Because, said Ponocrates, he came with the first to the fair of noses, and therefore made choice of the fairest and the greatest.

Pish, said the monk, that is not the reason of it, but, according to the true monastical philosophy, it is because my nurse had soft teats, by virtue whereof, whilst she gave me suck, my nose did sink in as in so much butter.

The hard breasts of nurses make children short-nosed.

But hey, gay, Ad formam nasi cognoscitur ad te levavi.

I never eat any confections, page, whilst I am at the bibbery.