Il Dottore
A neighbour of Pantalone, Il Dottore started life as a satire on Renaissance university men.

A friend (or sometimes bitter enemy) of his neighbour, he would walk up and down in the long black gowns of either a lawyer or physician, spouting meaningless but important sounding Latin. He would hand out advice on subjects he knew nothing about (usually resulting in his own undoing), prescribe medicines of dangerous substances and confuse everyone with his combination of truths and half-remembered half-truths, delivered with pompous and ridiculous mannerisms.

Later his costume would acquire a white ruff and large black hat, reflecting the plague doctors of the time.