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.