babingoose

Updated: May 1, 2025

By the holy Saint Babingoose, cried out Pantagruel, you are become, since the last rain, a great lifrelofre, philosopher, I should say. Take notice, sir, quoth Panurge, when Dame Nature had prompted him to his own arming, what part of the body it was, where, by her inspiration, he clapped on the first harness.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3