A writer in Notes and Queries, 3rd Series, vii, 1865, gives the following translation of these lines:

As many perfect linguists as these two distichs make,

So many prudent statesmen will this book of yours produce.

To me the honour is sufficient of being understood: for I leave

To you the honour of being believed by no one.

[1] Terra incognita.

[2] Rablais.

[3] Pantagruel.

(These notes are given in the margin of the original, opposite the words explained.)

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