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A French satirist; born at Chartres, Dec. 21, 1573; died at Rouen, Oct. 22, 1613. He is famed for his "Satires" (1608), sixteen in number, in which he imitated Horace, Juvenal, and Martial. He also wrote a number of epistles and elegies. Editions of his works have appeared in 1853, 1862, 1867, and 1875.
By Charles Dudley Warner
