Holbein's illustration shown in Plate 81 from Moriae Encomium is associated with the following text drawn from
John Wilson's 1668 translation:
But I forget myself and run beyond my bounds. Though yet, if I shall seem to have spoken
anything more boldly or impertinently than I ought, be pleased to consider that not only
Folly but a woman said it; remembering in the meantime that Greek proverb, "Sometimes
a fool may speak a word in season," unless perhaps you expect an epilogue, but give me
leave to tell you you are mistaken if you think I remember anything of what I have said,
having foolishly bolted out such a hodgepodge of words. 'Tis an old proverb, "I hate one
that remembers what's done over the cup." This is a new one of my own making: I hate a
man that remembers what he hears. Wherefore farewell, clap your hands, live and drink
lustily, my most excellent disciples of Folly.