7; a harper, 376 Amelia Sophia, Princess, a card player, 201-2; lines attributed to, 368; death, _ib._ Anjou, Duke of, rivalry of Henry III., 20 Anne, Queen, dressed during prayers, 36; reputed love of strong drink, 52; gastronomic tastes, 80; fond of hunting, 143; a card player, 199; patron of the turf, 213; escape at the Revolution, 234; encouraged archery, 236; particular in dress, 299-300; patronage of D’Urfey, 333; touched for “king’s evil,” 411 Anne of Austria, belief in astrologers, 400-1 Anne Boleyn, an epicure, 76; danced with the French king, 101-2; her physical defects: 290; dirge written by, 361; musical, 378; prophetic incident, 419 Anne, Queen of Denmark, painting of, 139-40 Anne of Gonzaga, Princess Palatine, her dream, 425 Anne, Queen of James I., fashions of her reign, 297 Anne, Empress of Russia, fond of dancing, 107 Anne of Warwick, disguise of, 180-1 Armstrong, Archie, fool of James I., 332 Athelstan, King, horse-racing in time of, 204 Augustus, peculiarity of, 14; afraid of lightning, 85; fond of gaming, 184; kept dwarfs, 239 Augustus, King of Poland, his love of dress, 297 Augustus the Strong, of Saxony, his feats, 124-5; a china fancier, 132; General Kyan and, 280 Bajazet II., Sultan, his dream, 427-8 Bébé, favourite dwarf of Stanislaus, 73, 240 Bernadotte, Baptiste (afterwards Charles XIV. of Sweden), his superstition, 416-7 Bertin, Mademoiselle, Marie Antoinette’s milliner, 304 Bertoldo, Italian fool, 325 Bianca of Milan, died of indigestion, 74 Boleslaus II., King of Poland, worked as a porter, 173 Borra, fool of Martin of Aragon, 324 Borso, Duke of Ferrara, his jester, 325 Boruwlaski, Joseph, dwarf, story of, 239-40 Böttiger, originator of Dresden china, 132-3 Brusquet, famous Court jester, 315, 321-2 Buckingham, Duke of, and Queen Catherine, 161 Cambacérès, a noted epicure, 64 Cambridge, late Duke of, his homely tastes, 84 Campanella, the astrologer, 401 Carème, celebrated _chef_, 83 Carl August, Duke of Weimar, and Goethe, 263 Carlos, Don, son of Philip II., his violence, 31 Caroline, Princess, played at blind-man’s-buff, 6 Caroline, Queen, dressed during prayers, 36; Sir Paul Methuen and, 272; favoured a playwright, 344 Caroline Matilda, wife of Christian VII., her riding habit, 301 Casimir II. of Poland, story of, 188 Casimir IV., his death, 151 Catherine, queen of Henry VIII., pageants before, 153-4 Catherine of Aragon, proficiency in dancing, 100; pageant at her marriage, 154; disliked show, 295