Thursday, December 29, 2016
Mountains and Valleys: Weather Report
Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel III.28 (Friar John speaking to Panurge; tr. J.M. Cohen):
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When the snows are on the mountains—the head and the chin, I mean—there's no great heat in the valleys of the cod-piece.
Quand les neiges sont ès montaignes, je diz la teste et le menton, il n'y a pas grand chaleur par les vallées de la braguette!