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Francia, Francesco Raibolini, better known as, 332

Franciotti, Gianfrancesco, 361

Francis I of France, 56-7, 275, 315, 320, 322, 330, 332, 337, 341, 346, 347, 371, 376, 387, 405, 412, 413

Francis II, Duke of Brittany, 395

Francis, St., 308, 416

Fra Serafino, 16, 37, 108, 162, 335

Frederick Barbarossa, 360, 364

Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, 396

Fregosa, Costanza, 14, 54, 73, 334

Fregoso, Agostino, 322 Costanza,—see Fregosa Federico, 12, 19, 39, 40, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 72, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 155, 169, 170, 172, 173, 221, 222, 223, 224, 234, 244, 294, 321, 330, 331, 334, 340, 346, 367, 407 Ottaviano, 2, 12, 17, 18, 163, 167, 168, 174, 218, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245-87, 322, 330, 334, 376, 407, 409, 414

French fashion of dress: affected by some, 102; tends to over amplitude, 103

Frenchmen: martial exercises excelled in by, 30-1; said to disprize letters, 56; whether or not they are presumptuous, 97; their freedom of manner, 115

Friar and the five nuns, story of the, 136-7

Friars, hypocrisy of the, 188-9

Friends: choice of, 105-7; peril of too blind confidence in, 106; reciprocal duties of, 107

Frigio, Niccolò,—see Frisio

Frisio (or Frigio), Niccolò, 12, 169, 172, 174, 188, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197, 205, 216, 279, 334, 402

Frosinone, the battle of, 379

Frozen words, story about, 132-3

Gæa, 411

Galatea, 388

Galba, Sergius Sulpicius, 44, 51, 340, 344

Galeotto, Giantommaso, 138, 367

Galeotto Marzi da Narni, 136, 365, 367

Galpino, a servant of “My lord Magnifico,” 144

Gama, Vasco da, 364

Gambara, Veronica, 395

Gambling, 108

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