Chapter 61 part two

The Biography of Paguguai, King of Thirsty People Restored his original colors with amazing heroic deeds Digger of the Essence by the Late Algo Fribas Master Hugues Salaire ① Demeanor to the Author of this Book If we say that we respect and praise writers, For his education for amusement, Then you will be appreciated, this, just take it easy; I know, your will in this book, In humorous and joking content, To describe its function perfectly and comprehensively, I seem to see a Democritus, They are mocking and ridiculing human affairs. Keep writing, you can't judge by merit in this life,

To the sublime world has its judgments. ① Yuku Salerer (1504-553): French poet, French translator of "Iliad". ② On the first edition in 1532, there is still the sentence "Long live all true grandeurists!" here. The most famous and heroic winners, noble people and others, etc., you are concerned about all things that are lovely and good. You must have seen, read, and heard "The Incredible Greatness of the Giant Gao Kang" "Biography," and believed in it as firmly as true believers, and more than once when you were at your wit's end with those worthy ladies and ladies, you took this amusing long story to tell, You have been praised and cherished forever by many people.

In my opinion, I wish everyone would stop their work, stop thinking about their own industry, let go of their own things, and listen to my story without distraction and other things, until I can keep this story in my heart, so that in case the printing stops, or when all books are destroyed, everyone can still tell his children, his descendants and living people clearly and clearly. People listen to it, just like the teachings of the sect are passed down from generation to generation.For the good in the story is far beyond the imagination of the scarred and self-important, who know as much about this witty little story as Lacree does about Roman law.

I know many powerful and noble princes. When they were hunting wild animals or hunting wild ducks with eagles, they encountered hawks that could not find the wild animals in the bushes, or the eagles just hovered above them, and watched the wild ducks fly away. It can be understood that they must be very annoyed; at this time, the way to relieve their troubles, that is, the way to keep themselves from catching cold, is to repeat the incredible deeds of Gao Kang mentioned above. There are still some people in the world (this is by no means nonsense) who suffer from toothaches and spend all their property on doctors, but they can’t be cured; they can’t find more effective medicines, so they have to write this "Biography" Sandwich it between two hot cloth towels, apply it to the painful area, and sprinkle a little yellow powder① on it.

What shall I say to the unfortunate sufferers of the syphilis and the rheumatism?How many times have we seen them anointed and greased, their faces as bright as little locks on a cupboard, their teeth chattering like the keys of a playing organ or piano, Foaming from their throats, they look like wild boars caught in a snare by hounds!How to do it?All they can console themselves is to have a few pages of this book read to themselves.We also saw that when some people were using the steam bath, others would read this book to them, exactly like reading "The Life of St. Margaret" to a woman in childbirth. , Then I really want to curse gods and ghosts.

Is this nothing?You go and find me a book in any language, in whatever discipline, as long as it has this function, this potency, this quality, I'll give half a "pint" of my gut.No, gentlemen, there is no such book.This book is my second, incomparable and unique.Even if it sends me to the fire of hell, I will stick to this statement.If anyone says there are, you can simply call them liars, fatalists, hypocrites, seducers. It is true that, among several profound works, there are several that also have potential functions, such as "The Man Who Drinks", "Orlando Madness", "Robert the Devil", "Fiera Bra ① Lacree: Refers to Lambert Lacree, Professor of Law at Dole. The author deliberately satirizes him for not even knowing Roman Law.

② Refers to the national law promulgated by Roman Emperor Justinian in 533 AD. ① The original text means excrement powder. The author deliberately satirizes quack doctors to deceive people with medicine powder that does not cure diseases. ② The lock on the food cabinet is always on because it is often touched by oily hands that have touched meat. ③Steam bath was a method to cure willow diseases at that time. ④ At that time, it was believed that reciting "The Biography of St. Margaret" to pregnant women could relieve their pain. ① "Heroes in Wine": The author's fictional title.

② "Crazy Orlando": A martial arts poem by the Italian poet Ariosto. ③ "Robert the Devil": Describes the story of Robert I, Duke of Normandy in the eleventh century. "William the Brave and the Invincible" ⑤, "The Courage of Bordeaux" ⑥, "Monteville" ⑦ and "Mata Bruna" ⑧, etc.; but compared with the book we are talking about, that All are incomparable.According to undeniable experience, everyone knows the great function and utility of the above-mentioned "Biography" of Gao Kangda; because the printing house sold more copies in two months than the "Bible" sold in nine years.

I, therefore, your faithful servant, wishing to add to your pleasure, present you with a book which, besides being more reliable and true than the first, will be as potent as it.Don't think (unless you are pretending to be confused) that I talk about the law like a Jew.I wasn't born in that place, and I never told a lie, or passed a lie as truth.I speak like a gannet⑩, I mean like a bureaucrat who tortures his lover and eats women (11); Quod vidimustestamur (12).I will speak of the marvelous gallant deeds of Paiguguet, whom I have served from my age as a squire, to this day; and it is only because he let me back that I return to the country of the cows, to see See if any of my loved ones are alive (13).

Now I will end my preface. If I have told a lie in the whole story, I would rather give my soul, body, internal organs, and six internal organs to a hundred thousand baskets of little devils.In the same way, if you do not fully believe what I have stated in this biography, let St. Anthony's fire burn you, epilepsy torment you, thunder strike you, sores, dysentery, erysipelas, and thorns all over your body. The pain is like a needle poking, and the roots of the flesh are like silver needles, penetrating into the abdomen to the tip of the intestine①. Like Sodom and Gomorrah, let you perish in brimstone, fire, and abyss.

④ "Fiera Blas", which means "iron arm", is a martial arts poem in the 12th century. ⑤ "William the Brave and Invincible": A martial arts poem describing the four sons of Imond, William is one of the four sons. ⑥ "Yu Yong of Bordeaux": a martial arts poem in the twelfth century, Yu Yong is the hero in the works. ⑦ "Monteville": a travelogue of Monterville that was popular in the 14th century. ⑧ "Marta Bruna": a knight novel, in which Marta Bruna is the vicious old grandmother. ⑨ "Jews talk about the law": It means "nonsense, nonsense". ⑩ The author intentionally uses "gannet" (onocrotale) to refer to the Roman Holy See official (pronotaire), which is homonymous with crotte-notaire and croque-notaire, and they all refer to this type of person. ① A popular folk song at that time. ② Sodom and Gomorrah: Juncanaan cities were destroyed by fire from heaven.For the story, see Chapter Nineteen of the Old Testament Genesis.