JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES 19 



THE JOURNEY TO GERMANY. 1552 



I WENT to Germany, in the year 1552, with M. de Rohan, 

 captain of fifty men-at-arms, where I was surgeon of his 

 company, as I have said before. On this expedition, M. the 

 Constable was general of the army ; M. de Chastillon, after- 

 ward the Admiral, was chief colonel of the infantry, with 

 four regiments of lansquenets under Captains Recrod and 

 Ringrave, two under each; and every regiment was of ten 

 ensigns, and every ensign of five hundred men. And beside 

 these were Captain Chartel, who led the troops that the 

 Protestant princes had sent to the King (this infantry was 

 very fine, and was accompanied by fifteen hundred men-at- 

 arms, with a following of two archers apiece, which would 

 make four thousand five hundred horse) ; and two thousand 

 light horse, and as many mounted arquebusiers, of whom 

 M. d'Aumalle was general; and a great number of the no- 

 bility, who were come there for their pleasure. Moreover, 

 the King was accompanied by two hundred gentlemen of 

 his household, under the command of the Seigneurs de Boisy 

 and de Canappe, and by many other princes. For his 

 following, to escort him, there were the French and Scotch 

 and Swiss guards, amounting to six hundred foot soldiers; 

 and the companies of MM. the Dauphin, de ,Guise, d'Aumalle. 

 and Marshal Saint Andre, amounting to four hundred 

 lances; which was a marvellous thing, to see such a multi- 

 tude; and with this equipage the King entered into Toul 

 and Metz. 



I must not omit to say that the companies of MM. de 

 Rohan, the Comte de Sancerre, and de Jarnac, which were 

 each of them of fifty horse, went upon the wings of the 

 oamp. And God knows how scarce we were of victuals, and 

 I protest before Him that at three diverse times I thought 

 to die of hunger; and it was not for want of money, for I 

 had enough of it; but we could not get victuals save by 

 force, because the country people collected them all into 

 the towns and castles. 



One of the servants of the captain-ensign of the company 

 of M. de Rohan went with others to enter a church where 

 the peasants were retreated, thinking to get victuals by 



