[369] The unlettered Shakspeare was much better versed in the natural history of ecclesiastics than the learned Gianozzo.

“Sometimes she cometh with a tythe-pig’s tail,

Tickling the parson as he lies asleep;

Then dreams he of another benefice.”

[370] Janotii Manetti Vita Nicolai V. apud Muratori Rer. Italic. Script. tom. iii. p. 921.

[371] Muratori Annali, tom. ix. p. 417.

[372] Muratori Annali, tom. ix. p. 417.

[373] Ibid, p. 425.

[374] Ibid, p. 419.

[375] Ibid, p. 420.