, , , the constant Real Life thorn in Bill's side, the loathsome Frank Bacon. As chronicled here, Frankie was infamous for pulling off cruel and thoughtless pranks, no matter how many member of the General Public were likely to be endangered, maimed or mortally wounded by his reckless misconduct. As a Royal Toady, Frank led a seemingly charmed existence, careening through Life from one mishap to another, never held fully to account for the wanton mayhem he launched against the Social Order, merely to amuse his warped circle of acquaintance. Whether unleashing Big Cats of Prey during Bill's plays or trumping up bogus reasons for rigged duels, Bacon always was out to brain the bard. Frank's evil Core Supporters persisted like poison ivy for centuries, eventually concocting ludicrous conspiracy theories--all of which were laughed out of Court--that the totally untalented Frankie actually penned some or all of Bill's Masterworks! Only those who think that the demented Tory traitor Clem Moore wrote Yankee War Hero Hank Livingston's "Twas the Night before Christmas" would believe a fairy tale like that!