CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| The Fool,—of Legend and Antiquity | [1] |
| The Fool by Right of Office | [41] |
| The Female Fools | [62] |
| The Oriental “Noodle” | [68] |
| English Minstrel and Jester | [84] |
| English Court Fools, from the Reign of Edmund Ironside | [99] |
| The Court Fools of France | [239] |
| Jesters in the Northern Courts of Europe | [300] |
| The Spanish Jesters | [316] |
| The Fools of the Imperial and Minor Courts of Germany | [322] |
| The Jesters of Italy | [352] |
| Jesters in Priests’ Houses | [368] |
| Princes who have been their own Fools | [380] |