Boz, that's also one of my favorite facts. Though there is considerable skepticism that Aubrey's account is correct. I also like that Bacon's father was the Keeper of the Great Seal, which I tend to visualize as another form of animal preservation....
Aubrey, BTW, held that Bacon was a pederast, though in the Renaissance meaning of the word which did not necessarily imply sexuality directed towards children, but rather homosexuality.