Michel d'Esne, lord of Bétencourt. Born 16 January 1541; died at Tournai, 1 October 1614. Soldier, before becoming priest; bishop of Tournai in 1597. His literary production is limited to translations into French and to some French poems. Cf. Biographie Nationale [de Belgique], 6, 1878, Column 696; BB, II, pages 1049-1050 (biographical note and enumeration of known publications and/or contributions); A. Cioranesco, Bibliographie de la littérature française du seizième siècle, 1959, page 300.