Bon Gaultier was a nom de plume assumed by the writers William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin.
The humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845.
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The Broken Pitcher- a story about a Moorish woman who throws a Christian Knight down a well after stealing three kisses from her
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.