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land, and they have not got rid of it since. Captain Sarla- 

 bous, master of the camp, was left in garrison, with six en- 

 signs of infantry, who had no fear of the plague; and they 

 were very glad to get into the town, hoping to enjoy them- 

 selves there. Mon petit maistre, if you had been there, you 

 would have done as they did. 



THE JOURNEY TO BAYONNE. 1564 



I WENT with the King on that journey to Bayonne, when 

 we were two years and more making the tour of well-nigh 

 all this kingdom. And in many towns and villages I was 

 called in consultation over sundry diseases, with the late M. 

 Chapelain, chief physician to the King, and M. Castellan, 

 chief physician to the Queen-mother; honorable men and 

 very learned in medicine and surgery. During this journey, 

 I always inquired of the surgeons if they had noted any- 

 thing rare in their practices, so that I might learn some- 

 thing new. While I was at Bayonne, two things happened 

 worthy of remark by young surgeons. The first is, I dressed 

 a Spanish gentleman, who had a great and enormous swell- 

 ing of the throat. He had lately been touched by the de- 

 ceased King Charles for the king's evil. I opened his 

 swelling. ... I left him in the hands of a surgeon of the 

 town, to finish his cure. M. de Fontaine, Knight of the 

 Order of the King, had a severe continued pestilent fever, 

 accompanied with many inflammatory swellings in sundry 

 parts of the body. He had bleeding at the nose for two days, 

 without ceasing, nor could we staunch it: and after this 

 haemorrhage the fever ceased, with much sweating, and by 

 and bye the swellings suppurated, and he was dressed by me, 

 and healed by the grace of God. 



BATTLE OF SAINT DENIS. 1567 



As for the battle of Saint Denis, there were many filled 

 on both sides. Our wounded withdrew to Paris to be 

 dressed, with the prisoners they had taken, and I dressed 

 many of them. The King ordered me, at the request of 

 Mme. the Constable's Lady, to go to her house to dress the 



