Note 318 — Terminal Essay. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Servetus burnt (in A.D. 1553 for publishing his Arian tractate) by Calvin, whom half educated Roman Catholics in England firmly believe to have been a pederast. This arose, I suppose, from his meddling with Rabelais who, in return for the good joke Rabie læsus, presented a better anagram, “Jan (a pimp or cuckold) Cul” (Calvinus).