At the left of the bookplate is a court jester, who carries a short scepter with the head of a jester at the top. Beneath the title text is the motto Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere Pub. Syrus. Further below is a second motto When Fortune wills a man her worst, She has him born April ye first. —M.D.
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