Pont, madame du, poems addressed by Corneille to, I. 43. Pontanus, ridiculed by F. Rabelais in his romance, I. 37. Pontverre, M. de, II. 116. Pope, Alexander, quotation from his works, I. 179. Port Royal, abbey of, I. 199. Angelica Arnaud, abbess, 198. Learned men who lived in retirement near this cloister, 199. Controversy of the abbé Arnaud with the Sorbonne, 200. Alleged miracle at, regarding the cure of a niece of Pascal, 201. Dispersion of the nuns, 207. Pradon, satirized by Boileau, I. 266. His "Phèdre," brought out in opposition to Racine's tragedy, 312. Puy Morin, M. de, a brother of Boileau Despréaux, II. 21. "Précieuses Ridicules, les," satirical comedy of Molière, I. 85. A satire of French manners, affected language, and of the clique of l'Hôtel Rambouillet, 107. 110. "Pucelle d'Orléans" of Chapelain, I. 262, 263, n. "Pucelle d'Orléans," of Voltaire, II. 25. 28. 33. Puy de Dôme, Pascal's experiment on atmospheric pressure, on the, I. 193, 194. O. Quakers, Voltaire describes the, II. 24. Quesnel, le Père, I. 362. Quietism, account of, I. 350. II. 87. "Quinquina, le," poem by la Fontaine on bark or, I. 163. 178. R. Rabelais, Francis, designated a great jester by lord Bacon, I. 23. Born about 1483 at Chinon, in Touraine, 23. Parentage of, and reputed propensity to wine, 23. Educated in a monastery, 24. Takes the habit of the order of St. Francis, 24. Envy at his preaching, 24. Malice of the Franciscans at, 24. Budæus laments it, 24. Alleged reasons for confining him on short commons, 25. Personates St. Francis and laughs at devotees, 25. For which he is whipt, 25. Relieved by gaiety and learning, 25. Joins the order of St. Benedict, 25. He next studies medicine at Montpellier, 26. Lectures on Hippocrates and Galen, 26. Defends the privileges of the faculty of Montpellier, 27. His scarlet gown, 27. How diminished, 27. 28. He practises at Lyons, 27. 28. Accompanies cardinal du Bellay to Rome, 27. 28. In what character, 27. 28. His epistolary correspondence, 27. 28. Interview with Paul III., 29. His notion as to excommunication, 29. _Bruits_ as to the method of his return to Lyons and journey to Paris, 29. Takes his own supposititious poison, 30. Is librarian, &c. to Du Bellay, 30. His "Lives of the Giants Gargantua and of Pantagruel," 31. Privilege of publication by king Francis, 31. Aristotelian controversy ensuing thereon, 31. His work condemned by the Sorbonne, 31. He attacked the popes and clergy of Rome, and the monastic orders, 31. Account of his book, 32. And of his religious principles, 33. De Thou's account of, 33. La Bruyère, La Fontaine, favourable opinions of, 34. Bayle and Voltaire contemn him, 34. Exposition of his views, 34. Imitators of, 36. Various writings of specified, 37. "Letters from Italy," 37. Poetry of, 37. Parallel of Swift and Rabelais, 36. 37. Editions of his "Giants Gargantua and Pantagruel," 38. The "Rabelæsiana," 38. His acquisitions as an universal linguist, 38. Also in science, 38.