Gargantua and Pantagruel · François Rabelais
Chapter 1.XXXVIII.--How Gargantua did eat up six pilgrims in a salad
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Chapter 1.XXXIX.—How the Monk was feasted by Gargantua, and of the jovial discourse they had at supper
Chapter 1.XL.—Why monks are the outcasts of the world; and wherefore some have bigger noses than others
Chapter 1.XLI.—How the Monk made Gargantua sleep, and of his hours and breviaries
Chapter 1.XLII.—How the Monk encouraged his fellow-champions, and how he hanged upon a tree
Chapter 1.XLIII.—How the scouts and fore-party of Picrochole were met with by Gargantua, and how the Monk slew Captain Drawforth, and then was taken prisoner by his enemies
Chapter 1.XLIV.—How the Monk rid himself of his keepers, and how Picrochole’s forlorn hope was defeated
Chapter 1.XLV.—How the Monk carried along with him the Pilgrims, and of the good words that Grangousier gave them
Chapter 1.XLVI.—How Grangousier did very kindly entertain Touchfaucet his prisoner
Chapter 1.XLVII.—How Grangousier sent for his legions, and how Touchfaucet slew Rashcalf, and was afterwards executed by the command of Picrochole
Chapter 1.XLVIII.—How Gargantua set upon Picrochole within the rock Clermond, and utterly defeated the army of the said Picrochole
Chapter 1.XLIX.—How Picrochole in his flight fell into great misfortunes, and what Gargantua did after the battle
Chapter 1.L.—Gargantua’s speech to the vanquished
Chapter 1.LI.—How the victorious Gargantuists were recompensed after the battle
Chapter 1.LII.—How Gargantua caused to be built for the Monk the Abbey of Theleme
Chapter 1.LIII.—How the abbey of the Thelemites was built and endowed
Chapter 1.LIV.—The inscription set upon the great gate of Theleme
Chapter 1.LV.—What manner of dwelling the Thelemites had
Chapter 1.LVI.—How the men and women of the religious order of Theleme were apparelled
Chapter 1.LVII.—How the Thelemites were governed, and of their manner of living
Chapter 1.LVIII.—A prophetical Riddle
THE SECOND BOOK.
For the Reader
Mr. Hugh Salel to Rabelais
The Author’s Prologue
Chapter 2.I.—Of the original and antiquity of the great Pantagruel
Chapter 2.II.—Of the nativity of the most dread and redoubted Pantagruel
Chapter 2.III.—Of the grief wherewith Gargantua was moved at the decease of his wife Badebec
Chapter 2.IV.—Of the infancy of Pantagruel
