And the greatest pages of his autobiography, written with his brush, will be only so many childish Rebuses if we forget what astounding pages of History and Argument were turned before him.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
Merchants' marks also frequently appear; and the mediaeval taste for punning is shown by frequent Rebuses formed on the names of the deceased, e.
"English Villages"
P. H. Ditchfield
Upon the newly-appointed bishops they poured out an endless succession of rhymes and Rebuses, epigrams, caricatures and extravaganzas.
"Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete"
John Lothrop Motley