. 369-371.

FARCES, ancient, reprehensible, but their pleasantry and humour not
contemptible, i. 358; customary among the Romans after a serious
piece, ii. 131.

FASHIONS.--See LITERARY FASHIONS. Anecdotes of their origin, changes
and extravagances, i. 216-230; introduction of French, 227, 228;
chronicled by Stowe, 225; French, prevailed in the reign of
Charles II., 228; notice of modern, 229; lines condemning the acts
of, 230; expensive in the reigns of Henry VII. and VIII., ii. 36.

FEAST of Fools, ii. 31.

FEAST of Asses, ii. 31.

FELTON, John, the assassin of the Duke of Buckingham, his motives
for the act, ii. 371; his passage to London in triumph, 372; anagram
on his name, 373; his remorse, ib.; his character, 374; his family,
ib., and note; propositions found in his trunk, 375; history of the
remarkable written paper found in his hat, ib., note; answer to a
threat of torture, 376; poem addressed to, 378.

FEMALE beauty and ornaments, opinions and practices of various
nations concerning, i. 211.

FENELON, Jansenist character of, i. 373; his admiration of Homer,
iii. 339.

FEUDAL customs and rights, the barbarous, the first attempts at
organizing society, i. 183; servitude of the land, 184; maiden
rights, ib.; wardship, 185; German lords privileged to rob on the
highway, ib.; anecdote of Geoffrey, Lord of Coventry, ib.; anecdotes
of the abuse of feudal rights and power, 186, 187.

FILBERT, origin of the name, ii. 157, and note.

FILCHERS, literary, iii. 316-319.

FILICAJA, a sonnet of, iii. 197, translated, ib.

FINETT, Sir John, master of the ceremonies to Charles I.--See
ETIQUETTE.

FIRE, in primaeval ages, a signal of respect, ii. 16; worshipped as a
divinity, ib.; a symbol of majesty, ib.; ancient observances
regarding, ib.

FIRE-WORKS, not known to antiquity, ii. 15; their epoch, 17;
originated with the Florentines and Siennese, ib.; their use passes
to Rome, ib.; exhibition of at Paris, 18.

FLAP-DRAGONS, ii. 298.

FLEA, collection of poems on, i. 304.

FLORAL gifts, withheld by the Capitouls of Toulouse from Maynard, a
French poet, i. 437.

FLOGGING, a discussion on, occasioned Roger Ascham to write his
Schoolmaster, i. 87.

FLOWERS and Fruits, praise of the introducers of exotic, ii. 151;
Peirese and Evelyn, ib.; Hartlib, 153; enthusiasm evince