The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey ... / Translated out of Latine and compared with the French by Tho. Johnson [and in part by G. Baker] Whereunto are added three tractates out of Adrianus Spigelius of the veines, arteries, and nerves. With large figures. ; Also a table of the bookes and chapters.

  • Ambroise Paré
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1649
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Credit: The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey ... / Translated out of Latine and compared with the French by Tho. Johnson [and in part by G. Baker] Whereunto are added three tractates out of Adrianus Spigelius of the veines, arteries, and nerves. With large figures. ; Also a table of the bookes and chapters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -J-JZ him of all which had paffcd, and amongft other things, told the King that I had greatly don my dutie in dreffing thofe that were wounded, and that T had (hewed him eighteen bullets which 1 had taken or drawn out of the hurt bodies, and that there were divers more which I could neither finde, nor draw out and told more good of mee then there was by half. Then the King faid hee would have mee into hisfervice and commanded Monlieur c/e Gop/Vr his chief Phyfician to write mee down as entertained one of his’ Surgeons in ordinarie, and that 1 Ihould go meet with him at Kheimes within ten or twelv daies • which 1 did, where hee did mee the honor to command mee that I would dwell near'him, and that hee would do mee good. Then 1 thank’d him moft humbly for the honor it pleafed him to do mee, in calling mee to his (ervice. . , . . „ . r . i i » T'He Emperor having befieged Mets, and in the hardeft time of winter, as each one know s Thevoiagpof | memorie: and that there was in theCittie five or fix thoufand men,and amongft Thenlmcs*' the reft feven Princes ; that is to faic, Monfieur the Duke of Gui[e the King’s Lievtenant, of the Princes c/’ Jnfluiefi, de Conde, de Montjen/icr, de La Rocl) upm Ton, Monüeur de Nemours, anddi- Ae'fiTgToF vers other Gentlemen, with a number of old Captains of War, who often made fallies forth upon the enemies, (as wee (hall fpeak of hereafter) which was not don without Oaying ma¬ nie as well on the one fide as the other. For the moft part all our wounded people died and it was thought the medicamcnts,wherewith they were dre(red,were poifonedi which cauffed Monfieur de Guife and other Princes to fend to the King for mee, and that hee would fend mee with Drogues to them, for thev beleeved their’s were poifoned, feeing that of their hurt people few efcaped. I do not belecv there was anie poifon, but the great ftrokes of the CutlalTes, musket-(hot, and the extremiüe of cold was the cauf The King caulfed one to write to Monfieur the Marlhal of S. Jndrew which was his Lievtenant atVerdut? that hee found fom means to make mee enter into Mets. The faid Lord Marftid of S. Andrew and Monfieur the Marlhal of old got an IfCaptain, who promiled them to make mee enter in, which hee did, and for which hee had fifteen hundred Crowns : the King having heard of the promife whick the Italian Captain had made, fent for mee, and commanded mee to take of his Apothecarie named Pd/g«e, fiich, andas manie Drogues aslfhould think fit tor the himt who were befieged, which I did, as much as a poft-horf could carrie. The King gave mee charge to fpeak to MonfieurfieGwfe,andtothe Princes,andCaptainswhowereatMefJ. Beeing arrivedat Verdun, afew •f • daies after the Monfieur the Mar(hal of S. Andrew, caulTed horfes to bee given to mee, and my Se aZ. nian,andfortheIf4/i4n, who fpake verie good high mtcb,Sfanifh,TVallon, withhis o^n natural toneue. When wee were within eight or ten Leagues of MefJ, wee went not but m the night, and beeing near the Camp, I faw a league and a half off bright fires about the Cittie, whichfeemed as if all the earth were on fire, and Î thought wee could never pafs through thofe fires without beeing difco- vered, and by cbnfequent bee hanged and ftrangled, or cut in pieces, or paie a great ranfom. To fpeak truth, I wilhed my felf at Faris,lor the imminent danger which I fore-faw. ^God gui^d fo weU our a^ fairs that wee entred into the Cittie at midnight with a certain Token, which the Captain had with another Captain of the corapanie of Monfieur fie G«//e ; which Lord I went to, and found him in bed, who received mee with great thanks, beeing joiful of my comming. I did my mefiTage to him of all that the King had commanded mee to faie to him ; 1 told him I had a little letter to give to him, and that the next dale 1 wQuld.not fail to deliver it him. Thatdon, hee commanded meea good losing, and that j fhouid bee wel] ufed, and bid mee 1 (hould not fail to bee the next daie upon the Breach, where I mould meet with 41 the Princes, and divers Captains, which 1 did ; whoxeceived mee with great joi^ who did mee the honbi’ to imbrace mee, and tell mee I was verie welcom, adding withal, they did not fear to die if they fhouid chance to bee hurt. Menfieuf de la Roch ufon Ton was the firft .that feafted mee, and inqui¬ red of nice what they faid at the Court concerning the Cittie of Mets : ! toJd him what 1 thought good.^ Then pretèntlyKee defi.red mee togo feeoneof his Gentlemen, named Monfieur fie Mflgn<î«e5 at thispre- fent Knight of the Kind’s Order, and Lievtenant of his Majeftie’s Guard -, who had his 1^ broken by a CannondEot. 1 found him In his bed, his leg bended and crooked, without anie drdfing upon it; be- cauf a Gentleman promifed him cure, having his name, and his girdle,with certain words. _ The poor r Gentleman wept, and cried with pain which hee felt, not fleeping either night or daie, in four Mîftonc,, j jj^ock’t at this impofture and falf promile. Prelently I did fo nimbly reftorc and drefs his Le^, that hee was without pain and flept all night, and fince (thanks bee to God^ was cured, and is yet at^this prefent living,doing fervice to the King. The faid Lord of the Roch upon.Tonûnt m^ a tun of wine to my lodging, and bid tell mee, when it was drunken hee would fend mee another. 1 hat don, Monfieur fie Ga//e gave mee a lift of certain Captains and Lords, and commanded mee to tell them what the King had given Mee in charge;vvhich 1 did,which, yvas to do his commendations and a thankl- giving for the dutie^hey had don, and did in the keeping of the Cittie of Mets, and that hee would k- knovvledgit. I Wasmore then eight daies in acquittingmy charge, becauft hey were manie jtirft to the Princes and others ; as the Duke of Horace, the Count of Martigues,and his brother, Monlimr de Bauge, the Lords Montmorancy, and d'Anville,thtn Marlhal oïFrance, Monfieur fie La Chafel, Benmvet Governor of Rohan, the Vadafme of Chartres, the Count of Lude, Monfieur fie now Marihalot France, Moqfieur fie Randa^ithe Rocbfoucaut, Boxdaille d’Etrecs, eheyounger, Monfieur fie John in Vol- thiny, and manie others which it would bee too long to recite ; and chiefly to divers Capteins vvho had verie well don theirdutiein defenfof their lives and Cittie. 1 demanded afteryvards of Monfieur fie Guife what it plealed 1 (hould do with the Drogues which! had brought,.hee bid mee impart them to the Surgeons and Apothecaries, and^iefly to the poor hurt Souldiers in the Hofpital vyhich were m