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From: "N.J.R. Pattison" <[log in to unmask]> > The "Rook" in the quotation you gave, Robin, pertains - obviously - > to Sir Jack Daw. Bofe members of the crow familiy, innit. The wind <>ucker > to Sir Amorous La Foole. Later, the carrion crew runs in a neat hierarchy in _Volpone_. Descending in size: raven, rook, crow: Voltore, Corbaccio, Corvino. With Lady Politic (kite -- once bird-of-prey but by 1606, a carrion-eater in the London streets) and Sir Pol (popinjay/parrot) both off on the edge. All the other names (Volpone, Mosca, Bonnario, Celia) code in to non-bird references. Jesus, I've totally lost it -- PLEASE tell me I didn't say that? Robin