Note to King Lear, 1.4.95: "coxcomb"


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Act 1, Scene 4, line 95
The traditional fool's cap is modeled on a cock's comb. In folklore, it was said that the rooster was such a fool that he thought that the sun rose because he crowed.







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A fool wearing his coxcomb and a cock with an impressive comb