Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4

Name: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4
Author: Rabelais

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Chapter 4. I.—How Pantagruel went to sea to visit the oracle of Bacbuc, alias the Holy BottleSample
Chapter 4. II.—How Pantagruel bought many rarities in the island of Medamothy
Chapter 4. III.—How Pantagruel received a letter from his father Gargantua, and of the strange way to have speedy news from far distant places
Chapter 4. IV.—How Pantagruel writ to his father Gargantua, and sent him several curiosities
Chapter 4. V.—How Pantagruel met a ship with passengers returning from Lanternland
Chapter 4. VI.—How, the fray being over, Panurge cheapened one of Dingdong's sheep
Chapter 4. VII.—Which if you read you'll find how Panurge bargained with Dingdong
Chapter 4. VIII.—How Panurge caused Dingdong and his sheep to be drowned in the sea
Chapter 4. IX.—How Pantagruel arrived at the island of Ennasin, and of the strange ways of being akin in that country
Chapter 4. X.—How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Chely, where he saw King St. Panigon
Chapter 4. XI.—Why monks love to be in kitchens
Chapter 4. XII.—How Pantagruel passed by the land of Pettifogging, and of the strange way of living among the Catchpoles
Chapter 4. XIII.—How, like Master Francis Villon, the Lord of Basche commended his servants
Chapter 4. XIV.—A further account of catchpoles who were drubbed at Basche's house
Chapter 4. XV.—How the ancient custom at nuptials is renewed by the catchpole
Chapter 4. XVI.—How Friar John made trial of the nature of the catchpoles
Chapter 4. XVII.—How Pantagruel came to the islands of Tohu and Bohu; and of the strange death of Wide-nostrils, the swallower of windmills
Chapter 4. XVIII.—How Pantagruel met with a great storm at sea
Chapter 4. XIX.—What countenances Panurge and Friar John kept during the storm
Chapter 4. XX.—How the pilots were forsaking their ships in the greatest stress of weather
Chapter 4. XXI.—A continuation of the storm, with a short discourse on the subject of making testaments at sea
Chapter 4. XXII.—An end of the storm
Chapter 4. XXIII.—How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over
Chapter 4. XXIV.—How Panurge was said to have been afraid without reason during the storm
Chapter 4. XXV.—How, after the storm, Pantagruel went on shore in the islands of the Macreons
Chapter 4. XXVI.—How the good Macrobius gave us an account of the mansion and decease of the heroes
Chapter 4. XXVII.—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
Chapter 4. XXVIII.—How Pantagruel related a very sad story of the death of the heroes
Chapter 4. XXIX.—How Pantagruel sailed by the Sneaking Island, where Shrovetide reigned
Chapter 4. XXX.—How Shrovetide is anatomized and described by Xenomanes
Chapter 4. XXXI.—Shrovetide's outward parts anatomized
Chapter 4. XXXII.—A continuation of Shrovetide's countenance
Chapter 4. XXXIII.—How Pantagruel discovered a monstrous physeter, or whirlpool, near the Wild Island
Chapter 4. XXXIV.—How the monstrous physeter was slain by Pantagruel
Chapter 4. XXXV.—How Pantagruel went on shore in the Wild Island, the ancient abode of the Chitterlings
Chapter 4. XXXVI.—How the wild Chitterlings laid an ambuscado for Pantagruel
Chapter 4. XXXVII.—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
Chapter 4. XXXVIII.—How Chitterlings are not to be slighted by men
Chapter 4. XXXIX.—How Friar John joined with the cooks to fight the Chitterlings
Chapter 4. XL.—How Friar John fitted up the sow; and of the valiant cooks that went into it
Chapter 4. XLI.—How Pantagruel broke the Chitterlings at the knees
Chapter 4. XLII.—How Pantagruel held a treaty with Niphleseth, Queen of the Chitterlings
Chapter 4. XLIII.—How Pantagruel went into the island of Ruach
Chapter 4. XLIV.—How small rain lays a high wind
Chapter 4. XLV.—How Pantagruel went ashore in the island of Pope-Figland
Chapter 4. XLVI.—How a junior devil was fooled by a husbandman of Pope-Figland
Chapter 4. XLVII.—How the devil was deceived by an old woman of Pope-Figland
Chapter 4. XLVIII.—How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Papimany
Chapter 4. XLIX.—How Homenas, Bishop of Papimany, showed us the Uranopet decretals
Chapter 4. L.—How Homenas showed us the archetype, or representation of a pope
Chapter 4. LI.—Table-talk in praise of the decretals
Chapter 4. LII.—A continuation of the miracles caused by the decretals
Chapter 4. LIII.—How by the virtue of the decretals, gold is subtilely drawn out of France to Rome
Chapter 4. LIV.—How Homenas gave Pantagruel some bon-Christian pears
Chapter 4. LV.—How Pantagruel, being at sea, heard various unfrozen words
Chapter 4. LVI.—How among the frozen words Pantagruel found some odd ones
Chapter 4. LVII.—How Pantagruel went ashore at the dwelling of Gaster, the first master of arts in the world
Chapter 4. LVIII.—How, at the court of the master of ingenuity, Pantagruel detested the Engastrimythes and the Gastrolaters
Chapter 4. LIX.—Of the ridiculous statue Manduce; and how and what the Gastrolaters sacrifice to their ventripotent god
Chapter 4. LX.—What the Gastrolaters sacrificed to their god on interlarded fish-days
Chapter 4. LXI.—How Gaster invented means to get and preserve corn
Chapter 4. LXII.—How Gaster invented an art to avoid being hurt or touched by cannon-balls
Chapter 4. LXIII.—How Pantagruel fell asleep near the island of Chaneph, and of the problems proposed to be solved when he waked
Chapter 4. LXIV.—How Pantagruel gave no answer to the problems
Chapter 4. LXV.—How Pantagruel passed the time with his servants
Chapter 4. LXVI.—How, by Pantagruel's order, the Muses were saluted near the isle of Ganabim
Chapter 4. LXVII.—How Panurge berayed himself for fear; and of the huge cat Rodilardus, which he took for a puny devil