, born at Paris in 1645, was the son of a player, and was considered
,
born at Paris in 1645, was the son of a player, and was
considered as a poet when no more than eight years old.
The queen, mother of Louis XIV. cardinal Mazarin, the
chancellor Seguier, and the first personages of the court,
took pleasure in conversing with this child, and in exercising his talents. He was only twelve years old when he
published a collection of his poetical pieces, in 4to, under
the title of “La Lyre de jeune Apollon,
” or, “La Muse
naissant du petit de Beauchateau,
” with copper-plate portraits of the persons he celebrates. About two years afterwards he went over to England with an ecclesiastic. Cromwell and the most considerable persons of the then government admired the young poet. It is thought that he travelled afterwards into Persia, where perhaps he died, as
no farther tidings were ever heard of him. He had a brother, Hypolite Chastelet de Beauchateau, an impostor, who
pretended to abjure the Roman Catholic religion, and came
over to England under the disguised name of Lusancy.
Moreri and Anth. Wood in Ath. Ox. vol. II. give an account of this adventurer.
he duchess of Burgundy, dauphiness of France, was a French poet and wit of considerable fame. He was born at Paris in 1645. The most esteemed of his poems are *' Les
, valet-de-chambre to Louis XIV,
and trainbearer to the queen Maria Teresa, and afterwards
to the duchess of Burgundy, dauphiness of France, was a
French poet and wit of considerable fame. He was born
at Paris in 1645. The most esteemed of his poems are
*' Les Petits-maitres,“and
” Les Nouvellistes,“two satires, and his poem on the
” Hotel des invalides." Several other of his pieces are to be found in the collections,
particularly in that published at the Hague in 1715, 2 vols.
He lived in friendship with Moliere and Racine, but incurred the displeasure of Boileau by writing against his Satire
on Women, which Boileau revenged by giving him a place,
not of the most honourable kind, in his tenth epistle; but
Bellocq having apologised, Boileau erased his name, and
put in that of Pen-in. Bellocq died Oct. 4, 1704. He was
highly respected by his royal master, and his wit and
agreeable manners introduced him as a welcome guest in
every polite company.