▁This ▁el ic ited ▁a ▁new ▁round ▁of ▁attacks ▁on ▁his ▁work ▁that ▁called ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁pun ished ▁by ▁the ▁em peror . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 1 , ▁Charles ▁V ▁commission ed ▁an ▁inqu iry ▁in ▁Sal aman ca ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁religious ▁imp lications ▁of ▁his ▁methods . ▁Although ▁V es al ius ' ▁work ▁was ▁cleared ▁by ▁the ▁board , ▁the ▁attacks ▁continued . ▁Four ▁years ▁later ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁main ▁det ract ors ▁and ▁one - time ▁profess ors , ▁Jacob us ▁Syl vi us , ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁that ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁human ▁body ▁itself ▁had ▁changed ▁since ▁Gal en ▁had ▁studied ▁it . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁ab dic ation ▁of ▁Emperor ▁Charles ▁V , ▁V es al ius ▁continued ▁at ▁court ▁in ▁great ▁favor ▁with ▁his ▁son ▁Philip ▁II , ▁who ▁reward ed ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁p ension ▁for ▁life ▁by ▁making ▁him ▁a ▁count ▁pal at ine . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 5 ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁re vised ▁edition ▁of ▁De ▁hum ani ▁corpor is ▁fab rica . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 6 4 ▁V es al ius ▁went ▁on ▁a ▁pil gr image ▁to ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land , ▁some ▁said , ▁in ▁pen ance ▁after ▁being ▁accused ▁of ▁dis sect ing ▁a ▁living ▁body . ▁He ▁sa iled ▁with ▁the ▁Ven et ian ▁fleet ▁under ▁James ▁Mal at esta ▁via ▁Cy pr us . ▁When ▁he ▁reached ▁Jerusalem ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁message ▁from ▁the ▁Ven et ian ▁sen ate ▁request