Chapter 80 Chapter Nineteen

How Bannurges baffled an Englishman who argues with gestures So everyone was silent, ready to listen to their debate, and saw that the Englishman separated his hands left and right, raised them high, and then pinched his fingers together to make two chicken buttocks in Shi Nong. I touched my nails four times; then I stretched out my hand again and clapped it loudly with the palm of my hand.Then pinch it again as before, touch it twice, then stretch it out and clap it four times; then put your hands together, and made a gesture of bowing as if devoutly praying to God. Panuzhi immediately raised his right hand, inserted his thumb into the right nostril, straightened and joined the other four fingers tightly together to form a parallel line with the tip of the nose, closed the left eye, and let the right eye Squint up to make the eyebrows and eyelids deeply sunken; then raise the left hand, make the thumb stand straight, put the other four fingers together, shrink and stretch, make the direction of the left hand and the direction of the right hand in a vertical line, one and a half cubits apart from each other.Having done this, keep both hands in this position, lowering to the ground; and finally, raise your hands in front of you, as if aiming straight at the Englishman's nose.

"What if Margouri?," said the Englishman. Panurge interrupted him, saying: "You have spoken, take off your mask!" So the British made another gesture like this: He stretched out his left hand, raised it high, and then held the four fingers together, letting his thumb rest on the tip of his nose.Immediately afterwards, stretch out the right hand and lift it up, then stretch it down again, put the thumb close to the little finger of the left hand, and then slowly swing the four fingers; in this way, turn it upside down again, let the right hand do what the left hand just did , let the left hand do what the right hand did.

Banuge was not surprised by this gesture. With his left hand, he pulled his long and big crotch, and with his right hand, he took out a white beef rib and two pieces of wood, which looked like a beef rib, one of which was ebony. and the other was of red brazilian wood, and he held the three pieces neatly and symmetrically between his fingers, and struck them with a sound not unlike that of a Breton leper striking a joint-board, but much more louder, better, while keeping his tongue in his mouth and humming happily, watching the Englishman. The theologians, doctors, and surgeons there thought he was using this gesture to show that the Englishman was a leper.

The judges, jurists, and canon law experts there thought that he was trying to say that leprosy is also a blessing for people, which is what the savior said in the past. The Englishman was not frightened by him. He raised his hands, retracted the middle three fingers, and then inserted the two thumbs under the index finger and middle finger, leaving only the two little fingers straight; Stretch towards Banuzhi, and then put the thumb of the right hand against the thumb of the left hand, and the little finger of the left hand against the little finger of the right hand. Regarding this posture, Banuzhi said nothing, he raised his hands and made a gesture like this:

He put the nail of the index finger of his left hand against the nail of his thumb to form a circle, and then he took the fingers of his right hand, except the index finger, and used it to go in and out of the circle made by the two fingers of his left hand.Then stretch out the index finger and middle finger of the right hand, try to move away from each other as much as possible, make a fork, and stretch towards Domaste.Finally, put the thumb of the left hand on the corner of the left eye, and stretch out the other four fingers. ① "Elbow": The ancient name for length, the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger is about half a meter.

② A masked game in the 16th century. People wearing masks are not allowed to speak. If they are recognized by others, they will lose. ① Warn passers-by that a leprosy patient is coming, beware of contagion. ② See "The Story of Lazarus and the Rich Man" in Chapter XVI, Sections 19 to 25, of "New Testament? The Gospel of Luke". The head, like a bird's wing, or like a fishbone, is swinging lightly; the right hand is placed on the corner of the right eye, and it is also swinging in the same way. Domaster turned pale and began to tremble, and he made a gesture: he struck the muscle under the thumb in the palm of his hand with the middle finger of his right hand, and then inserted the index finger of his right hand into the circle made by the index finger and thumb of his left hand It's just getting in from below, not from above like Panurge.

As soon as Banuzhi saw it, he clapped his hands together and blew into them.Then put the index finger of the right hand in the circle of the left hand, in and out.Then, sticking out his chin, he looked at Domaster. The spectators did not understand these gestures at all, but they saw that he made them to ask Domaste: "Do you know what it means?" Sure enough, Domaster was sweating profusely, as if he was obsessed with observing something. After thinking for a while, he put the fingernails of his left hand against the fingernails of his right hand, let the fingers separate, and made two semicircular circles. Just like that, he raised his hand as high as he could. .

Seeing him like this, Banuzhi immediately put the thumb of his right hand under his chin, put the little finger of his right hand in the circle made by his left hand, and made a pleasant sound by knocking his upper teeth against his lower teeth. Domaster stood up with difficulty, but when he stood up, he let out a loud fart, and then the shit came out, and the shit was rolling and stinking.Everyone who was there watching their debate held their noses, because Domaster was really choked up.Finally, he raised his right hand, joined the five fingers together, and stretched out his left hand on his chest.

Seeing this, Panuzhi hurriedly pulled out the crotch of his trousers, which was still attached to the side pocket, about an elbow and a half away from him, opened it with his left hand, took out his orange with his right hand, and moved it up After throwing it seven times, on the eighth time he caught the orange in his right hand and held it up motionless; then he shook his gorgeous crotch to show Domaster. In this way, Domaster's cheeks swelled like a bagpipe player, and he just kept blowing like a pig's urine bubble. When Panu saw him like this, he put a finger of his left hand in the anus, and then smacked his air with his mouth as when eating oysters in shell or drinking soup; after that, he opened his mouth and put the palm of his right hand on his mouth. Hit, let out a long and loud sound, as if from the plane of the diaphragm through the trachea, a total of sixteen hits.

At this time, Domaste was always blowing like a goose. So Banuri put the index finger of his right hand in his mouth, and sucked it tightly with the muscles of his cheeks.Then he pulled it out again abruptly, making a noise like that of a child playing with carrots. He did this nine times in a row. Domaster exclaimed: "Oh, gentlemen, great mystery! He has put his hand on his elbow." He drew one of his short knives, point down. Panurge picked up the crotch of his trousers and shook it desperately on his thigh; then he closed his hands and put them on his head like a wooden comb, with his tongue sticking out long and his eyes rolling around, Just like when the goat died.

"Oh, I see," said Domaste, "but what does he mean?" He put the hilt of the dagger to his chest, his palm to the point, and curled his fingers around it. ① The shooting game in which children use radishes as cannonballs was still very popular in Boiadu in the 16th century. ② This sentence has a double meaning, one refers to the gesture made by Banuri, and the other refers to the profundity of the gesture. Panuzhi tilted his head to the left, inserted his middle finger into his right ear, and lifted his thumb up.Then he crossed his arms over his chest again, coughed five times, and at the fifth time, stomped on the ground with his right foot.Then he raised his left arm, clenched his fist, pressed his thumb to his forehead, and beat his chest with his right hand six times. Domaster seemed dissatisfied with this gesture. He put the thumb of his left hand on the tip of his nose and clasped the other four fingers. Banuri put two index fingers in the corners of the mouth on both sides, and desperately pulled the mouth to the sides, revealing a mouth full of teeth, then pressed the corners of the eyes with two thumbs, pulled down the eyelids hard, and made a very ugly appearance. Everyone present felt the same way.