French poet and philologer, specialized in Oriental languages. Castle of La Boderie (Normandy), 9 August 1541 - 1598. Studied oriental languages with Guillaume Postel at the College Royal. Came to Antwerp, with his brother Nicolas, to assist Arias Montanus with the Polyglot Bible (1568-1572). Appointed secretary and translator of foreign languages for Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, c. 1572, he resided afterwards mostly in Paris. After the death of the Duke he retired to Normandy. Cf. Dictionnaire des lettres françaises publié sous la direction de Mgr. G. Grente. Le 16me siècle, 1951, pages 436-437; A. Cioranesco, Bibliographie de la littérature française du seizième siècle, 1959, page 421; L. Voet, The Golden Compasses, I, pages 63 and 367.
See also: Bible (Polyglot, no. 644: VI. 4 and VIII. 18); Elementa Syriacae linguae, 1572 (no. cp010219); Severus, 1572 (no. cp010360).