Marie Louise, her marriage, 312 Mary, Queen, a dancer, 102, 155; fond of wagers, 195-6; lover of animals, 251; the drama in her reign, 336; her literary work, 363; talented in music, 378-9 Mary II., a dancer, 105; averse to gaieties, 106; fond of cards, 198; witty remark, 270; patron of the drama, 341; at the theatre, 342; goes to see a fortune-teller, 423 Mary, Queen of Scots, masques in her reign, 163; sports of her reign, 232; fond of archery, 235; her favourite lap-dog, 251 Mary Beatrice, queen of James II., receptions at St. Germains, 162; disliked cards, 197; her pet dogs, 254; aversion to paint, 298-9 Matilda, Empress, her escape from Stephen, 169 Matilda of Scotland, talent for music, 376-7 Matthias II., story of his jester, 315-6 Maximilian, Archduke, married by proxy, 311 Maximilian I., his Court fools, 313-4 Maximilian II., fond of hunting, 148-9 Mazarin, Cardinal, reply to Louis XIV., 190 Mendoza, fool of Henry II., 321 Menicucci, jester of Grand Duke Ferdinand I., 326 Montespan, Marchioness de, and the crown of Agrippina, 130-1 Napoleon I., as chess player, 1; played at blind-man’s-buff, 6; fondness for children, _ib._; “the little red man,” 30; epicures of his reign, 64; a fast eater, 65; suffered from indigestion, _ib._; in a temper, 66; a favourite dance, 115; story of, 193; averse to gambling, _ib._; his fortune predicted, 416-7; his lucky day, 431 Nelle, Matthias II.’s fool, 315-6 Nicholas, Czar, his gaze, 14 Orleans, Regent Duke of, an epicure, 63 Patch, fool to Henry VIII., 330 Paul, Emperor of Russia, Kotzebue’s story of, 12; regulated dress, 291; his jesters, 328-9 Pedro, Charles V.’s jester, 315 Pedro I. of Portugal, a dancer, 109 Peter the Great, violence of, 14; his orgies, 37-8; his bills of fare, 71; aversion to being looked at, 93; boat-building hobby, 121-2; visit to Holland, 122; and to England, 123; learned smithing, 124; attended a masked ball, 176; story of, _ib._; partial to dwarfs, 241; his monkey, 260-1; remark about lawyers, 284-5; plain dress, 299; his Court fools, 327-8 Peter III., military mania, 12 Philibert de Chalon, Prince of Orange, gambled his soldiers’ pay, 185 Philip of France, anecdote of his fool, 320 Philip III. of France, his belief in soothsayers, 415-6 Philip, Landgrave of Baden, advice of his fool, 318 Philip II. of Spain, as chess player, 1; story of his wife’s parrots, 256-7; married by proxy, 311; his Court fool, 322 Philip III., died through excess of etiquette, 92; fond of dancing, 110 Philip IV., story of his wife’s stockings, 303-4 Richard Cœur de Lion, fond of venison, 75; horse-racing in reign of, 204; discovered by Blondel, 329; prediction to, 418 Richard II., an epicure, 75; story of his greyhound, 249-50 Richard III., entertained players, 334; charge of sorcery, 429 Robinson, Mary, actress, and George IV., 347