ABORIGINES of America, their
characteristics, i. 227.
A buses, the source of, iii. 279.
Abyda, suicide of the inhabit-
ants of, ii. 33.

Abyssinians, their love for
horses, i. 336.

Accident to Montaigne, account
of an, ii. 46 et seq.
Accomplishments,

suitable,
should be sought, i. 267.
Accusation, instance of a false,
ii. 43.
Achaians, their hatred of double-
dealing in war, i. 24.
Acting, on, i. 185.

Actions, intention is judge of
our, i. 29; noble, are easily
obscured, i. 246; inconstancy
of our, ii. 1; men not to be
judged by their outward, ii.
8; of the soul, the three, ii.

195.

Adventure with robbers, iii. 316.
Advice of friends, iii. 22, 30.
Advice, the great need to kings
of good, iii. 335.
Æmilius, Paulus, ii. 344.
Eneid and Orlando Furioso
compared, ii. 91.
Æsop's fables, ii. 89.

Æsop on physicians, ii. 502;
anecdote of, iii. 285.
Affectation to be avoided, i. 179.
Affection of fathers to their
children, ii. 59; of parents to
their children is second only
to self-preservation, ii. 61; is
natural, ii. 61; superiority of

to fear, ii. 69; of authors for
their books, ii. 79; of animals,
ii. 156.
Affections, our, carry themselves
beyond us, i. 12.

Age, on, i. 372; rare to die
of old, i. 373; Roman laws
relating to, i. 373; at which
the greatest human actions
have been performed, i. 374;
the advantages and disadvan
tages of, iii. 33, 34.
Agesilaus, anecdote of, iii. 24;
saying of, on love, iii. 120.
Agrigentines, careless mode of
living amongst the, ii. 3.
Aim, a fixed, is necessary to the
soul, i. 32.

Alcibiades, ii. 489; his wonderful
constitution, i. 173.

Alexander the Great and Betis,
governor of Gaza, i. 6; his
noble refusal to use treachery
against Darius, i. 29; his
alteration in the calendar, i.
117; confidence of, in his
physician, i. 124; a pattern of
hazardous actions, i. 124;
and his flatterers, i. 302; his
horse Bucephalus, i. 331;
valour of, ii. 7; his murder of
Clytus, ii. 7; and his love for
Homer, ii. 484; on, ii. 485;
and Cæsar compared, ii. 487;
and the apes, iii. 102; and
Brisson, anecdote of, iii. 151;
and Thalestris, iii. 113.
Alexander VI., Pope, his death,
i. 235.

Alexia, the siege of, ii. 469.
Alfonso XI., king of Castile,
impious proclamation of, i.

22.

All things have their season,
ii. 427.

Alva, Duke of, treachery of,
i. 29.

Amadis of Gaul, ii. 88.
Ambassadors, the duty of, i.
56; Persian custom as to,
i. 57.

Ambition, i. 264; the effects of,
i. 252.

America, supposed notions of,
amongst the ancients, i. 216;
what the discoverers thought
was its size, &c., i. 216;
characteristics of the abo-
rigines of, i. 219; opinion of
the inhabitants of, on French
customs, i. 229; discovery of,
iii. 140; courage of the abo-
rigines of, iii. 141.
Americans, their treatment of
prisoners, i. 223; custom of,
in war, i. 224.

Amphitheatre, the Roman, iii.

136.

Amurath, sacrifice of, at the
taking of the Isthmus, i. 213.
Amusements, on, iii. 61.
Amyot, Jacques, the purity and
simplicity of his writings,
ii. 36.

Anacharsis on the happiest state
of government, i. 309.
Ancients, parsimony of the, i.
353.

Androclus and the lion, story
of, ii. 164.
Anger, of, ii. 439; great power
of, ii. 440; and hatred not to
be fostered, iii. 259.
Angoulême, miracle at the siege
of, by King Clovis, i. 236.
Animals sacred amongst the
ancients, ii. 117; their power
of communicating with each
other, ii. 135; affection of,
ii. 156

Antisthenes, anecdotes of, ii.
124, iii. 170; on the privileges
of the sages, iii. 233.
Antony rode in a coach drawn
by lions, iii. 131.

Ants, instinct of, ii. 152.
Anxiety of mind about the
future causes unhappiness,
i. 12.

Apelles, anecdote of, iii. 167.
Apes, Alexander and the, iii. 102.
Apology for Raimond de Se-
bonde, ii. 117.

Apologies, on, iii. 267.
Arcesilaus, method of, with his
pupils, i. 151; his death from
drinking, ii. 16; the philoso-
pher, anecdote of, iii. 124.
Archelaus of Macedon, anecdote
of, iii. 67.

Archias, tyrant of Thebes, story
of, ii. 38.

Areopagus, custom of the, ii.
272; the court of, iii. 280.
Argippians, customs of, ii. 333.
Argue, how to, iii. 158.
Argument, advantages of, iii.
156.

Arguments, we should not yield
at once to, iii. 171; on foolish,
iii. 331.
Aristippus and Dionysius the
tyrant, ii. 108.

Aristotle, on a saying of Solon,
i. 14; his method of teaching,
i. 168; on meditation, iii. 36;
saying of, on bashfulness,
iii. 69.

Arming of soldiers, Lycurgus
and Hannibal on, i. 325.
Armour, on the use of, ii. 82;
not worn by Alexander, ii.

82; excessive weight of, ii. 82.
Arms, coats of, i. 320.
Arms of the Parthians, ii. 82;
of the Gauls, ii. 82; of the
Roman soldiers, ii. 84.

Arras, capture of, by Louis XI.,
i. 274.

Arria, the story of, ii. 476.
Artybius, a Persian general,
death of, i. 331.

Art of conference, of the, iii. 154.
Asia, customs of the peoples of,
in war, i. 325.
Assassins, the, ii. 437.

Assyrian horses very fierce, i.
336.

Atalanta, the story of, iii. 50.
Ataraxy, ii. 196.

Atheism, on, ii. 126.
Athenians, characteristics of,
i. 142; injustice of, after the
battle of Arginusæ, i. 19;
how they treated the judges
of Socrates, iii. 307.

Athens, Socrates on the city of,
iii. 76.

Atticus, Pomponius, death of,
ii. 325.

Augustine, St., on belief in
miracles, iii. 282.
Augustus, clemency of, towards
Cinna, i. 119.

Authors, favourite, of Mon-
taigne, i. 145; affection of,
for their books, ii. 79.
Avarice, the disadvantages of,
i. 288; its cause, i. 291; the
causes of, ii. 64; the mean-
ness of, iii. 190.

B, Gascon changes in the sound
of the letter, ii. 187.
Babylonian custom with their
sick, ii. 517.

Bad company, punishment for
keeping, i. 253.

Bajazet, death of, i. 338.
Band or Scarf, the order of the,
instituted by Alphonso, king
of Spain, i. 336.
Bartolus and Baldus, ii. 294.
Bashfulness, iii. 69.

Bath, customs of the ancients at
the, i. 341.

Bathing very common in Ger-
many and Italy, ii. 512.

Baths and springs, ii. 511; in
Germany, Italy, Switzerland,
France, &c., ií. 512.

Battles on foot more fierce and
better disputed than cavalry
engagements, i. 333.

Beasts subject to power of
imagination, i. 94.

Beauty of body, on the defi-
nition of, ii. 170; various
opinions relative to, amongst
various nations, ii. 171; ad-
vantage of, ii. 360; and wit,
which to be preferred, iii. 44;
the power of, iii. 311.
Beauvais, Bishop of, his conduct
in war, i. 297.

Bedouins, religious belief of, ii.
350; belief of, in fate, ii. 435.
Bees, defence of a besieged city
by, ii. 162.

Beginnings of events should be
carefully watched, iii. 268.
Behaviour of persons sentenced
to death, i. 274.

Belief in improbabilities, on,

iii. 281.

Bellay, M. du, Montaigne's
opinion of his memoirs, ii. 99.
Benefits, on giving and receiving
iii. 207.

Besieged city, should its gover-
nor parley, i. 23.

Bessus the Peonian, how he
was convicted of parricide,
ii. 39.

Betis, governor of Gaza, obsti-
nate silence of, i. 6.
Bible, danger arising from so
many translations of, i. 366.
Bion, saying of, on grief, i. 22;
death-bed repentance of, ii.
126; and Alexander, anecdote
of, iii. 221.

Birds, instinct of, ii. 154.
Birth of Montaigne, i. ix.
Boccacio's Decameron, ii. 88.
Bodily pleasures inferior to those
of the mind, iii. 378.

Bodin, Jean, on Plutarch, ii.
449.

Body, involuntary movements

of our, i. 91.
Books, on the choice of, i. 263;
condemned to be burnt, first
instance of, ii. 79; Mon-
taigne's choice of, ii. 88; the
advantages of, iii. 45; Mon-
taigne's enjoyment of, iii. 45;
not to be used in excess, iii.
47; the study of, not so useful
as conversation, iii. 155; the
composition of, iii. 309; the
difficulties in, increased by
comments, iii. 321.
Bordeaux, Montaigne elected
mayor of, in his absence, iii.
250; Montaigne on his con-
duct of the mayoralty of, iii.
268.
Borromeo, Cardinal, his austere
mode of life, i. 287.
Borrowing of money, i. 289.
Brahmin customs, iii. 42.
Brazil, people of, only die of old
age, ii. 181.

Breach of faith, when lawful,
iii. 16.

Bretigny, the treaty of, ii. 407.
Brisson and Alexander, anec-
dote of, iii. 151.
Brutes, insane fury of, i. 21.
Bucephalus, the horse of Alex-
ander, i. 331.

Building, Montaigne's reasons
for, iii. 187.

Bull of citizenship of Rome
granted to Montaigne, iii.

245.

Burning of books, when first
introduced, ii. 79.
Business, Montaigne's aversion
from, iii. 190.

Cæsar Borgia, death of, i. 235.
Cæsar, Julius, description of his
oratory, i. 179; an excellent
horseman, i. 332; liberality
of, ii. 55; Montaigne's opinion
of his writings, ii. 96; cle-
mency of, ii. 111, 460, 461; on
death, ii. 324; style of, ii.

Calicut, customs of, iii. 72.
Caligula, foolish revenge of, i.
22.

Canius, Julius, saying of, on
death, ii. 44.

Cannæ, punishment inflicted by

the Romans for cowardice
at, i. 53; conduct of Roman
soldiers after, iii. 301.

Cannibals, i. 214.

Carneades, his thirst for know-
ledge, i. 169; doctrine of,
respecting glory, ii. 338.
Carthage, panic at the capture
of, i. 61.

Carthaginians, cunning nature
of, i. 24; discovery of new
lands by, i. 217.

Caste, on, iii. 73.
Castelnaudari, fifty heretics
burnt at, i. 277.

Cato, anecdote of, i. 313; parsi-
mony of, i. 353; a hard
drinker, ii. 12; death of, ii.
327; and Socrates compared,
iii. 287; the younger, a pat-
tern of virtue and constancy,
i. 246; death of, ii. 104.
Catos, comparison of the two,
ii. 427.

Catullus, Montaigne's opinion
of, ii. 89.

Caunians, custom of, on sacred
days, ii. 233.

Cavalry engagements not so
fierce battles on foot,
i. 333.

as

Cea, custom of the isle of, ii.
19; suicide of a woman of,
ii. 35.
Celtiberians, disposition of, ii. 7.
Cemeteries in cities, why estab-

lished by Lycurgus, i. 75.
Ceremony at interviews of
princes, i. 49; the power of,
ii. 351; Montaigne's dislike
of, iii. 41; the effects of, iii.
57.

Chaldeans, register kept by, ii.
282.

Chameleon, changes of colour in
the, ii. 154.

Chance, we live by, ii. 7; the
danger of games of, iii. 262.
Change of climate, effects of,
ii. 285; of scene, the advan-
tages of, iii. 215.

Changes in the English laws, ii.

290.-
Characteristics of inhabitants

of various Greek cities, i. 142.
Charondas, his punishment for
cowardice, i. 53; ordinance
of, to prevent alteration in
the laws, i. 112; his punish-
ment for keeping bad com-
pany, i. 253.

Chastel, Jacques du, Bishop of
Soissons, suicide of, ii. 34.
Chastity of Lacedæmonian wo-
men, iii. 83; instances of
extreme, iii. 92.
Cheval entier, i. 338.
Child, of a monstrous, ii. 438.
Children, difficulty of choosing
the proper training for, i.
149; how they should be edu-
cated, i. 155; should be taught
silence and modesty, i. 156;
disposal of, Plato's precept as
to, i. 167; injured by long
hours of teaching, i. 169; af-
fection of fathers to their, ii.
59; how they should be trained
and treated by their parents,
ii. 64; how they should be
corrected, ii. 64; how they
should address their parents,

ii. 69; resemblance of, to their
fathers, ii. 490.

China, the government of, iii.

327.
Christian religion useful and
just, i. 114; enjoins obedience
to the laws, i. 114; the secrets
of, not to be indiscriminately
dispersed, i. 366; the feelings
which it should inspire, ii. 122.
Chronicles of the Chaldæans, ii.
282; of Sais, ii. 282.

Cicero on the decay of oracles,
i. 41; and the younger Pliny
compared, i. 266; Montaigne's
opinion of, ii. 92; his dislike
for letters in his old age, ii.
194; and Seneca compared, ii.
442; the younger, anecdote
of, ii. 94.

Cimbrians, disposition of, ii. 7.
Cinna, clemency of Augustus
towards, i. 119.

Citizenship of Rome granted to
Montaigne, iii. 245.

Civil war in France, iii. 291;
Plato on, iii. 293.

Civility, every city and society
has its own forms of, i. 50; in
excess troublesome, i. 50.
Cleanthes the philosopher, death
of, ii. 326.

Clemency superior to revenge,
i. 123; of Cæsar, ii. 111.
Cleomenes, maxim on conduct
of war, i. 27; treachery of, at
Argos, i. 27.

Climate, effects of change of, ii.

285.
Clodomir, king of Aquitaine,
his death, i. 324.

Clothes, custom of wearing, i.
240; not intended by nature,
i. 240.

Clovis, his treatment of traitors,
iii. 12.

Clytus murdered by Alexander,
ii. 7.

Coaches, of, iii. 127; Montaigne's
dislike of, iii. 129; use of in
war, iii. 130.