Obs. [a. OF. *fol sage (= saige fol, Palsgr.), lit. ‘wise fool.’] A fool or jester.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XIII. 423.

        Ȝe lordes and ladyes · and legates of holicherche,
þat fedeth foles sages [1393, C. VIII. 83, fool sages] · flatereres and lyeres.

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c. 1400.  Ipomedon (Kölbing), 351. He ordant him & made him a fole sage.

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