Chapter 156 Chapter VII

Barnulge and Dandeno's Deal (continued) The businessman said: "My friend, my neighbor, my mutton is only suitable for kings and royal families. It is thin, tender, and fat. It is as pleasing as balm. I am from (God be with us!) Pigs are bought from countries where they eat only dried Mirobaran fruit, where sows (forgive me!) eat only orange blossoms during the productive period." Banuzhi said: "You can sell me one, I will pay the king's price, just say what you say. How much do you want?" The tradesman replied: "I tell you again, my friend and neighbor, that my sheep is a direct descendant of the sheep that carried Phryxus and Hyrene across the Hellespont Sea."

"Damn it!" exclaimed Panurge, "you are really a clericus veladiscens." The merchant said: "Ita is cabbage, and vere is leek⑥. Cough, cough, cough, Roban, Roban, cough, cough⑦. Of course you don't understand what I said to the sheep. Let me tell you again, all my Wheat grows particularly well in the field where sheep urinate, just like God urinated there. There is no need to fertilize or manure. What’s more, from sheep urine, alchemists can extract the best in the world Nitrate. With sheep dung (please don't take offense), the doctors of our country can treat seventy-eight different diseases, the mildest of which is St. Etropo's disease of St. God bless us Don't let us get this disease! What do you think, my neighbor and friend? My sheep have cost me dearly."

Banuzhi said: "Whatever it is, sell me one. I only want one, and I will pay a good price." The businessman said: "My friend, my neighbor, look at the miracles of nature in my sheep. Just find any part that you think is useless. Let's talk about its horns. Take an iron Pestle or stick--you can tap it with whatever you want, and bury it in the sun, anywhere, as long as the sun is there, and water it frequently. Within a few months, you'll be To see the best asparagus growing in the world, including Ravenna's. You tell me, you gentlemen who make turtles have such useful and magical horns!"

"Okay, don't go on," Banurge said. The businessman continued: "I don't know if you are a scholar. I have seen many scholars - I mean great scholars - who are turtles. Really! If you are a scholar, you must know that this spiritual animal is the most The lower limb is the hoof, and there is a bone on the hoof, which is the metatarsal bone, or the talus, as you like, only this bone, and no other animal, except the donkey of India and the gazelle of Libya. Robalan": A dried fruit in India. ② Phrixus: In mythology, the son of Atamas, the king of Boeotian, and the brother of Haile, once flew across the Sea of ​​Hellespont and brought back the Golden Fleece.

③ Hailie: The daughter of Atamas, followed by her brother Phrixus who fell into the water and drowned when he flew across the sea with a golden wool sheep. The sea there was renamed the Sea of ​​Helespent. ④ For the story, see lines 851 to 876 in Chapter 3 of Ovid's "Journal of Seasons". ⑤ Latin: "scholar or future scholar." ⑥ Dan Deno also wanted to show his erudition when he heard Panurge speak Latin. Ita means "this" in Latin, and vere means "true" in Latin. ⑦ Dandenor calls his sheep. ⑧ That is edema disease. ① Ravenna: Italian place name, which was famous for producing asparagus in ancient times.

② Libya: North Africa. Sheep, in the past, could be used as a game of bones in the palace. Octavian Augustus used it to win more than 50,000 'Ages' one night.You turtles don't even think you can win like this! " "Stop talking," Banurge said. "However, I would like to try." The businessman said: "My friend, my neighbor, when can I explain to you the parts of the body? Such as lamb shoulder, front leg, hind leg, upper rib, breast, liver, spleen, small intestine, Large intestines, urine bubbles for blowing balls, and ribs used by people in the dwarves to make small bows and crossbows. They use cherry seeds to shoot cranes, and heads. Just add a little sulfur to treat dogs with constipation medicine."

"Okay, okay," said the owner of the boat to the businessman, "it's too far away. If you like it, sell it to him, and if you're not, don't play with it." The businessman said: "For your sake, I'll sell him one. However, I want three 'liver's, let him choose." Banuzhi said: "Three 'livers' are too expensive. In our place, you can buy five or even six at such a high price. You should admit that it is too expensive. This is not the first time I see you People like this can't wait to get rich all at once, but they never end up ruining their fortunes, and sometimes even their lives."

The businessman said: "Idiot, I will make you suffer from severe malaria for four days! Talk to the sacred foreskin of Shalu! My smallest sheep is also more than the ancient sheep in Tutitania, Spain. The Lars ④ sell four times the value of the best sheep for a tael of gold. Can you imagine, fool who can make money ⑤, how much a tael of gold was at that time?" Banurge said: "Good sir, I think you are fainted from fever. Come! Here, here is a sheep's money." After handing over the money to the businessman, Panuge picked a fat and big sheep from the flock, grabbed it and left. The sheep bleated non-stop, and the other sheep heard it and all cried out. Arise, and follow together to see where they lead their companions.But the merchant said to his shepherd:

"This sheep buyer is a real picker! He's very good at it, the robber! Indeed, indeed, that one is what I intend to leave to the prince of Tangalle, and I know his temper. He was born to hold When he saw a fat and tender leg of mutton, he rejoiced as if he held a racket in his left hand, and with the other a swift knife, and God knows how neatly he sliced ​​it!" ① Sand Road: Refers to the Sand Road Abbey near Sivolai, Vienna. ② The original text veu refers to the circumcised foreskin of Jesus preserved in Shalu Monastery. ③ Tutitania: That is, Andalusia in southern Spain.

④ Kolas people: the Colchis people. ⑤ The original text sot, probably scot (Scottish), is a satirical name for foreigners joining the army in France, so it should be translated as "foreigners with big salaries". ① Tangalle: place name, by the English Channel. ② Some people play ball with a racket in their left hand, which is particularly vigorous; the prince of Tangalle holds a leg of lamb in his left hand, and cuts meat with a knife in his right hand.