Chapelain, a French poet, protégé of Richelieu, born at Paris; composed a pretentious poem on Joan of Arc, entitled “Pucelle,” which was laughed out of existence on the appearance of the first half, consisting of only 12 of the 24 books promised, the rest having never passed beyond the MS. stage (1595‒1674).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Chaos * Chapman, George