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cut. Soon after, he sent for me four German halberdiers 

 of his guard; and I was terrified, for I did not know 

 where they were taking me: they spoke no more French 

 than I German. When I was come to his lodging, he 

 bade me welcome, and said, now I belonged to him; and 

 so soon as I had healed him, he would let me go without 

 ransom. I told him I had no means to pay any ransom. 

 He called his physician and his surgeon-in-ordinary, to 

 show me his leg; and when we had examined it, we with- 

 drew into a room, where I began my discourse to them. 

 . . . Then the physician left me with the surgeon, and 

 went back to M. de Vaudeville, and said he was sure I 

 could cure him, and told him all I had decided to do; 

 which pleased him vastly. He sent for me, and asked 

 if I thought I could cure him; I said yes, if he were 

 obedient to what was necessary. He promised to do only 

 what I wished and ordered; and so soon as he was healed, 

 he would let me go home without ransom. Then I asked 

 him to make better terms with me, saying it was too long 

 to wait for my liberty: in fifteen days I hoped his ulcer 

 would be less than half its present size, and give no pain; 

 then his own surgeon and physician could finish the cure. 

 He granted this to me. Then I took a piece of paper 

 to measure the size of the ulcer, and gave it to him, 

 and kept another by me; I asked him to keep his promise, 

 when I had done my work; he swore by the faith of a 

 gentleman he would. Then I set myself to dress him 

 properly, after the manner of Galen. ... He wished 

 to know if it were true, what I said of Galen, and bade 

 his physician look to it, for he would know it for him- 

 self; he had the book put on the table, and found that 

 what I said was true; so the physician was ashamed, and 

 I was glad. Within the fifteen days, it was almost all 

 healed; and I began to feel happy about the compact 

 made between us. He had me to eat and drink at his 

 table, when there were no more great persons than he 

 and I only. He gave me a big red scarf which I must 

 wear; which made me feel something like a dog when 

 they give him a clog, to stop him eating the grapes in 

 the vineyards. HU physician and surgeon took me 



