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In the Third Book of Gargantua and Pantagruel, titled in French Le Tiers Livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du noble Pantagruel, composés par M. François Rabelais, docteur en médecine by François Rabelais is published in 1546.
In this volume, Rabelais returned to the story of Pantagruel himself. The third book concerns Pantagruel and his friend Panurge, who spend the entire book discussing with many people the question of whether Panurge should marry; the question is unresolved. The book ends with the start of a sea voyage in search of the oracle of the divine bottle to resolve once and for all the question of marriage.
TOC
- Francois Rabelais to the Soul of the Deceased Queen of Navarre
- The Author's Prologue
- Chapter I - How Pantagruel transported a colony of Utopians into Dipsody
- Chapter II - How Panurge was made Laird of Salmigondin in Dipsody, and
did waste his revenue before it came in
- Chapter III - How Panurge praiseth the debtors and borrowers
- Chapter IV - Panurge continueth his discourse in the praise of borrowers
and lenders
- Chapter V - How Pantagruel altogether abhorreth the debtors and borrowers
- Chapter VI - Why new married men were privileged from going to the wars
- Chapter VII - How Panurge had a flea in his ear, and forbore to wear any
longer his magnificent codpiece
- Chapter VIII - Why the codpiece is held to be the chief piece of armour
amongst warriors
- Chapter IX - How Panurge asketh counsel of Pantagruel whether he should marry, yea, or no
- Chapter X - How Pantagruel representeth unto Panurge the difficulty of
giving advice in the matter of marriage; and to that purpose mentioneth somewhat of the Homeric and Virgilian lotteries
- Chapter XI - How Pantagruel showeth the trial of one's fortune by the
throwing of dice to be unlawful
- Chapter XII - How Pantagruel doth explore by the Virgilian lottery what
fortune Panurge shall have in his marriage
- Chapter XIII - How Pantagruel adviseth Panurge to try the future good or
bad luck of his marriage by dreams
- Chapter XIV - Panurge's dream, with the interpretation thereof
- Chapter XV - Panurge's excuse and exposition of the monastic mystery
concerning powdered beef
- Chapter XVI - How Pantagruel adviseth Panurge to consult with the Sibyl
of Panzoust
- Chapter XVII - How Panurge spoke to the Sibyl of Panzoust
- Chapter XVIII - How Pantagruel and Panurge did diversely expound the
verses of the Sibyl of Panzoust
- Chapter XIX - How Pantagruel praiseth the counsel of dumb men
- Chapter XX - How Goatsnose by signs maketh answer to Panurge
- Chapter XXI - How Panurge consulteth with an old French poet, named
Raminagrobis
- Chapter XXII - How Panurge patrocinates and defendeth the Order of the
Begging Friars
- Chapter XXIII - How Panurge maketh the motion of a return to Raminagrobis
- Chapter XXIV - How Panurge consulteth with Epistemon
- Chapter XXV - How Panurge consulteth with Herr Trippa
- Chapter XXVI - How Panurge consulteth with Friar John of the Funnels
- Chapter XXVII - How Friar John merrily and sportingly counselleth Panurge
- Chapter XXVIII - How Friar John comforteth Panurge in the doubtful matter of cuckoldry
- Chapter XXIX - How Pantagruel convocated together a theologian,
physician, lawyer, and philosopher, for extricating Panurge out of the perplexity wherein he was
- Chapter XXX - How the theologue, Hippothadee, giveth counsel to Panurge in the matter and business of his nuptial enterprise
- Chapter XXXI - How the physician Rondibilis counselleth Panurge
- Chapter XXXII - How Rondibilis declareth cuckoldry to be naturally one of the appendances of marriage
- Chapter XXXIII - Rondibilis the physician's cure of cuckoldry
- Chapter XXXIV - How women ordinarily have the greatest longing after things prohibited
- Chapter XXXV - How the philosopher Trouillogan handleth the difficulty of marriage
- Chapter XXXVI - A continuation of the answer of the Ephectic and
Pyrrhonian philosopher Trouillogan
- Chapter XXXVII - How Pantagruel persuaded Panurge to take counsel of a fool
- Chapter XXXVIII - How Triboulet is set forth and blazed by Pantagruel and Panurge
- Chapter 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 XL - How Bridlegoose giveth reasons why he looked upon those law-actions which he decided by the chance of the dice
- Chapter XLI - How Bridlegoose relateth the history of the reconcilers of
parties at variance in matters of law
- Chapter XLII - How suits at law are bred at first, and how they come
afterwards to their perfect growth
- Chapter XLIII - How Pantagruel excuseth Bridlegoose in the matter of
sentencing actions at law by the chance of the dice
- Chapter XLIV - How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the
perplexity of human judgment
- Chapter XLV - How Panurge taketh advice of Triboulet
- Chapter XLVI - How Pantagruel and Panurge diversely interpret the words of Triboulet
- Chapter XLVII - How Pantagruel and Panurge resolved to make a visit to the Oracle of the Holy Bottle
- Chapter XLVIII - How Gargantua showeth that the children ought not to
marry without the special knowledge and advice of their fathers and mothers
- Chapter XLIX - How Pantagruel did put himself in a readiness to go to
sea; and of the herb named Pantagruelion
- Chapter L - How the famous Pantagruelion ought to be prepared and wrought
- Chapter LI - Why it is called Pantagruelion, and of the admirable virtues
thereof
- Chapter LII - How a certain kind of Pantagruelion is of that nature that
the fire is not able to consume it
