20 MEMOIR OF RONDELET. 



was in a great measure dependent on his eldest 

 brother, Albert, who seems to have always treated 

 him \\dth great liberality and kindness. In conse- 

 quence of the assistance derived from this quarter, 

 he was enabled to repair to Paris, and commence a 

 regular course of study in Latin, Greek, and philo- 

 sophy. He was gifted ^^ith great powers of memory, 

 as well as much penetration and energy ; his pro- 

 gress was therefore more than usually rapid, so 

 much so, that in a short time he was sufficiently 

 qualified to return to Montpellier and take a medi- 

 cal degree. This was in 1529. After a short re- 

 sidence in his native city, he went to Pertuis, a 

 small village in Provence, and took up his residence 

 there as a medical practitioner. His practice, how- 

 ever, was by no means lucrative, and he was obliged 

 to instruct a few pupils in some of the elementary 

 branches of education, for the purpose of obtaining 

 some addition to his income. There being little 

 inducement for him to remain in this A-illage, he 

 was not long in leaving it, upon which he returned 

 to Paris, where he again appHed himself to his pro- 

 fessional and classical studies, being desirous, in 

 particular, of perfecting his acquaintance with the 

 Greek tongue. About this time he formed a friend- 

 ship mth Gonthier d'Andernach, took up his resi- 

 dence in the house of that individual, and in concert 

 with him, made great progress in anatomy. He 

 likewise had under his charge a young pupil be- 

 longing to a family of distinction, who afterwards 

 befriended him and assisted him in his difficulties. 



