fracasso

Updated: May 17, 2025

Occasionally they are what would be called to-day very naturalistic, and sometimes they are madly extravagant. But Fracasso, Baldo's friend, is a giant; another friend, Cingar, who delivers him, is Panurge exactly, and quite as much given to practical joking.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1