Gargantua and Pantagruel. Francois Rabelais
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Chapter 3.XXXVII.—How Pantagruel persuaded Panurge to take counsel of a fool.
Chapter 3.XXXVIII.—How Triboulet is set forth and blazed by Pantagruel and Panurge.
Chapter 3.XXXIX.—How Pantagruel was present at the trial of Judge Bridlegoose, who decided causes and controversies in law by the chance and fortune of the dice.
Chapter 3.XL.—How Bridlegoose giveth reasons why he looked upon those law-actions which he decided by the chance of the dice.
Chapter 3.XLI.—How Bridlegoose relateth the history of the reconcilers of parties at variance in matters of law.
Chapter 3.XLII.—How suits at law are bred at first, and how they come afterwards to their perfect growth.
Chapter 3.XLIII.—How Pantagruel excuseth Bridlegoose in the matter of sentencing actions at law by the chance of the dice.
Chapter 3.XLIV.—How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
Chapter 3.XLV.—How Panurge taketh advice of Triboulet.
Chapter 3.XLVI.—How Pantagruel and Panurge diversely interpret the words of Triboulet.
Chapter 3.XLVII.—How Pantagruel and Panurge resolved to make a visit to the oracle of the holy bottle.
Chapter 3.XLVIII.—How Gargantua showeth that the children ought not to marry without the special knowledge and advice of their fathers and mothers.
Chapter 3.XLIX.—How Pantagruel did put himself in a readiness to go to sea; and of the herb named Pantagruelion.
Chapter 3.L.—How the famous Pantagruelion ought to be prepared and wrought.
Chapter 3.LI.—Why it is called Pantagruelion, and of the admirable virtues thereof.
Chapter 3.LII.—How a certain kind of Pantagruelion is of that nature that the fire is not able to consume it.
BOOK IV.
Chapter 4.I.—How Pantagruel went to sea to visit the oracle of Bacbuc, alias the Holy Bottle.
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.
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