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A57015	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.; Selections. 1694	Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553?; Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553? Pantagruel. English.; Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553? Pantagruéline prognostication. English.; Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553? Correspondence. English.; Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718.	1694 (1694)	Wing R104A; ESTC R2564	128,470	325

Wardens left their Posts and advanc'd to relieve their Friends The Battel was doubtful and Victory hover'd over both Armies Now the Silver Host charge and break through their Enemy Ranks as far as the Golden King's Te● and now they are beaten back The golden Queen distinguishes her self from the rest by her mighty Atchievements 〈◊〉 more than by her Garb and Dignity for at once she takes an Archer and going side-ways seizes a silver'd Warden Which Thing the silver'd Queen perceiving she came forwards and rushing on with e●qual Bravery takes the last golden Warde● and some Nymphs The two Quee● fought a long while hand to hand no● striving to take each other by Surprize then to save themselves and sometime● to guard their Kings Finally The golden Queen took the silver'd Queen b● presently after she her self was taken by the silver'd Archer Then the silver'd King had only three Nymphs an Archer and a Warden left and the golden only three Nymphs and the right Knight which made them fight more slowly and warily than before The two King● seem'd to mourn for the Loss of their loving Queens and only studied and e●●deavour'd to get new ones out of 〈◊〉 their Nymphs to be rais'd to that Dig●nity and thus be married to them Th● made them excite those brave Nymphs 〈◊〉 strive to reach the farthest Rank wher● stood the King of the contrary Party promising them certainly to have them Crown'd if they could do this The golden Nymphs were beforehand with the others and out of their number was created a Queen who was drest in Royal Robes and had a Crown set on her head You need not doubt the silver'd Nymphs made also what haste they could to be Queens one of them was within a step of the Coronation Place but there the golden Knight lay ready to intercept her so that she could go no further The new golden Queen resolv'd to shew her self valiant and worthy of her Advancement to the Crown atchiev'd great Feats of Arms But in the mean time the silver'd Warden takes the golden Knight who guarded the Camp and thus there was a new silver'd Queen who like the other strove to excel in Heroic Deeds at the beginning of her Reign Thus the Fight grew hotter than before A thousand Stratagems Charges Rallyings Retreats and Attacks were try'd on both sides till at last the silver'd Queen having by stealth advanc'd as far as the golden King's Tent cry'd God save you Sir Now none but his new Queen could relieve him so she bravely came and expos'd her self to the utmost Extremity to deliver him out of it Then the silver'd Warden with his Queen reduc'd the golden King to such a stress that to save himself he was forc'd to lose his Queen but the golden King took him at last However the rest of the golden Party were soon taken and that King being left alone the silver'd Party made him a low Bow crying Good morrow Sir which denoted that the silver'd King had got the Day This being heard the Musick of both Parties loudly proclaim'd the Victory And thus the first Battel ended to the unspeakeable Joy of all the Spectators After this the two Brigades took their former Stations and began to tilt a second time much as they had done before only the Music plaid somewhat faster than at the first Battel and the motions were altogether different I saw the golden Queen sally out one of the first with an Archer and a Knight as it were angry at the former Defeat and she had like to have fallen upon the silver'd King in his Tent among his Officers but having been baulk'd in her Attempt she skirmish'd briskly and overthrew so many silver'd Nymphs and Officers that it was a most amazing sight You would have sworn she had been another Penth●silea for she behav'd her self with as much Bravery as that Amazonian Queen did at Troy But this havock did not last long for the silver'd Party exasperated by their Loss resolv'd to perish or stop her Progress and having posted an Archer in Ambuscado on a distant Angle together with a Knight Errant her Highness fell into their hands and was carried out of the Field The rest were soon routed after the taking of their Queen who without doubt from that time resolv'd to be more wary and keep near her King without venturing so far amidst her Enemies unless with more Forces to defend her Thus the silver'd Brigade once more got the Victory This did not dishearten or deject the golden Party far from it they soon appear'd again in the Field to face their Enemies and being posted as before both the Armies seem'd more resolute and chearful than ever Now the martial Consort began and the Music was above a Hemiole the quicker according to the Warlike Phrygian Mode such as was invented by Marsias Then our Combatants began to wheel about and charge with such a swiftness that in an instant they made four moves besides the usual Salutations So that they were continually in Action flying hovering jumping vaulting tumbling curvetting with petauristical Turns and Motions and often intermingled Seeing them turn about on one Foot after they had made their Honours we compar'd them to your Tops or Giggs such as Boys use to whip about making them turn round so swiftly that they sleep as they call it and motion cannot be perceiv'd but resembles rest its contrary So that if you make a Point or Mark on some part of one of those Gigs 't will be perceiv'd not as a Point but as a continual Line in a most divine manner as Cusanus has wisely observ'd While they were thus warmly engag'd we heard continually the Claps and Episemasies which those of the two Bands reiterated at the taking of their Enemies and this join'd to the variety of their Motions and Music would have forc'd Smiles out of the most severe Cato the never-laughing Crassus the Athenian Man-hater Timon nay even the whining Heraclytus tho he abhorr'd Laughing the Action that 's most peculiar to Man For who could have forborn seeing those young Warriors with their Nymphs and Queens so briskly and gracefully advance retire jump leap skip spring fly vault caper move to the Right to the Left every way still in Time so swiftly and yet so dextrously that they never touch'd one another but methodically As the number of the Combatants lessen'd the Pleasure of the Spectators encreas'd For the Stratagems and Motions of the remaining Forces were more singular I shall only add that this pleasing Entertainment charm'd us to such a degree that our minds were ravish'd with Admiration and Delight and the martial Harmony mov'd our Souls so powerfully that we easily believ'd what is said of Ismenias's having excited Alexander to rise from Table and run to his Arms with such a warlike Melody At last the golden King remained Master of the Field And while we were minding those Dances Queen-Whims vanish'd so that we saw her no more from

ask'd Pantagruel has he Plato's Helmet on his Crown Gyges's Ring on his Pounces or a Cameleon on his Breast to make him invisible when he pleases No Sir return'd Aedituus but he is naturally of pretty difficult access however I 'll see and take care that you may see him if possible With this he left us piddling then within a quarter of an hour came back and told us the Popehawk is now to be seen so he led us without the least noise directly to the Cage wherein he sate drooping with his Feathers staring about him attended by a Brace of little Cardinhawks and six lusty fusty Bishhawks Panurge star'd at him like a dead Pig examining exactly his Figure Size and Motions Then with a loud voice he said a Curse light on the hatcher of the ill Bird o' my word this is a filthy Whoophooper Tush speak softly said Aedituus By G he has a pair of Ears as formerly Michael de Metiscone remark'd What then return'd Panurge so hath a Whoopcat So said Aedituus if he but hear you speak such another blasphemous word you had as good be damn'd Do you see that Basin yonder in his Cage Out of it shall sally Thunderbolts and Lightnings Storms Bulls and the Devil and all that will sink you down to Peg-Trantums an hundred Fathom under ground 'T were better to drink and be merry quoth Friar Ihon. Panurge was still feeding his Eyes with the sight of the Popehawk and his Attendants when somewhere under his Cage he perceiv'd a Madgehowlet with this he cry'd out By the Devil's-maker's Master there 's Roguery in the Case they put Tricks upon Travellers here more than any where else and would make us believe that a T d's a Sugar-loaf What damn'd cousening gulling and Coney-catching have we here Do you see this Madgehowlet by Minerva we are all beshit Odsoons said Aedituus speak softly I tell you 't is no Madgehowlet no she-thing on my hon●● word but a male and a noble Bird. May we not hear the Popehawk sing ask'd Pantagruel I dare not promise that return'd Aedituus for he only sings and eats at his own time so don't I quoth Panurge Poor Pilgarlic is fain to make every body's time his own if they have time I find time Come then let us go drink if you will Now this is something like a Tansy said Aedituus you begin to talk somewhat like still speak in that fashion and I 'll secure you from being thought an Heretic Come on I am of your mind As we went back to have t'other fuddling Bout we spy'd an old green-headed Bishhawk who sate moping with his Mate and three jolly Bitter Attendants all snoring under an Arbor Near the old Chuff stood a buxom Abbeskite that sung like any Linet and we were so mightily tickl'd with her singing that I vow and swear we could have wish'd all our Members but one turn'd into Ears to have had more of the melody Quoth Panurge This pretty Cherubin of Cherubins is here breaking her Head with chanting to this huge fat ugly-face who lies grunting all the while like a Hog as he is I 'll make him change his Note presently in the Devil's Name With this he rang a Bell that hung over the Bishhawk's Head but tho he rang and rang again the Devil a-bit Bishawk would hear the lowder the sound the lowder his snoring There was no making him sing By G quoth Panurge You old Buzzard If you won't sing by fair means you shall by foul Having said this he took up one of St. Stephens's Loaves alias a Stone and was going to hit him with it about the middle But Aedituus cry'd to him Hold hold honest Friend strike wound poyson kill and murther all the Kings and Princes in the world by Treachery or how thou wilt and as soon as thou wouldst unnestle the Angels from their Cockloft Popehawk will pardon thee all this But never be so mad as to meddle with these sacred Birds as much as thou lov'st the profit welfare and life not only of thy self and thy Friends and Relations alive or dead but also of those that may be born hereafter to the thousandth Generation for so long thou wouldst entail misery upon them Do but look upon that Basin Cat-so let us rather drink then quoth Panurge He that spoke last spoke well Mr. Antitus quoth Friar Ihon while we are looking on these devilish Birds we do nothing but blaspheme and while we are taking a Cup we do nothing but praise God Come on then let 's go drink How well that w●● sounds The third day after we had drank as you must understand Aedituus dismiss'd us We made him a Present of a pretty little Perguois Knife which he took more kindly than Artaxerxes did the Cup of cold Water that was given him by a Clown He most courteously thank'd us and sent all sorts of Provisions aboard our Ships wish'd us a prosperous Voyage and Success in our undertakings and made us promise and swear by Jupiter of Stone to come back by his Territories Finally he said to us Friends pray note that there are many more Stones in the world than men take care you don't forget it CHAP. X. How we arriv'd at the Island of Tools HAving well ballasted the holds of our Human Vessels we weigh'd Anchor hois'd up Sail stow'd the Boats set the Land and stood for the Offing with a fair loom Gale and for more hast unparrell'd the Misen yard and lanch'd it and the Sail over her Lee-quarter and fitted Gives to keep it steady and boom'd it out so in three days we made the Island of Tools that is altogether uninhabited We saw there a great number of Trees which bore Mattocks Pickaxes Crows weeding Hooks Sythes Sickles Spades Trowels Hatchets hedging Bills Saws Addes Bills Axes Sheers Pincers Bolts Piercers Augres and Wimbles Others bore Dags Daggers Poniards Bayonets Square-bladed Tucks Stilettoes Poinadoes Skenes Penknives Puncheons Bodkins Swords Rapiers Back-swords Cutlasses Semiters Hangers Falchions Glaives Raillons Whittles and Whinyards Whoever would have any of these needed but to shake the Tree and immediately they dropp'd down as thick as Hops like so many ripe Plumbs nay what 's more they fell on a kind of Grass call'd Scabbard and sheath'd themselves in it cleverly But when they came down there was need of taking care lest they happen'd to touch the Head Feet or other Parts of the Body For they fell with the point downwards and in they stuck or slit the continuum of some Member or lopt it off like a Twig either of which generally was enough to have kill'd a man though he were a hundred year old and worth as many thousand Spankers Spur-royals and Rose-nobles Under some other Trees whose names I can't justly tell you I saw some certain sorts of Weeds that grew and sprouted like Pikes Lances Javelins Javelots Darts Dartlets Halbarts Boarspears Eelspears Partisans Tridentes Prongs Trout-staves Spears Half-pikes and Hunting Staffs As they sprouted up