The Fourth Book. Francois RabelaisЧитать онлайн книгу.

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Table of Contents

       The Author's Epistle Dedicatory

       The Author's Prologue

       Chapter I - How Pantagruel went to sea to visit the oracle of Bacbuc, alias the Holy Bottle

       Chapter II - How Pantagruel bought many rarities in the island of Medamothy

       Chapter III - How Pantagruel received a letter from his father Gargantua, and of the strange way to have speedy news from far distant places

       Chapter IV - How Pantagruel writ to his father Gargantua, and sent him several curiosities

       Chapter V - How Pantagruel met a ship with passengers returning from Lantern-land

       Chapter VI - How, the fray being over, Panurge cheapened one of Dingdong's sheep

       Chapter VII - Which if you read you'll find how Panurge bargained with Dingdong

       Chapter VIII - How Panurge caused Dingdong and his sheep to be drowned in the sea

       Chapter IX - How Pantagruel arrived at the island of Ennasin, and of the strange ways of being akin in that country

       Chapter X - How Pantagruel went ashore at the island of Chely, where he saw King St. Panigon

       Chapter XI - Why monks love to be in kitchens

       Chapter XII - How Pantagruel passed by the land of Pettifogging, and of the strange way of living among the Catchpoles

       Chapter XIII - How, like Master Francis Villon, the Lord of Basche commended his servants

       Chapter XIV - A further account of catchpoles who were drubbed at Basche's house

       Chapter XV - How the ancient custom at nuptials is renewed by the catchpole

       Chapter XVI - How Friar John made trial of the nature of the catchpoles

       Chapter XVII - How Pantagruel came to the islands of Tohu and Bohu; and of the strange death of Wide-nostrils, the swallower of windmills

       Chapter XVIII - How Pantagruel met with a great storm at sea

       Chapter XIX - What countenances Panurge and Friar John kept during the storm

       Chapter XX - How the pilots were forsaking their ships in the greatest stress of weather

       Chapter XXI - A continuation of the storm, with a short discourse on the subject of making testaments at sea

       Chapter XXII - An end of the storm

       Chapter XXIII - How Panurge played the good fellow when the storm was over

       Chapter XXIV - How Panurge was said to have been afraid without reason during the storm

       Chapter XXV - How, after the storm, Pantagruel went on shore in the islands of the Macreons

       Chapter XXVI - How the good Macrobius gave us an account of the mansion and decease of the heroes

       Chapter 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 XXVIII - How Pantagruel related a very sad story of the death of the heroes

       Chapter XXIX - How Pantagruel sailed by the Sneaking Island, where Shrovetide reigned

       Chapter XXX - How Shrovetide is anatomized and described by Xenomanes

       Chapter XXXI - Shrovetide's outward parts anatomized

       Chapter XXXII - A continuation of Shrovetide's countenance

       Chapter XXXIII - How Pantagruel discovered a monstrous physeter, or whirlpool, near the Wild Island

       Chapter XXXIV - How the monstrous physeter was slain by Pantagruel

       Chapter XXXV - How Pantagruel went on shore in the Wild Island, the ancient abode of the Chitterlings

       Chapter XXXVI - How the wild Chitterlings laid an ambuscado for Pantagruel

       Chapter 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 XXXVIII - How Chitterlings are not to be slighted by men