20 MEMOIR OF RONDELET. 



was in a great measure dependent on his eldest 

 brother, Albert, who seems to have always treated 

 him with 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 with 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 village, he 

 was not long in leaving it, upon which he returned 

 to Paris, where he again applied 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 with 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- 

 ^onging to a family of distinction, who afterwards 

 befriended him and assisted him in his difficulties. 



