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