Buttoreturn。TothisgoodPatron——whowastheAmbassadoratVenice——thenewly—marriedRondeletdeterminedtoapplyforemployment;andtoVenicehewouldhavegone，leavinghisbridebehind，hadhenotbeenstayedbyoneofthoseangelswhosometimeswalktheearthinwomen’sshape。JeanneSandrehadaneldersister，Catharine，whohadbroughtherup。Shewasmarriedtoawealthyman，butshehadnochildrenofherown。ForfouryearssheandhergoodhusbandhadlettheRondeletslodgewiththem，andnowshewasawidow，andtopartwiththemwasmorethanshecouldbear。ShecarriedRondeletofffromthestudentswhowereseeinghimsafeoutofthecity，broughthimback，settledonhimthesamedayhalfherfortune，andsoonaftersettledonhimthewhole，onthesoleconditionthatsheshouldlivewithhimandhersister。Foryearsafterwardsshewatchedovertheprettyyoungwifeandhertwogirlsandthreeboys——thethreeboys，alas！alldiedyoung——andoverRondelethimself，who，immersedinbooksandexperiments，wasutterlycarelessaboutmoney;andwastothemallamother——
advising，guiding，managing，andregardedbyRondeletwithgenuinegratitudeashisguardianangel。
Honourandgoodfortune，inaworldlysense，nowpouredinuponthedruggist’sson。Pellicier，hisownbishop，stoodgodfathertohisfirst—borndaughter。Montluc，BishopofValence，andthatwiseandlearnedstatesman，theCardinalofTournon，stoodgodfathersafewyearslatertohistwinboys;andwhatwasofstillmoresolidworthtohim，CardinalTournontookhimtoAntwerp，Bordeaux，Bayonne，andmorethanoncetoRome;andintheseItalianjourneysofhishecollectedmanyfactsforthegreatworkofhislife，that\"HistoryofFishes\"whichhededicated，naturallyenough，tothecardinal。
Thisbookwithitsplatesis，forthetime，amasterpieceofaccuracy。Thosewhoarebestacquaintedwiththesubjectsay，thatitisuptothepresentdayakeytothewholeichthyologyoftheMediterranean。Twoothermen，BelonandSalviani，werethenatworkonthesamesubject，andpublishedtheirbooksalmostatthesametime;acircumstancewhichcaused，aswasnatural，athree—corneredduelbetweenthesupportersofthethreenaturalists，eachpartyaccusingtheotherofplagiarism。Thesimplefactseemstobethatthealmostsimultaneousappearanceofthethreebooksin1554—55isoneofthosecoincidencesinevitableatmomentswhenmanymindsarestirredinthesamedirectionbythesamegreatthoughts——
coincidenceswhichhavehappenedinourowndayonquestionsofgeology，biology，andastronomy;andwhich，whenthefactshavebeencarefullyexamined，andthefirstflushofnaturaljealousyhascooleddown，haveprovedonlythatthereweremorewisementhanoneintheworldatthesametime。