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persecutor�察  �Noel   Beda�察  �at   their   head�察  �seized   poor   Berquin�察  �and   tried   to 

burn his books and him�察�twice had that angel in human form�察�Marguerite 

d'Angouleme�察�sister of Francis I。�察�saved him from their clutches�察�but when 

Francistaken   prisoner   at   the   battle   of   Pavia   at   last   returned   from   his 

captivity in Spain�察�the suppression of heresy and the burning of   heretics 

seemed   to   him   and   to   his   mother�察  �Louise   of   Savoy�察  �a   thank´offering   so 

acceptable   to   God�察  �that   Louis   Berquinwho   would   not�察  �in   spite   of   the 

entreaties of Erasmus�察�purchase his life by silencewas burnt at last on the 

Place de Greve�察�being first strangled�察�because he was of gentle blood。 

     Montpellier   received   its   famous   guest   joyfully。          Rabelais   was   now 

forty´two years old�察�and a distinguished savant�察�so they excused him his 

three years' undergraduate's career�察�and invested him at once with the red 

gown of the bachelors。           That red gownor�察�rather�察�the ragged phantom of 

itis still shown at Montpellier�察�and must be worn by each bachelor when 

he    takes    his  degree。      Unfortunately�察      �antiquarians      assure    us   that   the 

precious garment has been renewed again and againthe students having 

clipped bits of it away  for relics�察  �and clipped   as earnestly  from the   new 



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gowns as their predecessors had done from the authentic original。 

     Doubtless�察 �the   ing   of   such   a   man   among   them  to   lecture   on   the 

Aphorisms of Hippocrates�察�and the Ars Parva of Galen�察�not from the Latin 

translations then in use�察�but from original Greek texts�察�with ments and 

corrections of his own�察�must have had a great influence on the minds of 

the Montpellier students�察�and still more influence and that not altogether 

a good onemust Rabelais's lighter talk have had�察�as he loungedso the 

story goesin his dressing´gown upon the public place�察�picking up quaint 

stories   from   the   cattle´   drivers   off   the   Cevennes�察  �and   the   villagers   who 

came in to sell their olives and their grapes�察�their vinegar and their vine´ 

twig faggots�察�as they do unto this day。            To him may be owing much of the 

sound respect for natural science�察�and much�察�too�察�of the contempt for the 

superstition      around     them�察   �which     is  notable    in   that   group    of   great 

naturalists   who   were   boys   in   Montpellier   at   that   day。   Rabelais   seems   to 

have liked Rondelet�察�and no wonder�此                �he was a cheery�察�lovable�察�honest 

little fellow�察�very fond of jokes�察�a great musician and player on the violin�察�

and   who�察  �when   he   grew   rich�察  �liked   nothing   so   well   as   to   bring   into   his 

house any buffoon or strolling´ player to make fun for him。                   Vivacious he 

was�察�hot´tempered�察�forgiving�察�and with a power of learning and a power of 

work which were prodigious�察�even in those hard´working days。                       Rabelais 

chaffs Rondelet�察�under the name of Rondibilis�察�for�察�indeed�察�Rondelet grew 

up into a very round�察�fat�察�little man�察�but Rabelais puts excellent sense into 

his    mouth�察    �cynical    enough�察    �and   too   cynical�察   �but   both    learned    and 

humorous�察�and�察�if he laughs at him for being shocked at the offer of a fee�察�

and taking it�察�nevertheless�察�kindly enough�察�Rondelet is not the first doctor 

who has done that�察�neither will he be the last。 

     Rondelet�察�in his turn�察�put on the red robe of the bachelor�察�and received�察�

on taking his degree�察�his due share of fisticuffs from his dearest friends�察�

according   to   the   ancient   custom   of   the   University   of   Montpellier。       He 

then went off to practise medicine in a village at the foot of the Alps�察�and�察�

half´starved�察�to teach little children。         Then he found he must learn Greek�察�

went off to Paris a second time�察�and alleviated his poverty there somewhat 



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by being tutor to a son of the Viste de Turenne。                     There he met 

Gonthier of Andernach�察�who had taught anatomy at Louvain to the great 

Vesalius�察�and learned from him to dissect。             We next find him setting up as 

a   medical   man   amid   the   wild   volcanic   hills   of   the Auvergne�察  �struggling 

still with poverty�察�like Erasmus�察�like George Buchanan�察�like almost every 

great scholar in those days�察�for students then had to wander from place to 

place�察�generally on foot�察�in search of new teachers�察�in search of books�察�in 

search of the necessaries of life�察�undergoing such an amount of bodily and 

mental toil as makes it wonderful that all of them did notas some of them 

doubtless diddie under the hard training�察�or�察�at best�察�desert the penurious 

Muses for the paternal shop or plough。 

     Rondelet got his doctorate in 1537�察�and next year fell in love with and 

married a beautiful young girl called Jeanne Sandre�察�who seems to have 

been as poor as he。 

     But he had gained�察�meanwhile�察�a powerful patron�察�and the patronage of 

the great was then as necessary to men of letters as the patronage of the 

public    is  now。    Guillaume       Pellicier�察 �Bishop    of   Maguelonneor       rather 

then of Montpellier itself�察�whither he had persuaded Paul II。 to transfer the 

ancient seewas a model of the literary gentleman of the sixteenth century�察�

a savant�察�a diplomat�察�a collector of books and manuscripts�察�Greek�察�Hebrew�察�

and Syriac�察�which formed the original nucleus of the present library of the 

Louvre�察  �a   botanist�察  �too�察  �who   loved   to   wander   with   Rondelet   collecting 

plants   and   flowers。    He   retired   from  public life to   peace   and science   at 

Montpellier�察�when to the evil days of his master�察�Francis I。�察�succeeded the 

still worse days of Henry II。�察�and Diana of Poitiers。 That Jezebel of France 

could conceive no more natural or easy way of atoning for her own sins 

than that of hunting down heretics�察�and feasting her wicked eyesso it is 

saidupon   their   dying   torments。   Bishop   Pellicier   fell   under   suspicion   of 

heresy�此      �very probably with some justice。           He fell�察�too�察�under suspicion 

of   leading   a   life   unworthy   of   a   celibate   churchman�察  �a   fault   whichif   it 

really    existedwas�察    �in  those   days�察  �pardonable     enough     in  an  orthodox 

prelate�察   �but  not   so  in  one   whose    orthodoxy   was      suspected。     And     for 



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awhile   Pellicier   was in prison。       After   his   release   he gave   himself   up   to 

science�察�with Rondelet and the school of disciples who were growing up 

around   him。      They   rediscovered   together   the   Garum�察  �that   classic   sauce�察�

whose praises had been sung of old by Horace�察�Martial�察�and Ausonius�察�and 

so child´like�察�superstitious if you will�察�was the reverence in the sixteenth 

century for classic antiquity�察�that when Pellicier and Rondelet discovered 

that the Garum was made from the fish called Picarelcalled Garon by the 

fishers of Antibes�察�and Giroli at Venice�察�both these last names corruptions 

of the Latin Gerresthen did the two fashionable poets of France�察�Etienne 

Dolet and Clement Marot�察�think it not unworthy of their muse to sing the 

praises of the sauce which Horace had sung of old。                A proud day�察�too�察�was 

it for Pellicier and Rondelet�察�when wandering somewhere in the marshes 

of the Camargue�察�a scent of garlic caught the nostrils of the gentle bishop�察�

and in the lovely pink flowers of the water´germander he recognised the 

Scordium       of  the   ancients。    ;The   discovery�察─    �says   Professor     Planchon�察�

;made   almost   as   much   noise   as   that   of   the   famous   Garum�察  �for   at   that 

moment of naive fervour on behalf of antiquity�察�to re´discover a plant of 

Dioscorides or of Pliny was a good fortune and almost an event。; 

     I know not whether�察�after his death�察�the good bishop's bones reposed 

beneath some gorgeous tomb�察�bedizened with the incongruous half´ Pagan 

statues   of   the   Renaissance�察  �but   this   at   least   is   certain�察  �that   Rondelet's 

disciples imagined for him a monument more enduring than of marble or 

of brass�察�more graceful and more curiously wrought than all the sculptures 

of   Torrigiano   or   Cellini�察  �Baccio   Bandinelli   or   Michael   Angelo   himself。 

For they named a lovely little lilac snapdragon�察�Linaria Domini Pellicerii 

;Lord Pellicier's toad´flax�察─�and that name it will keep�察�we may believe�察�as 

long as winter and summer shall endure。 

     But    to  return。   To    this  good    Patronwho      was   the   Ambassador       at 

Venicethe newly´married Rondelet determined to apply for employment�察�

and to Venice he would have gone�察�leaving his bride behind�察�had he not 

been   stayed   by   one   of   those   angels   who   sometimes   walk   the   earth   in 

women's   shape。       Jeanne   Sandre   had   an   elder sister�察  �Catharine�察 �who   had 



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brought   her   up。     She   was   married   to   a   wealthy   man�察  �but   she   had   no 

children of her own。         For four years she and her good husband had let the 

Rondelets lodge with them�察�and now she was a widow�察�and to part with 

them was more than she could bear。                 She carried Rondelet off from the 

students   who   were   seeing   him   safe   out   of   the   city�察  �brought   him   back�察�

settled on him the same day half her fortune�察�and soon after settled on him 

the   whole�察  �on   the   sole   condition   that   she   should   live   with   him   and   her 

sister。    For years afterwards she watched over the pretty young wife and 

her two girls and three boysthe three boys�察�alas� �all died youngand over 

Rondelet himself�察�who�察�immersed in books and experiments�察�was utterly 

careless about money�察�and was to them all a mother advising�察�guiding�察�

managing�察      �and    regarded     by    Rondelet     with    genuine     gratitude    as   his 

guardian angel。 

     Honour and good fortune�察�in a worldly sense�察�now poured in upon the 

druggist's son。       Pellicier�察�his own bishop�察�stood godfather to his first´born 

daughter。       Montluc�察      �Bishop     of  Valence�察    �and    that   wise    and   learned 

statesman�察�the Cardinal of Tournon�察�stood godfathers a few years later to 

his   twin   boys�察  �and   what   wa
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