Monday, December 26, 2016
Keep Out
Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel I.54 (beginning of the inscription over the gate of the Abbey of Thélème; tr. J.M. Cohen):
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Enter not here, vile hypocrites and bigots,
Pious old apes, and puffed-up snivellers,
Wry-necked creatures sawnier than the Goths,
Or Ostrogoths, precursors of Gog and Magog,
Woe-begone scoundrels, mock-godly sandal-wearers,
Beggars in blankets, flagellating canters,
Hooted at, pot-bellied, stirrers up of troubles,
Get along elsewhere to sell your dirty swindles.
Cy n'entrez pas, hypocrites, bigotz,
Vieux matagotz, marmiteux, borsoufléz,
Torcoulx, badaux, plus que n'estoient les Gotz
Ny Ostrogotz, précurseurs des magotz
Haires, cagotz, caffars empantoufléz,
Gueux mitoufléz, frappars escornifléz,
Beffléz, enfléz, fagoteurs de tabus,
Tirez ailleurs pour vendre vos abus.
