[ Chapter 1.X.—Of that which is signified by the colours white and blue. ]

[ Chapter 1.XI.—Of the youthful age of Gargantua. ]

[ Chapter 1.XII.—Of Gargantua’s wooden horses. ]

[ Chapter 1.XIII.—How Gargantua’s wonderful understanding became known to his father Grangousier, by the invention of a torchecul or wipebreech. ]

[ Chapter 1.XIV.—How Gargantua was taught Latin by a Sophister. ]

[ Chapter 1.XV.—How Gargantua was put under other schoolmasters. ]

[ Chapter 1.XVI.—How Gargantua was sent to Paris, and of the huge great mare that he rode on; how she destroyed the oxflies of the Beauce. ]

[ Chapter 1.XVII.—How Gargantua paid his welcome to the Parisians, and how he took away the great bells of Our Lady’s Church. ]

[ Chapter 1.XVIII.—How Janotus de Bragmardo was sent to Gargantua to recover the great bells. ]

[ Chapter 1.XIX.—The oration of Master Janotus de Bragmardo for recovery of the bells. ]