The Prologue exhorts readers to stock up on wine and the works of Rabelais, so they can discover the goodness within the books.

The story of Pantagruel and Panurge’s voyage continues, with the group docking at Ringing Island. The hermit Braguibus subjects them to terrible trials by sword, blade, foil, and fire before admitting them on the island.

Braguibus bids Pantagruel to deliver a letter to Albiam Camat, the Master Aedituus of Ringing Island. Aedituus tells them that Ringing Island was once inhabited by the Siticines, who were transfigured into birds.