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Francois Rabelais. The Fourth Book
The Fourth Book
Table of Contents
The Author's Epistle Dedicatory
The Author's Prologue
How Pantagruel went to sea to visit the oracle of Bacbuc, alias the Holy Bottle
How Pantagruel bought many rarities in the island of Medamothy
How Pantagruel received a letter from his father Gargantua, and of the strange way to have speedy news from far distant places
How Pantagruel writ to his father Gargantua, and sent him several curiosities
How Pantagruel met a ship with passengers returning from Lantern-land
How, the fray being over, Panurge cheapened one of Dingdong's sheep
Which if you read you'll find how Panurge bargained with Dingdong
How Panurge caused Dingdong and his sheep to be drowned in the sea
How Pantagruel arrived at the island of Ennasin, and of the strange ways of being akin in that country
How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Chely, where he saw King St. Panigon
Why monks love to be in kitchens
How Pantagruel passed by the land of Pettifogging, and of the strange way of living among the Catchpoles
How, like Master Francis Villon, the Lord of Basche commended his servants
A further account of catchpoles who were drubbed at Basche's house
How the ancient custom at nuptials is renewed by the catchpole
How Friar John made trial of the nature of the catchpoles
How Pantagruel came to the islands of Tohu and Bohu; and of the strange death of Wide-nostrils, the swallower of windmills
How Pantagruel met with a great storm at sea
What countenances Panurge and Friar John kept during the storm
How the pilots were forsaking their ships in the greatest stress of weather
A continuation of the storm, with a short discourse on the subject of making testaments at sea
Chapter XXII - An end of the storm
An end of the storm
How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over
How Panurge was said to have been afraid without reason during the storm
How, after the storm, Pantagruel went on shore in the islands of the Macreons
How the good Macrobius gave us an account of the mansion and decease of the heroes
Pantagruel's discourse of the decease of heroic souls; and of the dreadful prodigies that happened before the death of the late Lord de Langey
How Pantagruel related a very sad story of the death of the heroes
How Pantagruel sailed by the Sneaking Island, where Shrovetide reigned
How Shrovetide is anatomized and described by Xenomanes
Shrovetide's outward parts anatomized
A continuation of Shrovetide's countenance
How Pantagruel discovered a monstrous physeter, or whirlpool, near the Wild Island
How the monstrous physeter was slain by Pantagruel
How Pantagruel went on shore in the Wild Island, the ancient abode of the Chitterlings
How the wild Chitterlings laid an ambuscado for Pantagruel
How Pantagruel sent for Colonel Maul-chitterling and Colonel Cut-pudding; with a discourse well worth your hearing about the names of places and persons
How Chitterlings are not to be slighted by men
How Friar John joined with the cooks to fight the Chitterlings
How Friar John fitted up the sow; and of the valiant cooks that went into it
How Pantagruel broke the Chitterlings at the knees
How Pantagruel held a treaty with Niphleseth, Queen of the Chitterlings
How Pantagruel went into the island of Ruach
How small rain lays a high wind
How Pantagruel went ashore in the island of Pope-Figland
How a junior devil was fooled by a husbandman of Pope-Figland
How the devil was deceived by an old woman of Pope-Figland
How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Papimany
How Homenas, Bishop of Papimany, showed us the Uranopet decretals
How Homenas showed us the archetype, or representation of a pope
Table-talk in praise of the decretals
A continuation of the miracles caused by the decretals
How, by the virtue of the decretals, gold is subtilely drawn out of France to Rome
How Homenas gave Pantagruel some bon-Christian pears
How Pantagruel, being at sea, heard various unfrozen words
How among the frozen words Pantagruel found some odd ones
How Pantagruel went ashore at the dwelling of Gaster, the first master of arts in the world
How, at the court of the master of ingenuity, Pantagruel detested the Engastrimythes and the Gastrolaters
Of the ridiculous statue Manduce; and how and what the Gastrolaters sacrifice to their ventripotent god
What the Gastrolaters sacrificed to their god on interlarded fish-days
How Gaster invented means to get and preserve corn
How Gaster invented an art to avoid being hurt or touched by cannon-balls
How Pantagruel fell asleep near the island of Chaneph, and of the problems proposed to be solved when he waked
How Pantagruel gave no answer to the problems
How Pantagruel passed the time with his servants
How, by Pantagruel's order, the Muses were saluted near the isle of Ganabim
How Panurge berayed himself for fear; and of the huge cat Rodilardus, which he took for a puny devil
