George II., apparition seen by, 30; his temperate habits, 53; anecdote of, 81; his exactness, 88-9; his anger, 89; fond of hunting, 143-4; at Heidegger’s masquerade, 164-5; gaming in his reign, 200; Lady Deloraine and, 200-1; horse-racing in reign of, 214; his humour, 271-2; instituted naval uniform, 301; encouraged immoral dramas, 343 George III., fond of children, 6; played at backgammon, 7; his abstemiousness, 53-4, 82; no lover of the turf, 214; love of humour, 273-4; his sons whipped, 310; Quin the actor and, 344; patron of the drama, 345; attacks on, 346-7; Mrs. Bellamy and, 346; death of Princess Amelia, 368; attached to church music, 382 George IV., his intemperance, 54-5; adventure with a dog, 54; reception of his bride-elect, 55; his favourite dishes, 83-4; a gambler, 202; patron of the turf, 214-7; at Brighton races, 216; interest in Ascot and Goodwood, 217-8; patron of the prize-ring, 234-5; connection with Mary Robinson, 347; fond of music, 382-3 George Castriot, Prince of Albania, his strength, 125-6 Gonella, jester of Duke of Ferrara, 325 Grammont, Count de, and Louis XIV., 7 Gustavus III., his extravagance, 41-2; death, 166; incognito travels, 179 Gustavus IV., his eccentricities, 19; deposition, 20; a writer, 373 Hanover, King of, his musical taste, 388 Hardicanute, a gourmand, 57 Heidegger, practical joke on, 164-5 Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I., her fancy for dwarfs, 243-4; story of, 298; taste for music, 379; consulted a prophetess, 421-2 Henry I., loss of his son, 45; a hunter, 135; menagerie formed by him, 249-50; treatment of a lampooner, 264; dismayed by a storm, 425 Henry II., a chess player, 2; drunkenness of his sons, 45; horse-racing in time of, 204 Henry III., first poet-laureate in his reign, 358; esteemed musicians, 377 Henry V., his mad pranks, 33-4; reformed habits, 46; dined off porpoise, 75; a harpist, 378 Henry VI., lines written by, 360; belief in alchemy, 406-7; trial of Duchess of Gloucester, 429 Henry VII., dramatic performances in his reign, 334-5; astrologers consulted for his wife, 405 Henry VIII., a card player, 8; his intemperance, 47; an epicure, 75; partial to dancing, 99-100; stripped by the onlookers, 100; performed a ballet, 101; execution of Anne Boleyn, 137; hunted with Anne, 137-8; his masques, 152-4; a gambler, 194-5; lover of horses, 206; a tennis player, 223-4; established a cock-pit, 233; an archer, 235; a falconer, 237; Sir Thomas More’s reply to, 265; his Court jesters, 330; patron of the drama, 335-6; literary attainments, 360-1; his amulet, 408; cramp rings in his reign, 410-1 Henry III., Emperor, despised Court fools, 313 Henry V., Emperor, story of, 168-9 Henry II. of France, first wore silk stockings, 303; killed at a tournament, 311-2; his Court fools, 321