[44] Or the "Amiable," a translation of his father's name.
[45] Mr. Drummond in his Life of Erasmus.
[46] Reprinted by Halliwell.
[47] See "Art-Journal."
[48] I remember to have seen such a procession at Como in the Holy Week. The various accessories of the Passion were borne along on the top of poles with appropriate mottoes, for example: Two ladders crossed, "He bowed the heavens and came down." A stuffed cock, "The cock crew." A barber's basin, "Pilate washed his hands," &c. The effect was almost ludicrous.
[49] Lucian makes the father of Cleanthis congratulate himself on having obtained a buffoon for his son's wedding feast. This individual was an ugly little fellow with close shaven head, except a few straggling hairs made up to resemble a cock. He began by dancing and contorting his body and spouting some Ægytian verses, then he launched all kinds of fooleries at the company. Most laughed, but on his calling Alcidamas a Maltese puppy, he was challenged to fight or have his brains dashed out.
[50] But this may have been traditional, for the fools in classic times were sometimes shaven.
[51] Wright's "History of the Grotesque."
[52] Such as the Wife of Bath's tale, and in "January and May," or the "Marchante's Tale."
[53] She was roasting a pig.