, nephew to the above, and superior to him as a Greek and Latin poet,
, nephew to the above, and
superior to him as a Greek and Latin poet, was the son of
a physician. He taught rhetoric in several colleges at
Paris, and cardinal du Perron appointed him professor of
eloquence at the royal college. He was also canon of
Langres, and one of the forty of the French academy. He
retired at last among the fathers of the oratory, where he
died August 7, 1644, aged seventy. Bourbon is justly
considered as one of the greatest Latin poets whom France
has produced. His poems were printed at Paris, 1651,
12mo. The “Imprecation on the Parricide of Henry IV.
”
is his chef-d'ceuvre. He wrote the two beautiful lines
which are upon the gate of the arsenal at Paris, in honour
of Henry the Great:
, nephew to the above, and educated by him, was a very celebrated physician
, nephew to the above,
and educated by him, was a very celebrated physician at
Paris, where he died Feb. 9, 1685, aged seventy-six. In
1634, he obtained leave to adopt the name of Bourdelot,
pursuant to his uncle’s desire, who on that condition left
him his library and fortune. He wrote some treatises
on “the Viper,
” on “Mount Etna,
” “La relation des
appartmens de Versailles,
” &c. with three volumes of
“Conferences,
” which were published by M. le Gallois.