, a Theatine, was born at London of French parents, Dec. 4, 1638,
, a Theatine, was born at
London of French parents, Dec. 4, 1638, and became celebrated for his acquirements both in sacred and profane
learning. Having gone to Portugal, he learned the language of that country in six months, and preached several
times before the king and queen. He was also admitted
into the academy, and appointed to an office in the inquisition. His biographers tell us that when in England he
had been chaplain or preacher to Henrietta Maria queen to
Charles I. forgetting that he could not be ten years old
when that unhappy princess was expatriated. He died at
Lisbon, Feb. 13, 1734, in the ninety-fifth year of his age.
On the 28th of the same month his eloge was pronounced
in the academy, and two learned doctors gravely discussed
the question, “whether England was most honoured in.
his birth, or Portugal in his death r
” On the same occasion
various pieces both in Latin and Portuguese were recited
to his memory. His works, which must justify this high
panegyric, are, 1. “A Vocabulary or Dictionary, Portuguese and Latin,
” Coimbra, Oraculum utriusque Testament!, musseum Bluteavianum.
”
3. “A List of all Dictionaries, Portuguese, Castilian, Italian, French, and Latin,
” with the dates, &c. Lisbon, Primicias Evangelicas,
”