, in Latin Faber, was a profound lawyer and an author; in a few instances,
, in Latin Faber, was a profound lawyer and an author; in a few instances, a poet, for some
quatrains by him remain among those of Pi brae, and there
is a tragedy of his e.ytant, entitled “The Gortlians, or
ambition.
” He was born in 1557, was promoted as a lawyer in his native town of Bresse, afterwards became governor of Savoy, and was employed in confidential negotiations between that dukedom and France. He might
have been further promoted in his own country, but refused. He died in H>24. His works, chiefly on jurisprudence and civil law, form ten volumes in folio, printed from
1658 to 1661. For his son Favre (Claude). See Vaugelas.