_Jean_ (_Seigni_), or “Old John;” so called to distinguish him from Jean or Johan, called _Le Fol de Madame_, (fl. 1380). JOHAN, _Le Fol de Madame_ mentioned by Marot in his epitaphs. _Johnson_ (_S._), familiarly known as “Lord Flame,” the character he played in his own extravaganza of _Hurlo-Thrumbo_ (1729). _Kgaw_ (_General_), a Saxon general, famous for his broad jests. KILLIGREW (_Thomas_), called “King Charles’s jester” (1611-1682). LONGELY, jester to Louis XIII. NARR (_Klaus_), jester to Frederick, “the Wise,” elector of Prussia. PATCH, court fool of Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII. PATCHE, Cardinal Woolsey’s jester. The cardinal made Henry VIII. a present of this “wise fool,” and the king returned word that “the gift was a most acceptable one.” PATISON, licensed jester to Sir Thomas More. He is introduced by Hans Holbein in his famous picture of the lord chancellor’s family. _Paul_ (_Jacob_), Baron Gundling. This merryman was laden with titles in ridicule by Frederick William I. of Prussia. PEARCE (_Dickie_), fool of the earl of Suffolk. Dean Swift wrote an epitaph on him. RAYÈRE, court jester to Henry I. of England. ROSEN (_Kunz von der_), private jester to the emperor Maximilian I. SCOGAN, court jester to Edward IV. SOGLIA (_Cardinal_), the fun-maker of Pope Gregory XVI. He was succeeded by Aopi. SOMERS (_Will_), court jester to Henry VIII. The effigy of this jester is at Hampton Court. And in Old Fish Street was once a public-house called Will Somers’s tavern (1490-1560). STEHLIN (_Professor_), in the household of czarina Elizabeth of Russia. He was teacher of mathematics and history to the grand-duke (Peter II.), and was also his licensed buffoon. _Tarleton_, (_Richard_), the famous clown, and jester in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but not attached either to the court or to any nobleman (1530-1588). THOM, one of the court jesters of James I. Contemporary with Derrie. TRIBOULET, court jester to Louis XII. and François I. (1487-1536). Licinio, the rival of Titian, took his likeness, which is still extant. WALLETT (_W.F._), court jester to Queen Victoria. He styles himself “the queen’s jester,” but doubtless has no warrant for the title from the Lord Chamberlain. WALTER, jester to Queen Elizabeth. WILL, “my lord of Leicester’s jesting player;” but who this “Will” was is not known. It might be Will Johnson, Will Sly, Will Kimpe, or even Will Shakespeare. YORICK, jester in the court of Denmark. Referred to by Shakespeare in his _Hamlet_, act v. sc. 1. (Dr. Doran published _The History of Court Fools_, in 1858). =Fools’ Paradise=, unlawful pleasure; illicit love; vain hopes; the _limbus fatuorum_ or paradise of fools. If ye should lead her into a fool’s paradise, it were a gross ... behavior.—Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet,_ act ii. sc. 4 (1597). =Foot-breadth=, the sword of Thoralf Skolinson “the Strong” of Norway.