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• Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xix...
• Let us fly and save our bacon. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lv
• Scampering as if the Devil drove them. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  lxii...
• The belly has no ears, nor is it to be filled with fair words.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• We will take the good will for the deed. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xlix...
• And thereby hangs a tale. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. iv
• He that has patience may compass anything. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xlviii...
• I 'll go his halves. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xxiii
• Needs must when the Devil drives. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lvii