The origin of these stories is to be found in a letter from St. Mars to the Minister, dated 4th June 1692, in which he informs him that he has been obliged to inflict corporeal punishment upon a Protestant clergyman named Salves, also in his keeping, because he would write things on his pewter vessels and linen, to make known that he was imprisoned unjustly on account of the purity of his faith.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
I have the end of the matter, and for more speed Thou shalt wade no farther; for of this deed I am as glad, as ever was the surgeon For Salves for broke heads to make provision.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
After he lay back on the couch she bathed his face, and rubbed into the wounds Salves which her father had given to her mother and which for years had been preciously preserved.
"The Eternal Maiden"
T. Everett Harré