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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   was   of   still   more   solid   worth   to   him�察  �Cardinal 

Tournon took him to Antwerp�察�Bordeaux�察�Bayonne�察�and more than once to 

Rome�察�and in these Italian journeys of his he collected many facts for the 

great    work     of  his   life�察 �that  ;History     of  Fishes;    which     he   dedicated�察�

naturally enough�察�to the cardinal。 This book with its plates is�察�for the time�察�

a   masterpiece      of   accuracy。     Those     who     are  best   acquainted      with   the 

subject say�察�that it is up to the present day a key to the whole ichthyology 

of the Mediterranean。           Two other men�察�Belon and Salviani�察�were then at 

work on the same subject�察�and published their books almost at the same 

time�察�a circumstance which caused�察�as was natural�察�a three´cornered duel 

between   the   supporters   of   the   three   naturalists�察  �each   party   accusing   the 

other     of  plagiarism。      The     simple     fact   seems    to   be   that  the   almost 

simultaneous   appearance   of   the   three   books   in   1554´55   is   one   of   those 

coincidences   inevitable   at   moments   when   many   minds   are   stirred   in   the 

same   direction   by   the   same   great   thoughts   coincidences   which             have 



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happened in our own day on questions of geology�察�biology�察�and astronomy�察�

and   which�察  �when   the   facts   have   been   carefully   examined�察  �and   the   first 

flush   of   natural   jealousy   has   cooled   down�察  �have   proved   only   that   there 

were more wise men than one in the world at the same time。 

     And this sixteenth century was an age in which the minds of men were 

suddenly and strangely turned to examine the wonders of nature with an 

earnestness�察�with a reverence�察�and therefore with an accuracy�察�with which 

they     had   never    been     investigated     before。     ;Nature�察─     �says    Professor 

Planchon�察   �long   veiled   in   mysticism   and   scholasticism�察  �was   opening   up 

infinite    vistas。    A    new    superstition�察    �the   exaggerated      worship     of   the 

ancients�察  �was   nearly   hindering   this   movement   of   thought   towards   facts。 

Nevertheless�察  �Learning   did   her   work。         She   rediscovered�察  �reconstructed�察�

purified�察    �mented       on   the   texts   of  ancient    authors。     Then     came    in 

observation�察�which showed that more was to be seen in one blade of grass 

than in any page of Pliny。 Rondelet was in the middle of this crisis a man 

of   transition�察  �while   he   was   one   of   progress。     He   reflected   the   past�察  �he 

opened and prepared the future。              If he mented on Dioscorides�察�if he 

remained faithful to the   theories of   Galen�察 �he   founded in   his   'History  of 

Fishes'    a   monument       which    our   c

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