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• Scampering as if the Devil drove them. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  lxii...
• He freshly and cheerfully asked him how a man should kill time.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• Which was performed to a T. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xli
• He that has patience may compass anything. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xlviii...
• What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the belly.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. xi...
• Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xix...
• And thereby hangs a tale. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. iv
• I 'll go his halves. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xxiii
• Let us fly and save our bacon. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lv