Francois Rabelais

The Fourth Book


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Chapter XXXIX - How Friar John joined with the cooks to fight the Chitterlings

       Chapter XL - How Friar John fitted up the sow; and of the valiant cooks that went into it

       Chapter XLI - How Pantagruel broke the Chitterlings at the knees

       Chapter XLII - How Pantagruel held a treaty with Niphleseth, Queen of the Chitterlings

       Chapter XLIII - How Pantagruel went into the island of Ruach

       Chapter XLIV - How small rain lays a high wind

       Chapter XLV - How Pantagruel went ashore in the island of Pope-Figland

       Chapter XLVI - How a junior devil was fooled by a husbandman of Pope-Figland

       Chapter XLVII - How the devil was deceived by an old woman of Pope-Figland

       Chapter XLVIII - How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Papimany

       Chapter XLIX - How Homenas, Bishop of Papimany, showed us the Uranopet decretals

       Chapter L - How Homenas showed us the archetype, or representation of a pope

       Chapter LI - Table-talk in praise of the decretals

       Chapter LII - A continuation of the miracles caused by the decretals

       Chapter LIII - How, by the virtue of the decretals, gold is subtilely drawn out of France to Rome

       Chapter LIV - How Homenas gave Pantagruel some bon-Christian pears

       Chapter LV - How Pantagruel, being at sea, heard various unfrozen words

       Chapter LVI - How among the frozen words Pantagruel found some odd ones

       Chapter LVII - How Pantagruel went ashore at the dwelling of Gaster, the first master of arts in the world

       Chapter LVIII - How, at the court of the master of ingenuity, Pantagruel detested the Engastrimythes and the Gastrolaters

       Chapter LIX.--Of the ridiculous statue Manduce; and how and what the Gastrolaters sacrifice to their ventripotent god

       Chapter LX.--What the Gastrolaters sacrificed to their god on interlarded fish-days

       Chapter LXI.--How Gaster invented means to get and preserve corn

       Chapter LXII.--How Gaster invented an art to avoid being hurt or touched by cannon-balls

       Chapter LXIII.--How Pantagruel fell asleep near the island of Chaneph, and of the problems proposed to be solved when he waked

       Chapter LXIV.--How Pantagruel gave no answer to the problems

       Chapter LXV.--How Pantagruel passed the time with his servants

       Chapter LXVI.--How, by Pantagruel's order, the Muses were saluted near the isle of Ganabim

       Chapter LXVII.--How Panurge berayed himself for fear; and of the huge cat Rodilardus, which he took for a puny devil

       The Author's Epistle Dedicatory The Author's Prologue Chapter I - How Pantagruel went to sea to visit the oracle of Bacbuc, alias the Holy Bottle Chapter II - How Pantagruel bought many rarities in the island of Medamothy Chapter III - How Pantagruel received a letter from his father Gargantua, and of the strange way to have speedy news from far distant places Chapter IV - How Pantagruel writ to his father Gargantua, and sent him several curiosities Chapter V - How Pantagruel met a ship with passengers returning from Lantern-land Chapter VI - How, the fray being over, Panurge cheapened one of Dingdong's sheep Chapter VII - Which if you read you'll find how Panurge bargained with Dingdong Chapter VIII - How Panurge caused Dingdong and his sheep to be drowned in the sea Chapter IX - How Pantagruel arrived at the island of Ennasin, and of the strange ways of being akin in that country Chapter X - How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Chely, where he saw King St. Panigon Chapter XI - Why monks love to be in kitchens Chapter XII - How Pantagruel passed by the land of Pettifogging, and of the strange way of living among the Catchpoles Chapter XIII - How, like Master Francis Villon, the Lord of Basche commended his servants Chapter XIV - A further account of catchpoles who were drubbed at Basche's house Chapter XV - How the ancient custom at nuptials is renewed by the catchpole Chapter XVI - How Friar John made trial of the nature of the catchpoles Chapter XVII - How Pantagruel came to the islands of Tohu and Bohu; and of the strange death of Wide-nostrils, the swallower of windmills Chapter XVIII - How Pantagruel met with a great storm at sea