*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1200 *** master francis rabelais five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of gargantua and his son pantagruel translated into english by sir thomas urquhart of cromarty and peter antony motteux the text of the first two books of rabelais has been reprinted from the first edition (1653) of urquharts translation. footnotes initialled m. are drawn from the maitland club edition (1838); other footnotes are by the translator. urquharts...