[99] In the old French text, “Condampnacion des bancquetz a la louenge de diepte et sobriete pour le prouffit du corps humain.”
[100] Poetic license in such rhymes unlimited.
[101] The group of poets of the same period was composed of Ronsard, Du Bellay, Jodelle, Dorat, Belleau, Bail, and last, but not least, Pontus de Thiard.
[102] Eugene Noel, “Rabelais medecin, ecrivain et philosophe.”
[103] In the happy Abbey of Theleme, that Gargantua builds, we see the inscription of Fourier’s phalanctory destined for the elect, with the inscription over the great door:
“Ci n’ entrez pas hypocrites, bigots,
Vieulx matagots, mariteux, boursofles.
“Haires, cagots, caphards, empantouples,
Gueux mitoufles, frapparts escarnifles.
“Ci n’ entrez pas, masche faim practiciens,