Blason and contreblason du couillon
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The blason and contreblason du couillon (Eng blason and counterblason of the bollock) are two blasons of the couillons which are featured in Rabelais's Third Book of Gargantua and Pantagruel. First, there is Panurge's [[blason[1] in "How Panurge consulteth with Friar John of the Funnels", then Frère Jean's counterblason in "How Friar John comforteth Panurge in the doubtful matter of cuckoldry".
The number of epithets seem to vary from translation to translation. Bakhtin in Rabelais and His World only counts 153 for the praise (blason) and 150 for the abuse (counterblason).
Most sources speak of 166 for the blason and 168 for the counterblason:
- La liste de Panurge continue jusqu'au cent soixante-sixième couillon. Tandis que res adjectifs de Panurge sent plutôt positifs, Frère Jean répond par cent soixante-huit couillons plutôt négatifs.[2]
Madness, Masks, and Laughter: An Essay on Comedy (1995) by Rupert D. V. Glasgow speaks of 166 for the blason and 169 for the counterblason:
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