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See also:GOTHAM, See also:WISE MEN OF , the See also:early name given to the See also:people of the See also:village of Gotham, See also:Nottingham, in allusion to their reputed simplicity. But if tradition is to be believed the Gothamites were not so very See also:simple. The See also:story is that See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:John intended to live in the neighbourhood, but that the villagers, foreseeing ruin as the cost of supporting the See also:court, feigned imbecility when the royal messengers arrived. Wherever the latter went they saw the rustics engaged in some absurd task. John, on this See also:report, determined to have his See also:hunting See also:lodge elsewhere, and the " wise men " boasted, " we ween there are more See also:fools pass through Gotham than remain in it." The " Poles of Gotham " are mentioned as early as the 15th See also:century in the See also:Towneley Mysteries; and a collection of their " jests " was published in the 16th century under the See also:title Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A.B., of Phisicke Doctour. The " A.B." was supposed to represent See also:Andrew Borde or See also:Boorde (149o?-1549), famous among other things for his wit, but he probably had nothing to do with the compilation. As typical of the Gothamite folly is usually quoted the story of the villagers joining hands See also:round a thornbush to shut in a See also:cuckoo so that it would sing all the See also:year. The localizing of fools is See also:common to most countries, and there are many other reputed " See also:imbecile " centres in See also:England besides Gotham. Thus there are the people of Coggeshall, See also:Essex, the " See also:caries of Austwick," See also:Yorkshire, " the gowks of See also:Gordon," See also:Berwickshire, and for many centuries the See also:charge of folly has been made against " See also:silly " See also:Suffolk and See also:Norfolk (Descriptio Norfolciensium about 12th century, printed in See also:Wright's Early Mysteries and other Latin Poems). In See also:Germany there are the Schildburgers, in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland the people of See also:Kampen. Among the See also:ancient Greeks See also:Boeotia was the See also:home of fools; among the Thracians, See also:Abdera; among the ancient See also:Jews, See also:Nazareth.
See W. A. Clouston, See also:Book of Noodles (See also:London, 1888); R. H. See also:Cunningham, Amusing See also:Prose See also:Chap-books (1889).
End of Article: GOTHAM, WISE MEN OF
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