victorial

Updated: July 8, 2026

And then Pantagruel, for an eternal memorial, wrote this victorial ditton, as followeth: Here was the prowess made apparent of Four brave and valiant champions of proof, Who, without any arms but wit, at once, Like Fabius, or the two Scipions, Burnt in a fire six hundred and threescore Crablice, strong rogues ne'er vanquished before.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2