Capitan

Taking appearances of brave, but this personage is poltroon…He was created during the
fifteenth century by Spanish (The comic illusion). The <<Capitan Matamoros >> is blustering, braggard, boasting of his exploits, but, coward, he escapes very fast when he meets an adversary who cry stronger than him…
He was retaken in the Commedia dell' Arte under different names : Capitan Rinoceronte. Cap. Giangurgolo. Cap. Babeo. Cap. Cardoni. Cap. Esgangarato. Cap. Cocodrillo. Cap. Spavento. Cap. Spezzafer. ... The Captain Fracasse in France, have the same origines...