Woodcut of “The Brazen Head”, a medieval legendary automaton which is able to talk. From Greene, Robert and Boston Public Library. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare. The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon, and Frier Bongay : As It Was Lately Plaid by the Prince Palatine His Seruants. London : Printed by Elizabeth Allde dwelling neere Christ-Church, 1630. http://archive.org/details/honorablehistori00gree.