Henry III. of France, played at “cup and ball,” 5; his follies, 20; afraid of cats, 86; fond of other animals, 262; his jester Chicot, 322 Henry IV. of France, fond of children, 6; an epicure, 58; fond of the ballet, 114; a gambler, 186; fond of dogs, 262; disliked finery, 292; his whipping-boys, 307; marriage, 310; his female fool, 323; assassination predicted in a dream, 426; his lucky day, 431 Henry V. of France, story of, 223 Henry, Duke of York, a dancer, 101 Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, introduced pointed shoes, 289 Henry, Prince, son of James I., a tennis player, 224-5 ; played at golf, 228 Heraclius, Emperor, dread of the sea, 85 Heywood, John, Court jester, 330-1 Isabella, mother of Philip II., anecdote of, 91 Isabella Eugenia, Archduchess, story of, 288 Ivan IV., savage freaks of, 11; a drunkard, 38; his Court fools, 327; story of his cruelty, _ib._ James I. of Aragon, a writer 371 James I. of Scotland, a chess player, 4; murder of, 225; musical talent, 385 James IV. of Scotland, celebration of his marriage, 163; adventures in disguise, 178; a tennis player, 226 James I., a card player, 8; at church, 35; enjoyed a carouse, 42, 47-8; his household expenditure, 77; detested pork, 77-8; knighted a sirloin, 78-9; shuddered at sight of a sword, 87; enjoyed hunting, 138-9; his mishaps, 139; masques and pageants, 158-9; patron of horse-racing, 206; first public races, 207; fond of cock-fighting, 233; played quoits, 237; fond of animals, 251-2, and of buffoonery, 266-7; Buckingham’s trick, 268; regulated dress, 291; indifferent to dress, 293; his whipping-boy, 308; Court fools, 331-2; patron of the drama, 337, 338-40; fond of literature, 364-5; belief in witchcraft, 428-9 James II., averse to hard drinking, 51; in exile, 106-7; fond of hunting, 140-1; entertained at Copthall, 141-2; masques at St. Germains, 162; state of his disbanded soldiers, 163; a horseman, 212-3; Milton’s rejoinder to, 270; the stage in his reign, 341. _See also_ York, Duke of Joachim, Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, dwarfs collected by his wife, 242 Joan, Queen of Naples, romantic tale of, 111 Joanna of Navarre, married by proxy, 310; lines by Edward, Duke of York, on, 359 John, King of England, as chess player, 2; his drunkenness, 45; visit to Nottingham, 46; fond of venison, 75; a hunter, 136; a sportsman, 205; his dress and that of his queen, 294-5 John of Austria, Don, his living chess-board, 4 John I. of Portugal, encouraged literature, 371 John II., patronised literature, 371 John V., lover of music, 110, and literature, 371 John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, a chess player, 3 Joseph II., Emperor, his plain fare, 74; visit to Catherine II., 175; averse to ceremony, _ib._; fond of the theatre, 352 Josquin, composer, and Louis XII., 385