The voyage of Bayonne, 1564.
NOw I say moreover, what I did in the voyage with the King to Bayonne, where we have beene two yeares and more to compasse all this Kingdome, where in divers Citties and Villages I have beene called into consultations for divers diseases, with the deceased Monsieur Chaplaine cheefe Phisition to the King, and Monsieur Chastellan cheefe to the Queene Mother, a man of great honour and knowledge in Physicke and Chirurgery: making this voyage I was alwayes inquisitive of the Chi∣rurgions if they had marked any rare thing of remarke in their practice, to the end to learne some new thing. Being at Bayonne there happened two things of remarke for the young Chirurgions. The first was, that I drest a Spanish Gentleman, who had a greevous great impostume in his throate: he came to have beene touched by the deceased King Charles for the Evill. I made incision in his Aposteme, where there was found great quantity of creeping wormes as bigge as the point of a spindle, ha∣ving a blacke head; and there was great quantity of rotten flesh. Moreover there was under his tongue an impostume called ••anula, which hindred him to utter forth his words, and to eate and swallow his meate: he pray'd mee with his held up hands to open it for him if it could be done without perill of his person, which I immedi∣atly did, and found under my Lancet a solid body, which was five stones like those which are drawne from the bladder. The greatest was as big as an Almond and the other like little long Beanes, which were five in number; in this aposteme was con∣tained a slimy humor of a yellow colour which was more than foure spoonefulls; I left him in the hands of a Chirurgion of the Citty to finish the cure.
Monsieur de Fontaine Knight of the Kings Order, had a great continuall pestilent Feaver, accompanyed with divers Carboneles in divers parts of his body, who was two dayes without ceasing to bleed at nose, nor could it be stancht; and by that meanes the feaver ceased with a very great sweat, and soone after the Charboncles ripened and were by me dressed and by the grace of God cured.
I have publisht this Apologie to the end that each man may know, with what foot I have alwayes marched, and I thinke there is not any man so ticklish, which taketh not in good part what I have said, seeing my discourse is true, and that the effect sheweth the thing to the eye, reason being my warrant against all Calumnies.