1. Gargantua
The sophist read him the Compstum, on which he spent sixteen years and two months, at which point his said preceptor died" (Cohen, p. 70). After Holofernes dies in 1420, Gargantua was appointed a new tutor, Jobekin Bride. ... As stated by Rabelais: "Meanwhile his father observed that although he was really studying very well, and spent all his time at his lessons, he was making no progress at all under the tutalage of the sophists. ... "This done, Gargantua was dressed, combed, curled, trimmed, and perfumed, and meanwhile the previous day's lessons were repeated to him He picked his ...
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