The fifth book of The works of Francis Rabelais, M.D., contaning the heroic deeds and sayings of the great Pantagruel to which is added the Pantagruelian prognostication, Rabelais's letters, and several other pieces by that author / done out of French by P.M.

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The fifth book of The works of Francis Rabelais, M.D., contaning the heroic deeds and sayings of the great Pantagruel to which is added the Pantagruelian prognostication, Rabelais's letters, and several other pieces by that author / done out of French by P.M.

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Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553?

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London :: Printed for Richard Baldwin ...,

1694.

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Contents

• title page
• THE AUTHOR's PROLOGUE TO THE FIFTH BOOK.
• The Fifth Book of RABELAIS, Treating of the Heroick Deeds and Sayings of the Good PANTAGRUEL.
  • CHAP. I. How Pantagruel arriv'd at the Ring∣ing Island, and of the noise that we heard.
  • CHAP. II. How the Ringing Island had been in∣habited by the Siticines, who were become Birds.
  • CHAP. III. How there is but one Popehawk in the Ringing Island.
  • CHAP. IV. How the Birds of the Ringing Island were all Passengers.
  • CHAP. V. Of the dumb Knighthawks of the Ringing Island.
  • CHAP. VI. How the Birds are cramm'd in the Ringing Island.
  • CHAP. VII. How Pantagruel came to the Island of the Apedefers, or Ignoramus's, with long Claws, and Crooked Paws, and of terrible Adventures and Monsters there.
  • CHAP. VIII. How Panurge related to Master Aedi∣tuus, the Fable of the Horse and the Ass.
  • CHAP. IX. How with much ado we got a sight of the Popehawk.
  • CHAP. X. How we arriv'd at the Island of Tools.
  • CHAP. XI. How Pantagruel arriv'd at the Island of Sharping.
  • CHAP. XII. How we past through the Wicket, in∣habited by Gripe-men-all, Arch-Duke of the Furr'd Law-cats.
  • CHAP. XIII. How Gripe-men-all propounded a Rid∣dle to us.
  • CHAP. XIV. How Panurge solv'd Gripe-men-all's Riddle.
  • CHAP. XV. How the Furr'd Law-Cats live on Corruption.
  • CHAP. XVI. How Friar Ihon talks of rooting o the Furr'd Law-Cats.
  • CHAP. XVII. How we went For-wards, and how Pa∣nurge had like to have been kill'd.
  • CHAP. XVIII. How our Ships were Stranded, and we were reliev'd by some People that were Subject to Queen Whims [qui tenoient de la Quinte.]
  • CHAP. XIX How we arriv'd at the Queendom of Whims, or Enthelechy.
  • CHAP. XX. How the Quintessence cur'd the sick with a Song.
  • CHAP. XXI. How the Queen pass'd her Time after Dinner.
  • CHAP. XXII. How Queen Whims's Officers were em∣ploy'd; and how the said Lady re∣tain'd us among her Abstractors.
  • CHAP. XXIII. How the Queen was serv'd at Dinner, and of her way of eating.
  • CHAP. XXIV. How there was a Ball in the manner of a Turnament, at which Queen Whi was present.
  • CHAP. XXV. How the Thirty two Persons at the Ball fought.
  • CHAP. XXVI. How we came to the Island of Odes, where the Ways go up and down.
  • CHAP. XXVII. How we came to the Island of Sandals; and of the Order of Semiquaver Fryars.
  • CHAP. XXVIII. How Panurge ask'd a Semiquaver Fry∣ar many questions. and was only an∣swer'd in Monosyllables.
  • CHAP. XXIX. How Epistemon dislik'd the Institu∣tion of Lent.
  • CHAP. XXX. How we came to the Land of Satin.
  • CHAP. XXXI. How in the Land of Satin we saw Hear-say who kept a School of Vouching.
  • CHAP. XXXII. How we came in sight of Lantern-Land.
  • CHAP. XXXIII. How we Landed at the Port of the Lychnobii, and came to Lantern-land.
  • CHAP. XXXIV. How we arriv'd at the Oracle of the Bottle.
  • CHAP. XXXV. How we went under ground to come to the Temple of the Holy-Bottle; and how Chinon is the oldest City in the World.
  • CHAP. XXXVI. How we went down the Tetradic Steps, and of Panurge's Fear.
  • CHAP. XXXVII. How the Temple Gates in a wonderful manner open'd of themselves.
  • CHAP. XXXVIII. Of the Temple's admirable Pavement▪
  • CHAP. XXXIX. How we saw Bacchus's Army drawn up in Battalia in Mosaic Work.
  • CHAP. XL. How the Battle, in which the Good Bacchus overthrew the Indians, was represented in Mosaic Work.
  • CHAP. XLI. How the Temple was Illuminated with a wonderful Lamp.
  • CHAP. XLII. How the Priestess Bacbuc show'd us a Fantastic Fountain in the Temple.
  • CHAP. XLIII. How the Fountain-water had the Taste of Wine, according to the Imagina∣tion of those who drank of it.
  • CHAP. XLIV. How the Pristess Bacbuc equipt Pa∣nurge in order to have the Word of the Bottle.
  • CHAP. XLV. How Bacbuc, the High-Priestess brought Panurge before the Holy Bottle.
  • CHAP. XLVI. How Bacbuc explain'd the Word of the Goddess Bottle.
  • CHAP. XLVII. How Panurge and the rest rim'd with Poetick Fury.
  • CHAP. XLVIII. How we took our leave of Bacbuc, and left the Oracle of the Holy Bottle.
• title page
• TO THE Courteous READER, GREETING.
• text
  • Of the Golden Number.
  • CHAP. I. Of the Governor and Lords Ascendant this Year.
  • CHAP. II. Of the Eclipses this Year.
  • CHAP. III. Of the Diseases this Year.
  • CHAP. IV. Of the Fruits of the Earth this Year.
  • CHAP. V. Of the Disposition of the People this Year.
  • CHAP. VI. Of the Condition of some Countries.
  • OF THE Four Seasons of the Year.
  • CHAP. VIII. Of Summer.
  • CHAP. IX. Of Autumn.
  • CHAP. X. Of Winter.
• AN EPISTLE BY PANTAGRƲEL's Lymosin, Grand Excoriator of the Latiale Tongue, mention'd Book 2. Chap. .
• An EPIGRAM.
• The Philosophical Cream OF Encyclopedic QUESTIONS By PANTAGRƲEL, Which were Sorbonicoficabilitudinissely debated in the Schools of the Decree near St. Denys de la Chartre at PARIS.
• Two Epistles to Two Women of different Humours.
  • To an Old Woman.
  • An Epistle to another Woman of a quite different Humour.
• LETTERS Written by FRANCIS RABELAIS, M.D. During his stay in ITALY, In the Year 1536.
  • LETTER I. To my Lord Bishop of Maillezais.
  • LETTER II.
  • LETTER III.
  • LETTER IV.
  • LETTER V.
  • LETTER VI.
  • LETTER VII. To the Lord de Maillezais.
  • LETTER VIII.
  • LETTER IX.
  • LETTER X.
  • LETTER XI.
  • LETTER XII.
  • LETTER XIII.
  • LETTER XIV.
  • LETTER XV.
  • LETTER XVI.
• THE CONTENTS.
• BOOKS Sold by Richard Baldwin.