Ferrara, duke of, his handsome treatment of Commines, ii. 182.
Ferrand, king of Naples (See Ferdinand).
Ferrette, county of, i. 236;
captured and restored to the duke of Austria, 243;
the Swiss gain right of passage through, _ib._
Ferriers, village of, ii. 372.
Fiennes, Jacques, lord of, i. 248.
Flanders, countess of, married to the Dauphin, ii. 393, 397;
her public entry into Paris, 394.
Flemings, rebellion of the, i. 358;
conclude a peace with Louis XI., ii. 393, 394.
Flisco, Breto di, of Genoa, ii. 126.
Flisco, Lord John Lewis di, ii. 126.
Flocquet, Captain Robert de Hain, i. 30.
Florence, Commines sent on a mission to, i. xxvi., ii. 25 _et seq._;
conspiracy of the Pazzi at, 26, 27;
besieged by Pope Sixtus IV., 29;
governed by the Medici, 127;
affairs of, 129, 135;
Peter de Medicis banished from, 141;
entered by Charles VIII., 143;
preachings of Friar Jerome at, 189 _et n._
Florentine towns, Charles VIII.’s deliberations respecting their
restitution, ii. 188;
several retained by him, 191.
Florentines send ambassadors to Charles VIII., ii. 127;
cruelly treat the Pisans, 138;
enter into a treaty with Charles VIII., 143 _et n._;
capture and sale of their towns, 257, 258;
great divisions among them at the death of Charles VIII., 285.
Foix, count of, ii. 213.
Forgosa, Signor John, taken prisoner, ii. 127.
Forli, town of, ii. 133.
Fornovo, village of, i. xxxv.;
arrival of Charles VIII. at, ii. 204;
preparation for the battle of, 207;
battle of, gained by the French, 211-214;
consequences of the victory, 215 _et seq._;
losses at, 217;
a grand parley takes place after the battle of, 220;
retreat of the French from, 223.
Fortune nothing but a poetical fiction, i. 293;
changes of, 294.
Fou, John du, i. 363.
Foucart, Captain Patris, i. 213.
Fracasse, Gasparo, de Sanseverino, ii. 148.