ADELSBURN (_Burkard Kasper_), jester to George I. He was not only a fun-maker, but also a ghostly adviser of the Hanoverian. AKSAKOFF, the fool of Czarina Elizabeth of Russia (mother of Peter II.). He was a stolid brute, fond of practical jokes. ANGÉLY (_L._) jester to Louis XIV., and last of the licensed fools of France. He is mentioned by Boileau in _Satires_ i. and viii. AOPI (_Monsignore_), who succeeded Soglia as the merryman of Pope Gregory XVI. ARMSTRONG (_Archie_), jester in the courts of James I. and Charles I. One of the characters in Scott’s novel, _The Fortunes of Nigel._ Being condemned to death by King James for sheep-stealing, Archie implored that he might live till he had read his Bible through for his soul’s weal. This was granted, and Archie rejoined, with a sly look, “Then de’il tak’ me ’gin I ever read a word on’t!” BERDIC, “joculator” to William the Conqueror. Three towns and five caracutes in Gloucestershire were given him by the king. BLUET D’ARBÉRES (seventeenth century), fool to the duke of Mantua. During a pestilence he conceived the idea of offering his life as a ransom for his countrymen, and actually starved himself to death to stay the plague. BONNY (_Patrick_), jester to the regent Morton. _Borde_ (_Andrew_), usually called “Merry Andrew,” physician to Henry VIII. (1500-1549). BRUSQUET. Of this court fool Brantôme says: “He never had his equal in repartee” (1512-1563). _Caillet_ (_Guillaume_), who flourished about 1490. His likeness is given in the frontispiece of the _Ship of Fools_ (1497). CHICOT, jester of Henri III. and Henri IV. Alexandre Dumas has a novel called _Chicot the Jester_ (1553-1591). COLQUHOUN (_Jemmy_), predecessor of James Geddes, jester in the court of Mary queen of Scots. _Coryat_, “prince of non-official jesters and coxcombs.” Kept by Prince Henry, brother of Charles I. COULON, doctor and jester to Louis XVIII. He was the very prince of mimics. He sat for the portraits of Thiers, Molé, and Comte Joseph de Villèle (died 1858). DA´GONET (_Sir_), jester to King Arthur. He was knighted by the king himself. DERRIE, a court jester to James I. Contemporary with Thom. DUFRESNOY, poet, playwright, actor, gardener, glass-manufacturer, spendthrift, wit, and honorary fool to Louis XIV. His jests are the “Joe Millers” of France. GEDDES (_James_), jester in the court of Mary, queen of Scots. He was daft, and followed Jemmy Colquhoun in the motley. GLORIEUX (_Le_), jester of Charles _le Hardi_ of Burgundy. GONELLA, domestic jester of the duke of Ferrara. His jests are in print. Gonella used to ride a horse all skin and bone, which is spoken of in _Don Quixote_. HAFOD (_Jack_), a retainer in the house of Mr. Bartlett, of Castlemorton, Worcestershire. He died at the close of the eighteenth century, and has given birth to the expression “As big a fool as Jack Hafod.” He was the _ultimus scurrarum_ in Great Britain. HEYWOOD (_John_) author of numerous dramatic works (1492-1565).