of the
Hotel Rambouillet
, and was styled, for his acquired air of
bon ton
, the Voiture of Caen. In 1671 he was received by Mlle. de La Fayette. In 1676 he married a rich wife, at Caen, his native town, where he settled and revived the local 'Academy.' Among his works were translations into French verse of the
Æneid
and
Georgics
. In the dedication of his own translation of the
Æneid