Panurge Had No Sooner Heard This, But He Was Upon The High-rope.

Panurge had no sooner heard this, but he was upon the high-rope.
-- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553)
-- Works, Book v, Chap. xviii

It is meat, drink, -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. vii
I believe he would make three bites of a cherry. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
xxviii...
Nothing is so dear and precious as time. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
v...
Looking as like... as one pea does like another. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
ii...
We have here other fish to fry. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. xii
And so on to the end of the chapter. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. x
And thereby hangs a tale. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. iv
Appetite comes with eating, says Angeston. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap.
v...
I drink no more than a sponge. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. v