Chapter 194 Chapter Forty-Five

How Paiguguay Came to the "Island of the Anti-Pope" The next morning, we came to the "Anti-pope Island", where people used to be rich and free, and people called them "cheap people", but later they became poor, suffered, and became under the control of "Popes" people.That's what happened. On the day of the annual Feast of the Pole, some of the great men and scholars of the island went to the neighboring island of the Popes to observe their great feast.One of the people on this island, as soon as he saw the portrait of the Pope (this is the etiquette that must be displayed in public on the day of the pole), made a strange gesture to him, which is a sign to them on this island. An expression of contempt and mockery. The "pope faction" wanted revenge, and within a few days, they were silent, armed, and launched a sneak attack on them, burning and looting the entire island of the "cheap people" to the ground, and all the bearded people ④ were killed. The sword kills.Only women and children were spared, and the terms of the "popes" were very much like those that the Emperor Frederick Barbrus had previously imposed on the Milanese.

The Milanese, taking advantage of Frederick's absence, staged a mutiny and made the queen, Frederick's wife, ride upside down on an old female mule called Tarcor, that is to say, with the buttocks facing the mule's head. , facing the mule's ass⑥, and drove her out of the city. After Frederick came back, he pacified and subdued the Milanese, and quickly found the female mule named Taker.So in the center of the Grand Piazza in Milan, the executioner was ordered to put a fig in Thakor's genitals in front of the captured citizens.Then the horn was blown to convey the emperor's order. Anyone who wanted to survive had to bite out the figs with his teeth in public, and then put them back in place without hands.Those who refuse to execute will be hanged immediately and hanged for public display.A few, too ashamed to accept the insult, preferred to die, and were immediately hanged.The rest fear death more than humiliation.

So these men bit out the figs with their teeth, so that the executioner could see them, and said: Ecco lo fico①. The few remaining miserable poor people of "Sweet People" were spared from death after suffering this insult.They were made slaves, paid tribute, and were called "anti-popes" because they insulted the pope's portrait.These unfortunates have never prospered since.Every year, it is not hail, it is storm, it is not disease, it is famine, and all disasters are suffered, as if they are eternally punished for the sins of ancestors and relatives and friends. Seeing the poverty and misfortune of the people here, we can't bear to go any further.Just to dip in the holy water and pray to God, we went into a small church not far from the pier. The church was deserted, and like St. Peter's Church in Rome, it didn't even have a roof②.After entering, he was about to dip in the holy water when he suddenly saw a man wearing a tie in the holy water tank ③, his whole body immersed in the water, like a duck with a fierce attack ① Papimanes in the original text refers to a person who supports the Pope and becomes obsessed, mania in The Greek word means "madness, obsession".

② "Pole Festival": Refers to the day when a lot of flags and crosses are brought out to hold circuit prayers.Another word "pole" refers to the stick held by believers on which the image of the patron saint is hung. ③ Put your thumb between your index finger and middle finger and point it outwards to express insult. ④ Refers to all adult men. ⑤ "Takor" means "ass" in Hebrew. ⑥ Riding animals backwards through the streets is a punishment for prostitutes, which once appeared in Germany. ① Italian: "Look at your figs." ② St. Peter's Church in Rome was first built in 1506 and completed in 1626. When the author was in Rome, the roof of the church had not yet been completed.

③ "Tie" (estolles): The long belt worn by priests during Mass. Only the tip of one nose is exposed to breathe air.Standing around them were three bald priests, their hair shaved to the ground, reciting inexplicable scriptures and praying to incomprehensible devils. Paiguguay was very surprised, and asked them what kind of tricks they were playing there. They replied that three years ago, there was a terrible epidemic on the island, which left ten houses empty and landless.After the plague had passed, the man lying in the holy water vat was plowing a large field that yielded every year. He was planting wheat, and on the very day and hour he sowed, a little devil (a thunderstorm) The little devil who knows nothing about hailstones, can only bully celery and cabbage, and can't read or write) got Lucifer's promise to come to the "Anti-Pope Island" to play and have fun, the devils and the men and women on this island Very affectionate, they often come to the island to play.

When the little devil came to the island, he approached the farmer and asked him what he was doing there. The good old man replied that he was growing wheat in the field, and was going to live on it for the next year. "That's why," said the little devil, "but, you know, this field is not yours, it's mine, and it belongs to me. From the day you insulted the Pope, all the land here has been decreed It belongs to us. However, I don’t know how to grow wheat, so I let you plant this land, but there is one condition, that is, we have to share the harvest equally.” "All right," replied the farmer.

The little devil said: "I want the harvest to be divided into two parts. One part grows on the ground, and the other part grows underground. I have the right to choose, because I am a ghost, and the origin of ghosts is noble and ancient, but what about you?" , is just a commoner. Now I choose the part that grows underground, you want to grow on the ground. Can you tell me when to harvest?" "In July," replied the farmer. "Well," said the little devil, "I will come. You just do your duty: Do it, redneck, do it!I seduce the noble nuns of Betcek with the sin of fornication, and the hypocrites and benefactors.For these people, I am more sure.As long as they are brought together, it will be a battle at once. "

① "Pettesec" means "dry fart". ② It means that nuns and priests will do bad things as soon as they meet.