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1、PantagruelRabelais,François(Translator:ThomasUrquhartandPeterAntonyMotteux)Published:1532Type(s):NovelsSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutRabelais:FrançoisRabelais(c.1494-April9,1553)wasamajorFrenchRenais-sancewriter.2TheAuthor'sPrologueMostillustriousandthricev
2、alorouschampions,gentlemenandothers,whowillinglyapplyyourmindstotheentertainmentofprettyconceitsandhonestharmlessknacksofwit;youhavenotlongagoseen,read,andunderstoodthegreatandinestimableChronicleofthehugeandmightygiantGargantua,and,likeuprightfaithfullists,havefi
3、rmlybe-lievedalltobetruethatiscontainedinthem,andhaveveryoftenpassedyourtimewiththemamongsthonourableladiesandgentlewomen,tellingthemfairlongstories,whenyouwereoutofallothertalk,forwhichyouareworthyofgreatpraiseandsempiternalmemory.AndIdoheartilywishthateverymanwo
4、uldlayasidehisownbusiness,meddlenomorewithhisprofessionnortrade,andthrowallaffairsconcerninghimselfbehindhisback,toattendthiswholly,withoutdistractingortroublinghismindwithanythingelse,untilhehavelearnedthemwithoutbook;thatifbychancetheartofprintingshouldcease,ori
5、ncasethatintimetocomeallbooksshouldperish,everymanmighttrulyteachthemuntohischildren,anddeliverthemovertohissuccessorsandsurvivorsfromhandtohandasareligiouscabal;forthereisinitmoreprofitthanarabbleofgreatpockyloggerheadsareabletodiscern,whosurelyunderstandfarlessi
6、ntheselittlemerrimentsthanthefoolRacletdidintheInstitutionsofJustinian.Ihaveknowngreatandmightylords,andofthosenotafew,who,goinga-deer-hunting,ora-hawkingafterwildducks,whenthechasehadnotencounteredwiththeblinksthatwerecastinherwaytoretardhercourse,orthatthehawkdi
7、dbutplainandsmoothlyflywithoutmovingherwings,perceivingthepreybyforceofflighttohavegainedboundsofher,havebeenmuchchafedandvexed,asyouunderstandwellenough;butthecomfortuntowhichtheyhadrefuge,andthattheymightnottakecold,wastorelatetheinestimabledeedsofthesaidGar-gan
8、tua.Thereareothersintheworld—thesearenoflimflamstories,nortalesofatub—who,beingmuchtroubledwiththetoothache,aftertheyhadspenttheirgoodsuponphysicianswit
