_Fakirs_, their astonishing penances, which are well-ascertained facts,
render every account of that kind credible, 115, 206.
Dialogue between one and a Turk, quoted from M. de Voltaire, 207.
_Fathers_, antient Greek and Latin, are their expressions about
self-scourgings and beatings to be taken in a literal sense?
122, 123.
_Fielding_, quoted, 294, 376.
_Flagellants_, the formation of their processions, 345, & _seq._
The success they met with in different Countries, 350.
Description of one of their itinerant processions in Germany, 351,
& _seq._
Their establishment and first success in France, 355, 372, & _seq._
are there discountenanced at last, 373.
Their fraternities must be distinguished from the sect of Hereticks,
called _Flagellants_, 368.
Account of these Hereticks, 369.
Account of these fraternities, 370, & _seq._
Are, as it were, naturalised in Italy and Spain, 374.
Manner in which they perform these processions in Spain, 374,
& _seq._
In Italy, 382, & _seq._
Real cruelty of these Flagellants upon themselves, 384, 385.
_Flagellating_ fanaticism, a kind of, seems to have taken place in
England about the time of the Rebellion, 340.
Proofs of it, _ibid._
_Flagellations_, are either of a voluntary, or a corrective, or a
recommendatory kind. Voluntary flagellations were in use among
most Nations of Antiquity, 79, & _seq._
Were unknown, it seems, to the first Christians, 102.
Were not prescribed to religious persons by the first Founders of
Monastic Orders, 118.
Conjectures about the times in which they grew into use among
Christians, 192, & _seq._
The time at which they certainly became universally used among them,
201, & _seq._
Cruelty with which they are performed, 203, & _seq._ 384, & _seq._
Incredible and superstitious stories contrived to recommend them,
299, & _seq._
_Flagellations_ (corrective) their use is known from the earliest
times, 51.
Are used as a means of procuring victory in war, 52;
by Masters over their Slaves; great power of Masters in Rome in
that respect, 57, & _seq._
Both in antient and modern times by Schoolmasters, 71, & _seq._
by Judges, 55;
by Ladies to correct misbehaviour, 319, & _seq._
Are useful to defeat captious arguments, 177.
To reward satires or bon-mots, 177, 178, 268, & _seq._
To check those who betray the secrets of others, 268, & _seq._
To repress competitors, 277.
To confute heresy, 258.
Are, in modern times, used in Seraglios, 172;
in the palaces of the western Sovereigns, 173, & _seq._
in Monasteries and the rites with which they are performed there,
131, & _seq._ 180.
_Flagellations_ (jocular) performed as a pastime, 96, 97, 39, 240, 241.
_Flagellations_ (recommendatory) 162, & _seq._
_Flagellations_ (in general) are undergone by Sovereigns and Great
Men, 265.
Are served by Emperors with their own hands, _ibid._
Are useful to make one’s fortune, 267.
To acquire reputation, _ibid._
Are very proper to enliven and embellish public festivals, 395.
Are capable of being performed with much gracefulness, 375, 376.
The most comfortable manner to receive them, 253.
Their glory completed, 258.
_Francis_ (St.) his stigmats, a contrivance of his, 109.
Is flagellated by the Devil the very first night after his arrival
at Rome, 126.
_Friars_, miracle effected by one, 128, & _seq._
Contrivance of certain Friars in Catalonia, 247.
See _Monks_.
_Fulk_ Grisegonelle, an account of the penance he performs, 391.