 Shortly afterwards he went to Bourges to study civil law for four years under Éguinaire Baron and François Douaren.While in Bourges, he formed an acquaintance with Jacques Amyot, professor of Greek, and succeeded him in becoming preceptor to the sons of Guillaume Bochetel, the secretary of state, probably for three or four years.In February 1547 he returned to Scotland for a short stay and Bochetel recommended him in a letter to Mary of Guise.