1625 S. Purchas III. i. iv. 69 (heading) Obseruations of M. Polo, of Armenia, Turkie,..Cobniam, Ormus, Knaue-fooles Paradise, and other Easterne parts in Asia, and Armenia the lesse.
1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in 163 Whilst that Knaue-foole..Smiles at the Coxcombe, which admires him so.
1809 29 June Do you know whom we mean by knave-fool?