PANTAGRUEL 
 
 
mere vanities. As for civil law, I would have 
thee know the digests by heart. You should 
also have a perfect knowledge of the works of 
Nature, so that there is no sea, river, or small- 
est stream, which you do not know for what 
fish it is noted, whence it proceeds, and whither 
it directs its course; all fowls of the air, all 
shrubs and trees, whether forest or orchard, 
all herbs and flowers, all metals and stones 
should be mastered by you. Fail not at the 
same time most carefully to peruse the Tal- 
mudists and Cabalists, and be sure by frequent 
anatomies to gain a perfect knowledge of that 
other world called the microcosm, which is man. 
Master all these in your young days, and let 
nothing be superficial; as you grow into man- 
hood, you must learn chivalry, warfare, and field 
manceuvres."--Rabelais, Pantagruel, ii. 8 (1533). 
 
   Pantag'ruel's Tongue. It formed 
shelter for a whole army. His throat and 
mouth contained whole cities. 
  Then did they [the army] put themselves in 
close order, and stood as near to each other 
as they could, and Pantagruel put out his 
tongue half-way, and covered them all, as a hen 
doth her chickens.--Rabelais, Pantagruel, ii. 32 
(1533). 
 
  Pantagruelian Lawsuit (The). This 
was between Lord Busqueue and Lord 
Suckfist, who pleaded their own cases. 
The writs, etc.,were as much as four asses 
could carry. After the plaintiff had stated 
his case, and the defendant had made his 
reply, Pantagruel gave judgment, and the 
two suitors were both satisfied, for no one 
understood a word of the pleadings, or 
the tenor of the verdict.-Rabelais, Pan- 
tragruel, ii. (1533). 
 
  Pantaloon. In the Italian comedy, 
IR Pantalo'ne is a thin, emaciated, old 
man, and the only character that acts in 
slippers. 
              The sixth age shifts 
    Into the lean and slippered Pantaloon. 
  Shakespeare, As You Like It, act ii. sc. 7 
(1600). 
 
 
   Panther    (The), symbol of pleasure. 
 When Danteg began the ascent of fame, 
 this beast met him, and tried to stop his 
 further progress. 
                Scarce the ascent 
   Began, when lo! a panther, nimble, light, 
   And covered with a speckled skin, appeared, 
   ... and strove to check my onward going. 
                      Dante, Hell. i. (1300), 
 
   Panther (The Spotted), the Church of 
 England. The "milk-white doe" is the 
 Church of Rome. 
   The panther, sure the noblest next the hind, 
   The fairest creature of the spotted kind; 
   Oh, could her inborn stains be washed away, 
   She were too good to be a beast of prey. 
     Dryden, The Hind and the Panther, i. (1687). 
 
   Panthino, servant of Antonio (the 
 father of Protheus, one of the two heroes 
 of the play).-Shakespeare, Two Gentle- 
 men of Verona (1594). 
 
   Panton, a celebrated punster in the 
reign of Charles II. 
And Panton, waging harmless war with words. 
               Dryden, MacFlecknoe, (1682). 
 
  Panurge, a young man, handsome and 
of good stature, but in very ragged ap- 
parel when Pantag'ruel first met him on 
the road leading from Charenton Bridge. 
Pantagruel, pleased with his person, and 
moved with pity at his distress, accosted 
him, when Panurge replied, first in Ger- 
man, then in Arabic, then in Italian, then 
in Biscayan, then in Bas-Breton, then in 
Low Dutch, then in Spanish. Finding 
that Pantagruel knew none of these lan- 
guages, Panurge tried Danish, Hebrew, 
Greek, Latin, with no better success. 
"Friend," said the prince, "can you speak 
French?"    "Right well," answered Pan- 
urge, "for I was born in Touraine, the 
garden of France." Pantagruel then asked 
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