Charles V., Emperor, celebrates his funeral, 27-8; a hard drinker, 43-4; an epicure, 69; manner of eating, 69-70; suffered from indigestion, 70; his mechanical taste, 126-7; journeys incognito, 176; adventure with a cobbler, 177-8; partial to dwarfs, 242; anecdote of, 279; settled a dispute, _ib._; disregard of dress, 292-3; his Court fools, 315; taste for music, 387-8; faith in amulets, 413-4; his lucky day, 431 Charles XII. of Sweden, a plain liver, 74; his endurance, 98; bitten by a dog, 258; reply of, 286 Charlotte, Queen, her dress, 301-2 Chesterfield, Earl of, and George IV., 54 Chicot, fool of Henry III., 322 Childeric III., the “Phantom King,” 96 China, Emperor of, use of dancing, 112-3; whipping-boy to, 310 Christian I. of Denmark, despised Court fools, 313 Christian II, and his dwarf, 240-1 Christian IV., enjoyed a carouse, 42 Christina, Queen of Sweden, her masculine habits, 16; personal habits, 17; her death predicted, 18; fond of rose-water, 42; change of religion, 167; travelled in disguise, 171-2; her wit, 286; dress, 294; influence on Roman society, 354 Clod, jester to Queen Elizabeth, 331 Coetier, Jacques, physician to Louis IX., 113-4 Condé, Prince Henry of, as an epicure, 66 Consort, Prince, love of music, 383 Cumberland, Duke of, his corpulence, 82 Cymburga of Poland, her strength, 125 D’Artois, Comte, his follies, 22 Dee, Dr., and Queen Elizabeth, 407-8 D’Enghien, Duc, anecdote of, 117 Denmark, Queen of, her disguise, 172 D’Epernay, Duke, dread of a leveret, 86 De Rohan, Chevalier, story of, 190 D’Escars, Duc, _maître d’hôtel_ to Louis XVIII., death of, 62-3 De Soubise, Prince, an epicure, 57 De Teil, Comte, and Queen Marie Casimire, 10 Dickens, Charles, and Queen Victoria, 369-70 Diniz, of Portugal, a poet, 370 Dunand, _maître d’hôtel_ to Napoleon, 65 D’Urfey, song-writer, patronised by Queen Anne, 333 Edward I., as chess player, 2; his pranks, 31-2; intemperance, 46; activity, 124; disliked show, 295; lover of music, 377; comet appeared at his birth, 397 Edward II., a player of cross and pile, 2; his freaks, 32; amused by dancing, 99; his female jester, 329; lines written by him, 358-9; visit of Raymond Lully, 406 Edward III., his taste for hunting, 136; race-horses in time of, 205 Edward IV., his intemperance, 46; his extravagant dinners, 75; meeting with Elizabeth Woodville, 137; anecdote of his jester, 329-30 Edward VI., his whipping-boy, 306, 309; superstition, 431-2 Eleanor, Queen of Henry II., story of, 302; dramatic patroness, 334; a troubadour poet, 357-8 Eleanora of Castile, fond of literature, 358