The fruit was not yet brought in, when a fresh gale at west and by north began to fill the main-course, mizen-sail, fore-sail, tops, and top-gallants; for which blessing they all sung divers hymns of thanks and praise.

When the fruit was on the table, Pantagruel asked, Now tell me, gentlemen, are your doubts fully resolved or no?  I gape and yawn no more, answered Rhizotome.  I sleep no longer like a dog, said Ponocrates.  I have cleared my eyesight, said Gymnast.  I have broke my fast, said Eusthenes; so that for this whole day I shall be secure from the danger of my spittle.

Asps.  Black wag leg-flies.  Domeses. 
Amphisbenes.  Spanish flies.  Dryinades. 
Anerudutes.  Catoblepes.  Dragons. 
Abedissimons.  Horned snakes.  Elopes. 
Alhartrafz.  Caterpillars.  Enhydrides. 
Ammobates.  Crocodiles.  Falvises. 
Apimaos.  Toads.  Galeotes. 
Alhatrabans.  Nightmares.  Harmenes. 
Aractes.  Mad dogs.  Handons. 
Asterions.  Colotes.  Icles. 
Alcharates.  Cychriodes.  Jarraries. 
Arges.  Cafezates.  Ilicines. 
Spiders.  Cauhares.  Pharaoh’s mice. 
Starry lizards.  Snakes.  Kesudures. 
Attelabes.  Cuhersks, two- Sea-hares. 
Ascalabotes. tongued adders.  Chalcidic newts. 
Haemorrhoids.  Amphibious ser- Footed serpents. 
Basilisks. pents.  Manticores. 
Fitches.  Cenchres.  Molures. 
Sucking water- Cockatrices.  Mouse-serpents.
  snakes.  Dipsades.  Shrew-mice. 
Miliares.  Salamanders.  Stinkfish. 
Megalaunes.  Slowworms.  Stuphes. 
Spitting-asps.  Stellions.  Sabrins. 
Porphyri.  Scorpenes.  Blood-sucking flies. 
Pareades.  Scorpions.  Hornfretters. 
Phalanges.  Hornworms.  Scolopendres. 
Penphredons.  Scalavotins.  Tarantulas. 
Pinetree-worms.  Solofuidars.  Blind worms. 
Ruteles.  Deaf-asps.  Tetragnathias. 
Worms.  Horseleeches.  Teristales. 
Rhagions.  Salt-haters.  Vipers, &c. 
Rhaganes.  Rot-serpents.

Chapter 4.LXV.

How Pantagruel passed the time with his servants.

In what hierarchy of such venomous creatures do you place Panurge’s future spouse? asked Friar John.  Art thou speaking ill of women, cried Panurge, thou mangy scoundrel, thou sorry, noddy-peaked shaveling monk?  By the cenomanic paunch and gixy, said Epistemon, Euripides has written, and makes Andromache say it, that by industry, and the help of the gods, men had found remedies against all poisonous creatures; but none was yet found against a bad wife.