FRANCIS RABELAIS.  1495-1553.

I am just going to leap into the dark.[770:3]

Motteux's Life.

Let down the curtain: the farce is done.

Motteux's Life.

He left a paper sealed up, wherein were found three articles as his last will: "I owe much; I have nothing; I give the rest to the poor."

Motteux's Life.

One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span,

Because to laugh is proper to the man.

To the Reader.