But Tristano suffered greatly from the wound in his thigh, and day and night could find neither rest nor repose. King Marco called in the best and worthiest doctors in the entire country, but none of them knew how to cure it or give advice about it. The more they treated it the worse Tristano grew, because the arrow was poisoned, and the wound grew so putrid that no one could bear to be near him.

La Tavola Ritonda