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AretinoWhile laughing at a remark made by the Duke of Urbino, Aretino had a stroke and collapsed. A priest was called upon to administer extreme unction but, the rite completed, Aretino briefly recovered. "Now I'm oiled," he quipped, "keep me from the rats." He then relapsed into unconsciousness and promptly died.
Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556) Italian poet, satirist, and playwright [noted for his letters and Dialogues, his play Marescalco , and for such
works as La comedia de la corte, The Ragionamenti: the lives of nuns, the lives of married women, the lives of courtesans, Sonnets (1523)]
[Sources: T. Craven, Men of Art]More Pietro Aretino anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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