The "Towneley Mysteries" mentioned the "foles of Gotham" as early as the fifteenth century, and a collection of their jests was published in the sixteenth century under the title "Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A.B.
«Готэмское дурачьё» упоминается в XV столетии в мистериях «Towneley», а коллекция анекдотичных историй про готэмцев была опубликована в XVI веке под названием "«Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A.B.