Aesop real or legendary Greek author of fables; supposed to have lived in the sixth century b.c.
Frederick’s capes Frederick II executed people by placing them in a leaden shell which was then melted around them.
Jovial Friars the nickname of the monks of the Glorious Virgin Mary from Bolongna.
Bolognese of Bologna, its people, or their dialect.
Pharisees a member of an ancient Jewish party or fellowship that carefully observed the written law but also accepted the oral (or traditional) law; advocated democratization of religious practices; mainly they hated Jesus for questioning their authority.
