Chapter 172 Chapter Twenty-Three

How to Be a Good Man After the Storm "Ha, ha!" Banurge laughed loudly. "Excellent. The storm is over. I beg you to do a good deed and let me be the first to disembark. I have something to do. Do I need my help now? Let I'll wind this rope. I'm brave enough to be afraid. Leave it to me, friend. I'm never afraid, never. Of course, this tenth gale blowing from bow to stern, my pulse It blows a little abnormally." "Sail down!" "Excellent. Brother John, why don't you do anything? Is it time to drink? How do you know that St. Martin's servant is not preparing a new storm for us? Do you still need my help? God I regret it, but it was too late, and I did not heed the wise philosophers, who said that the safest and surest way was to walk by the sea or sail a boat not far from the land. Leading a horse, ready to go. Ha, ha, ha, by God, it's all right! Want me to help? Give it to me, and I'll do it, or the devil won't say yes."

Abesdemon, whose hands were torn and bleeding from the tension with which the rope had been strained, heard what Paguguet had just said, and answered: "Your Majesty, I beg you to believe that my fear just now was not inferior to that of Banuge. But what? I have not shied away from my work. I think that if death is really (and actually is) destined and inevitable, Then to die now or then, to die this way or that way, is all God's will, and we should always beseech, pray, chant, plead, and pray to him. But we should not stop there, we ourselves You also need to work hard, just as the saints say ① to cooperate with him ②. You know that the consul Caius Flaminius ③ was tricked by Hannibal ④ in the so-called Trasimeneus He once said to his soldiers: "Children, if you want to fight out from here, you can't hope to pray to the gods. You need to show strength and courage, and use your sword to fight a way out among the enemies." ⑥. The same is true of Sallust. He once made Perseus Gador say that the blessing of the gods is not obtained by praying, wishing and mother-in-law. Only vigilance, hard work and struggle can make everything reach its goal. and success. It is useless if a negligent, incompetent, lazy man only prays to the gods in times of emergency and danger, and that can only irritate and resent the gods."

Friar John said, "Call me dead, supposing?." "I also agree to half die," Banurge said. "? If the grapes of Cyp were not harvested and destroyed by people, if I only knew how to sing Contra hostium insidias⑦ (the scriptures) like those ghost priests, instead of taking up the handle of the cross to defend the grapes and strike Leer The robbers inside ⑧." ① Refers to the devil. It is said that the devil has been following St. Martin, looking for opportunities to lure him into sin and torture him. ② See Chapter 2, Section 91, Volume 1 of Erasmus' Proverbs.

① Refers to the words of St. Paul in the first section of the sixth chapter of the New Testament 2 Corinthians. ② In the first edition, there is no "cooperate with him", but "to assist them in various ways. If my words do not conform to the decrees of theologians, they will forgive me, because my words are also well-founded, It's not empty talk." ③ Caius Flaminius: The ancient Roman consul in the third century BC, who was surrounded and executed by Hannibal in Trasimenos. ④ Hannibal: General of Carthage, who conquered Rome and occupied Traximenus, Cannae and Capua.

⑤ Bellucci River: Lake Bellucci in Italy. ⑥ See Tit Levy's "Roman History" Volume 22 Chapter 5. ⑦ Latin: "Fight against enemy persecution." Banurge said: "Dead people don't care! Very well. Brother John will do nothing. He sees me here sweating, working for this nice old man whose name should be John.do nothing.Hello!Sailor friend, I just want to ask you a word, don't be angry!How thick is the side of this boat? " The sailor replied, "It's as thick as two fingers, so don't worry about it." "My God!" cried Panurge again, "we are only two fingers away from death! Is this also one of the nine joys of marriage?"

"Ah! Good friend, you are really good at measuring danger with the ruler of fear!" "I am not afraid; my name is Giomo? I am not afraid. As for the courage, as much as you want! And not the courage of a sheep, but the courage of a wolf, and the composure of a murderer. I Fear nothing but danger ③." ⑧ See Chapter 27 of Part One of this book. ① A popular little book in the 15th century, called "Fifteen Joys of Marriage", is said to be written by Antony de la Salle; in 1682, an Englishman named Marsch said it was ten kinds; The author says there are nine types.

② A wolf has no courage, it just runs away. ③ An old joke, an archer in Villon's poem "Confessions of an Archer" once said: "I am only afraid of danger."