Note 3 — Chapter III · THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATION
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Guillaume Rondelet (1507–1566), a physician and naturalist, author of various works on medicine and of an Universa piscium historia (Lyons, 1554) which earned him the title of father of ichthyology. Rabelais introduces him into his Pantagruel by the name of Rondibilis.—Translator’s Note. ↑