, president in the election, or court of assessors of Orleans, was a learned
, president in the election, or
court of assessors of Orleans, was a learned lawyer, and
esteemed an excellent Latin poet in the sixteenth century.
He studied at Bologna under Alciat, and on his return to
France, wrote the greater part of his poems. The elogium
on Venice induced that republic to bestow upon him the
order of St. Mark, with the chain of gold of the order.
Henry III. of France also granted him letters of nobility,
and permitted him to add to his arms two fleur-de-lis of
gold. Notwithstanding these honours, he continued to
act as assessor at Orleans for the space of fifty years. He
died Dec. 24, 1598, aged about eighty years. “He wrote
” Roma, poema,“Paris, 1555, 4to. 2.
” Venetia, poema- r
Venice, Partenope,
” Paris,