JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES & 



at last the big man let himself fall upon the little, and in 

 falling put his elbow upon the pit of his stomach, and burst 

 his heart, and killed him stark dead. And knowing he had 

 given him his death's blow, took again his long cassock, and 

 went away with his tail bitween his legs, and eclipsed him- 

 self. Seeing the little man came not again to himself, either 

 for wine, vinegar, or any other thing presented to him, I 

 drew near to him and felt his pulse, which did not beat at 

 all : then I said he was dead. Then the Bretons, who were 

 assisting at the wrestling, said aloud in their jargon, 

 " Andraze meuraquet enes rac un bloa so abeuduex henelep 

 e barz an gouremon enel ma hoa engoustun." That is to 

 say, " That is not in the sport." And someone said that this 

 great Dativo was accustomed to do so, and but a year past 

 he had done the same at a wrestling. I must needs open 

 the body to know the cause of this sudden death. I found 

 much blood in the thorax ... I tried to find some internal 

 opening whence it might have come, which I could not, for 

 all the diligence that I could use. . . . The poor little 

 wrestler was buried. I took leave of MM. de Rohan, de 

 Laval, and d'Estampes. M. de Rohan made me a present of 

 fifty double ducats and a horse, M. de Laval gave me a nag 

 for my man, and M. d'Estampes gave me a diamond worth 

 thirty crowns : and I returned to my house in Paris. 



THE JOURNEY TO PERPIGNAN. 1543 



SOME while after, M. de Rohan took me with him posting 

 to the camp at Perpignan. While we were there, the enemy 

 sallied out, and surrounded three pieces of our artillery be- 

 fore they were beaten back to the gates of the city. Which 

 was not done without many killed and wounded, among the 

 others M. de Brissac, who was then grand master of the 

 artillery, with an arquebus-shot in the shoulder. When he 

 retired to his tent, all the wounded followed him, hoping to 

 be dressed by the surgeons who were to dress him. Being 

 come to his tent and laid on his bed, the bullet was searched 

 for by three or four of the best surgeons In the army, who 

 could not find it, but said it had entered into his body. 



At last he called for me, to see if I could be more skilful 



