Fabius Maximus, his sayings, i. 227, 228;
in the Punic war, v. 453.
Fable of Minerva, i. 41.
Fable of the defeat of Neptune, iii. 444.
Fable of the Fox and Leopard, ii. 21.
Fable of the Lydian Mule, ii. 11.
Fabricianus, v. 474.
Fabricius, iv. 201.
Face appearing in the moon, v. 234-292.
Fasting creates more thirst than hunger, iii. 339.
Fate, or destiny, iii. 130;
nature of, 130; v. 293-308.
Faunus, king of Italy, strangers murdered by, v. 474.
Fever, cause of a, iii. 192.
Fig-trees, of, iii. 250, 335.
Figures, of, iii. 125.
Filial treachery in Persian and Roman history, v. 458.
Fire or water, which is more useful, v. 331-337.
Firmus and Nuceria, v. 471.
Fish called the fisherman, v. 201.
Fish, eating of, iii. 422.
Fisherman’s nets, rotting of, iii. 503.
Fishes, of; the labrax, mullet, scate, anthias, dolphin,
cuttle-fish,
star-fish, torpedo, the fisherman, tunny, amiae, pionetras,
sponge, porphyrae, hegemon, whale, pinoterus, gilthead,
phycides, galeus, tortoise, v. 195, 209.
Fittest time for a man to know his wife, iii. 274-279.
Fives, we reckon by, iv. 43-47.
Five tragical histories of Love, iv. 312-322.
Flattery: How to know a Flatterer from a Friend, ii. 100-156.
Flattery fatal to whole kingdoms, ii. 118.
Flesh exposed to the moon, iii. 284-287.
Flute girls, whether they are to be admitted to a feast, iii.
387.
Folly of Seeking Many Friends, i. 464-474.
Food, digesting of, iii. 289-295.
Fortune, of, ii. 475-481; iii. 131;
is a cause by accident, v. 302;
not the same as chance, 303;
relates to men only, 303.
Fortune of the Romans, iv. 198-219.
Fox, cunning of the, v. 179.
Fresh water washes clothes better than salt, iii. 224-226.
Friends, folly of seeking many, i. 464-474.
Frogs, croaking of, v. 210.
Frost makes hunting difficult, iii. 510.
Fruit, salt not found in, iii. 498.
Fulvius and Augustus, anecdotes of, iv. 235, 236.
Fulvius Stellus, v. 468.
Fundanus, i. 34, 35.