Chapter 141 Chapter Forty-Five

How did Panurge consult Trible At the beginning of the sixth day Pagoda returned, and at the same time Tribley arrived by water from Blois.Panuji rushed forward and brought a pig urine bubble, which was swollen and rattling because it contained beans; in addition, there was a gilded wooden sword, a small purse made of turtle shell, and a bottle of water. Breton wine in a wicker case, and twenty-five Blancheuleau apples. Gabalin said, "Why is this man as stupid as a head of cabbage?" Trimble tied his sword and pouch to his waist, took the pig urine foam in his hand, ate some of the apples, and drank the wine in one gulp.Banuzhi looked at him curiously and said:

"I have seen fools worth more than a hundred thousand francs, but I have never seen one who drinks so well." So he told him his story in rhetorical and neat language. Before he could stop talking, Trimble gave him a hard blow between the shoulders, handed him the bottle, slapped him with pig piss foam, and said nothing but shook his head and cried: "By God! By God! It's madness! Watch out for the priest! Bagpipes of Bouchancer!" After saying these two sentences, he left the crowd, danced the pee bubbles, and enjoyed the sound of the beans shaking.Since then, I have refused to say anything.Banuzhi wanted to ask a few more questions, but Trible drew out his wooden sword, intending to cut it over.

Banuge said: "Now it's all right! This is his answer. I didn't say anything, I was a real madman; but the person who picked him up was even madder. I told him all my thoughts, and he was also a madman." Gabalin said, "That was for me." Paiguguay said: "Don't get excited, let us observe his actions and words. I have already seen a little mystery, and the more I look at it, the more I feel that it is not unusual for the Turks to worship such a madman as a god and a prophet. Have you Didn't he see how much his head shook before he opened his mouth? According to the instructions of the ancient philosophers, from the rites of the sorcerers, and from the interpretation of the jurists, it can be concluded that this movement was inspired by the prophetic spirit descending on him. He just caused it, the god of prophecy suddenly entered this weak body (you know, the little head can't fit the big brain), so it shook, and the medical experts said that the trembling of the human body is caused by being too heavy and too violent on the one hand. On the other hand, the ability to afford the function is too fragile.

"A clear example is that a man on an empty stomach cannot lift up a large cup of wine without shaking his hands. The ancient prophetess Pythia shook her laurel branch before her prediction. Lampritius ②It is said that the Roman Emperor Heliocaballus, in order to let people say that he is a prophet, once in many meetings, in front of the courtiers who waited for him to prophesy, shook his head in public. Protus in his " The Donkey says that Sorias walked with his head shaking like a madman who had lost his mind, and that everyone who met him was terrified. In another place,4 he also says that Charmides shook his head because of ecstasy.

"Catulus says in Berecentia and Attis that the priestesses of Bagus, 'Meynades', the lunatics who prophesy the future, hold vine branches and shake their heads. Kuberi ③'s ① Buzan Sai: The place name of Indre Province, famous for making bagpipes. ① Pythia: Prophet of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. ② Lampritius: Roman historian in the fourth century. ③ "Donkey": a play by Protus, see line 405, scene three, act two for this section. ④ Line 45, Act 5, Scene 2, of Protus's play "Trinumus". ① Catullus: A Roman poet of the same period as Caesar.

The same is true of the priest, the 'castrated priest', when performing the sacrifice.According to ancient theologians, this is where her name comes from, as χνδισθαι means head turning, shaking, wagging, and neck twisting. "Tit Levy also wrote⑤ that at the Feast of Bagus in Rome, both men and women trembled on purpose, as if they were prophesying. According to the unanimous opinion of the philosophers and the opinion , all believe that the prophetic power of the heavens will not decline unless the body trembles and shakes, not only when accepting this power, but also when exerting and proclaiming it.

"Julian the nominator, he was once asked if the slave who lived with the blind, the crazy, and occasionally prophesied, just didn't shake his head, could be considered a sane man, and he replied that he was. People. We still see teachers and educators shaking the students’ heads (like shaking a pot by the handle) and picking up the students’ ears (this is the ancient Egyptian sage’s words) when the students’ thoughts are wandering and distracted. teaching, they say the ear is the faculty of memory), and restore their sanity to the correct and philosophical track. Virgil says that Apollo Kuntius ⑥ pulled his ear ⑦ for this reason.”

② "Berecentia and Attis": the work of Catullus, Berecentia is the name of the mountain of Philicia, and Attis is the shepherd of Philicia. Punishment turned into a pine tree. ③ Kuberi: The daughter of heaven in mythology, the mother of Jupiter. ④ Here it refers to capons and priests. ⑤ See "Roman History" Volume Thirty-Ninth Chapter Thirteen. ⑥ Apollo? Kuntius: that is, Apollo, because Apollo was born in Kuntus Mountain, so he has the title of Kuntius. ⑦ See the sixth and third line of Virgil's "Pastoral".