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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    tie of two Merchants of 5 that hee would name. The faid Lord Vaudeville perfwaded mee that I would make his agreement with his prifoner. See then why hee fent mee to the wooden Caftle and commanded the Captain of the Caftle to ufe him well, and to put him into a Chamber hunf with Lpe- ftrie, and that they Ihould make the guard more ftrong^and from that time they made him good chcar at his expence. ^ ‘ The anfwer of the Said Lord of Bauge was, that to put himfclf to ranfom hee was not able j and that that depended upon Monfieurd’E/îawyj his llncle,and of Miftrist/e Bref«re his Aunt, and than hee had not anic means to paie fuch a ranfom. I returned with my keepers to the faid Lord Vaudeville^ and told him the anfwer of his faid prifoner, who told mee,Perhaps hee Ihould not out at fo good a rate, which was true, for, was difeovered. And forthwith the Qjzeen of Hungarie, and the Duke of Savoy lent word to the Lord Vaudevilkothat this morfd was too great for him, and that heemuft fend him to them (which hee did),a,nd that hee had enough prifoners befideshim:hee was put to fourtie thoufand Crowns r*tt>lbm]be(idesotherexpenfes. ■ - j‘. Returning toward the Said Lord Vaudeville I palled by S. Ower, where I law their great pieces of bat¬ terie, whereof the greateft part was flawed and broken. I came back alfo by theroHenne, where I did not iee fo much as ftone upon If one, unlels the mark of a great Church. For the Emperor gave command¬ ment tO: the eountrie people within five or fix leagues about,that they Ihould emptie and carrie awaie the Hones Î infomüch, that now one may drive a cart over the Cittie, as is likewile don at Hedin, without ariie appearance of Caflle.or Fortrels. See then the milchief which corn’s by the wars. And to return to my purpofe, prefently after my faid Lord Vaudeville was verie well of his ulcer and little wanted of) the entire curcjwhich was the cauf hee gave mee my leav, and made mee beé conduced with a Pafs-port by a Trumpet to Abbevillewhere I took poll, and went and found the King Henrie my Maficr at Aufimon, who received mee with joie,and a good countenance. Hee fent for the Duke of Guife the high Gonflable of France, and Monfieur d’EJire^,to underhand by mee what hàd paft at the taking of Hedin ; and I made him a faithful report, and alfured them I had feen the great pieces of Batterie, which they had carried to S. Omer. Whereof the King Was verie joyful, be? cauf hee têared left the enemie Ihould com further into France. Hee gave mee two hundred Crowns to retire my lelf to my own houf, and I was verie glad to bee in libertie and out of this great torment and noif of thunder from the Diabolick artillerie, and far from the Souldiers, blalphemers and deniers of God. 1 will not omit to tell here that, after the taking of Hedin, the King was advertiled that I was not flain, but that I was a prifoner, which his Majcftie caufled to bee written to my wife by Monfieur du Goguier his chief Phyfician, and that Ihec Ihould not bee in anie trouble of mindefor mee, for that I was lafe and well, and that hee would paie my ranlbm* » ^ A Fter the battel of S.^intin, the King lent for mee to the Fere in tartemia toward Mon- : jLI^ ficur the Marlhal of Bourdillon, to have a pals-port by the Duke of Savoie to go to drcls Monfieur the Gonflable, who was grievoufly hurt with a Piftol-lhot in the back, whereof hee was like to die,and remained a prifoner in his cnemic’s hands. But the Duke of Savoy would not give con fent that I Ihould go to the Said Lord Gonflable,faying,hee Ihould not remain without a Surgeon, and that hee doubtedi was not lent onely to drcls him, but to give him fom advertilement, and that hee knew I underftoodfomthingelf befidesSurgerie, and that hee knew mee to have been his prifoner at Hei/zh, Monfieur tbeMarflial of Bourdillon advertiled the King of the Duke’s denial, by which means the King wrk to the laid Lord ofBeKrdfi/oWjthatifmy Ladiejthe Lord high Conflablc’s wife, did find anie bodie of her houl^ which was an able man, that 1 Ihould give him a letter,and that I Ihould alfo have told him by word ofmouth, what the King and monfieur the Gardinal of Lorraine had given mee in charge.T wo emes after there arrive’s a firvant of the Lord Gonflables diambcr, who brought him Ihirts, and other Enncn, for which the faid Lord Marlhal gave pafs-port,to go to the Said Lord Gonflable 5 I was verie glad thcrcof,and gave him my letter, and gave him his leflbn, of that which his Mailer fhould do,beeing prifoner. f had thought becing difiharged of my emballage to return toward the King. But the faid Lord of Bourdillon'praFd mee to flaie with him at the Fere to drefs a great number of people who were hurt, and were thither retired after the battel ; and that hee would find word to the King, the cauf of my flaie ; which I did. The wounds of the hurt people were greatly ftinking,and full of worms with Gangrene and putrefaftion; fo that I was conftreined to com to ray knife to amputate that which was Ipoil’djwhich was not without cutting off arms and legs, as allb to Trepan divers. Now there were not anie medicines to bee had at the Fere,becauf the Surgeons of our Gamp had carried all with theraji found out that the Ghariot of the Axtillerie tarried behinde at the Fere,nor bad ityet been touched I prai’d the Lord Marflial that hee would cauf Ibm of the drogues to bee delivered to mee which were in it, which hee did,and there was given to mee one half at a time : five or fix daies after 1 was conftreined to take the reft, neither was there half enough to drefs fo great a number of the people, and to correft and flaie the putrifaftion, and to kill the worms that were entred into their wounds -, 1 wafhed them with Ægyftia- cKmdiiroIvedinwineand.<4^«4wf.e, and did for them, all which I could poflible, yetnotwithftanding all my diligence, verie manie of them died. There were Gentlemen at the Fere who had charge to finde out the dead bodieof Monfieur de Boir- Volpbin the elder, who had been flain in the battel ; they praied mee to accompanie them to the Camp to finde him out amongft the dead, if it were polliblc, which indeed was impolllble ; feeing that the bodies were all disfavoured and overwhelmed with putrefaftion. Wee fiw more then half a league about us the earth covered with dead bodies, neither could wee abide long there, for the cadaverous fints, which did arifi from the dead bodies, as well of men as of horfes. And I think wee were the cauf, that fo great a nura-