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| into which it had penetrated more than half y
foot, the entire lance-iron and Two fng rs
breadth Of the staff remaining in the wound
Pare explains the possibility of such a wound,
in an aye when helmets and visors were IT,
use, by mentioning that the Count always wen
into action with his face bare.
! Terrible as was he shock, says N de Boul.
! le, it did not unhor.e dAnmale. lie ALL made
head against his foes, succeeded in forcing
passage through them aided by his vonng and
| valiant brother Claude, and by de Vicllevillc-
who, alone Of all had not abandoned him-and
rode gloriously into the camp. His appca'-
ance was frightIul; his face, armor and clothes
we-e deluged with blood. The surgeons, stu
Peted by the depth and gravity uf the wound
despaired OF cure, and refused to inf ct useless
sutferings on the patient. But Ambrose Pare,
the Kings surgeon, sent by Francis with or
ders to try every means of saving the hero's
life, was not discouraged, Contilng in his
Sklll, and in the trmness of the woundcd man.
he resolved TO attempt an OF Grafton, terrible
indeed, but admiral le for those DAYS, and wor.
thy alone TO insure celebrity tp the man who
Imagined it. TIC lance head was broken off
so short, that it was impossible to gIaSpi with
the hand. Taking thena bIacksm It's pincers
to draw it out with great force, and assisted
amongst others by Master Nicole Lavern,n, a
very experienced surgeon, he asked the Lo
rane Prince, in the presence Of a crowd of Off
GERS shudderlng with horror, if he would sub
init to the employment of such means, and
would suffer him to pIa, e his foot upon his face
consent to every thing; proceed replied
d'Aumale. Nor did his forliude fail him for
an instant during this cruel operation, which
was not effected without fracture of bones,
nerves, veins and arteries, and other parts, and
,ic, k,, 4 a.
out hair The agony extcrted from him but
the single eXcamation-'Ah nv God -
Transpored afterwards in Il litter TO pecGur-
ny, he remained for three days in a hopeless
stale. Early on the fifth day, more favorable
symptoms appeared, and nature made such
powerful efforts that the cure was completed
without leaving the Count d'Aumale any trace
OF this astonishing wound except scar. equal
Iy glorious for hm and for A nbruse Pare
That skillul physician was wont modesIy to
say, when speaking of the cure 0f Francis of
Lorraine, dressed it, and G. ID healed it,
AS soon as he began to get better, the Count d.
Anmale FASTENED TO rite to the King, with a
hand still unsteady, the following note, charac.
terlzed by calmne,s remarkable in such GER
cumstanccs - Sire, | take the liberty 10 In.
form vou that ! fl d myself well, hoping not TO
lose an eye. Your very humble servant De
hUIZARp.' Admlrlng his energy, and in re-
conn ense for his services, Francis l. made him
Governor of DauP my whilst the numerous
parisana Of the house Of Guise attributed his
cure 10 a msrcc wrought by the prayers Ut his
pious IN ,ther. Antoinette of BourI on. Il is
princess caretu ly preserved I'LL her dt ah the
!ancc-p lint wi ich had penetrated her sons
head The extent of the wound a. described
by Pare, would be scarcely credible, but for the
testimony of that learned and excellent man,
and OF other contemporary writer's quoted by NJ.
de b uvile. In a short time the heroic Count
had forgotton bis hurt, and was again in arms
against English, VITA whom however, peace
was shortly afterwards concluded