Royalty in All Ages the Amusements Eccentricities Accomplishments Superstiti
Royalty in All Ages the Amusements Eccentricities Accomplishments Superstiti
Dyer Thomas Firminger Thiselton
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His Majesty did so, and, regretting the loss of his merry follower, he freely forgave Scogan his debt, upon hearing which, to the astonishment of Edward, he jumped up, exclaiming, " It is so re- vivifying that it has called me to life again. " Patch, fool to Henry VIII. , once besought the King to permit him to exact an Ggg from every husband who was dissatisfied with his wife. The King granted him a warrant, the ink of which was scarcely dry when the jester, with mock gravity, demanded the fir...st egg from the King, remarking, "Your Grace belongs to the class of husbands on whom I am entitled to make levy. " Will Sommers, whose alleged portrait at Hamp- ton Court is familiar to most persons, was another jester at the Court of Henry VIII. , and Will Saxton, the first Court fool to wear a wig, amused the King up to the last, and held ofifice under Edward VI. Many laughable anecdotes are told of John Hey- wood, named by Henry VIII. "King's Jester, " whose wit and humour moved, writes Warton, Mary's " rigid muscles " and " her sullen solemnity was not proof against his songs, his rhymes, and his jests.
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