happiness and his salvation. Thereupon the Friar, who knew the other
to be a worthy and pious man, lent it to him; and with this robe, which
covered his face so that his eyes could not be seen, the gentleman put
on a false beard and a false nose, each similar to the preacher's. He
also made himself of the same height by means of cork. (5)

4 This may be compared with the episode of Tappe-coue or
Tickletoby in Pantagruel:--"Villon, to dress an old clownish
father grey-beard, who was to represent God the Father [at
the performance of a mystery], begged of Friar Stephen
Tickletoby, sacristan to the Franciscan Friars of the place,
to lend him a cope and a stole. Tickletoby refused him,
alleging that by their provincial statutes it was rigorously
forbidden to give or lend anything to players. Villon
replied that the statute reached no further than farces,
drolls, antics, loose and dissolute games.... Tickletoby,
however, peremptorily bid him provide himself elsewhere, if
he would, and not to hope for anything out of his monastical
wardrobe.... Villon gave an account of this to the players
as of a most abominable action; adding that God would
shortly revenge himself and make an example of Tickletoby."--
Urquhart's _Works of Rabelais, Pantagruel_, (Book IV.
xiii.)--M.

5 In Boaistuau's edition the sentence runs, "and by putting
some cork in his shoes made himself of the same height as
the preacher."--L.

Thus garmented, he repaired in the evening to his wife's apartment,
where she was very piously awaiting him. The poor fool did not tarry
for him to come to her, but ran to embrace him like a woman bereft of
reason. Keeping his face bent down lest he should be recognised, he
then began making the sign of the cross, and pretended to flee from her,
saying the while nothing but--

"Temptation! temptation!"

"Alas, father," said the lady, "you are indeed right, for there is no
stronger temptation than that which proceeds from love. But for this
you have promised me a remedy; and I pray you, now that we have time and
opportunity, to take pity upon me."

So saying, she strove to embrace him, but he ran all round the room,
making great signs of the cross, and still crying--

"Temptation! temptation!"

However, when he found that she was urging him too closely, he took a
big stick that he had beneath his cloak and beat her