Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1890. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... ment at his coming, and with whom he learned to play at tennis so well, that he was a master at that game. For the students of the said place make a prime exercise of it. As for breaking his head with over-much study, he had an especial care not to do it in any case, for fear of spoiling his eyes. Which he the rather observed, for that it was told him by one of his teachers, there called regents, that the pain of the eyes was the most hurtful thing of any to the sight. For this cause when he one day was made a licentiate, or graduate in law, one of the scholars of his acquaintance, who of learning had not much more than his burden, though instead of that he could dance very well, and play at tt: inis, made the blazon and device of the licentiates in the si.id university, saying, So you have in your hand a racket, A tennis-ball in your coat-pocket, A Pandect law in your cap's tippet, And that you have the skill to trip it In a low dance, you will be allowed The grant of the licentiate's hood. Ilmv Pantagruel met with a Limosin, who affected to speak in learned phrase. Upon a certain day, I know not when, Pantagruel walking after supper with some of his fellow-students without that gate of the city, through which we enter on the road to Paris, encountered with a young spruce-like scholar that was coming upon the very same way, and, after they had saluted one another, asked him thus, "My friend, from whence comest thou now?" The scholar answered him, "From alme, inclyte and celebrate academy, which is vocitated Lutetia." "What is the meaning of this?" said Pantagruel to one of his men. "It is," answered he, "from Paris." "Thou comest from Paris, then?" said Pantagruel, "and how do you spend your time there, you my masters the students of Paris?" The scholar answered...
