, that is, the Head of an Idiot dressed in a Cap and Bells, and gaping in a most immoderate manner: This is a standing Jest at
Amsterdam
.
Thus every one diverts himself with some Person or other that is below him in Point of Understanding, and triumphs in the Superiority of his Genius, whilst he has such Objects of Derision before his Eyes.
.
Dennis
has very well expressed this in a Couple of humourous Lines, which are part of a Translation of a
Satire
in Monsieur Boileau