The Third Book

'The Third Book' is one of the novels chronicling the adventures of two giants: Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. It is written by François Rabelais. In this book, Pantagruel and Panurge discuss the latter's profligacy, and Pantagruel determines to pay his debts for him. Panurge, out of debt, becomes interested in marriage, and wants advice. A multitude of counsels and prognostications are met with, and repeatedly rejected by Panurge, until he wants to consult the Divine Bottle.