PHILIPPE See also:

• PHILIPPE DESPORTES (1546-1606)

DESPORTES (1546-1606)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres in 1546 . As secretary to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Le See also:

• PUY

Puy he visited See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where he gained a knowledge of See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• POETRY

poetry afterwards turned to See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . On his return to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France he attached himself to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, and followed him to See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw on his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election as See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . Nine months in Poland satisfied the civilized See also:

• DESPORTES, PHILIPPE (1546-1606)

Desportes, but in 1574 his See also:

• PATRON

patron became king of France as See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III . He showered favours on the poet, who received, in See also:

• REWARD

reward for the skill with Which he wrote occasional poems at the royal See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request, the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Tiron and four other valuable benefices . A good example of the See also:

• LIGHT

light and dainty See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse in which Desportes excelled is furnished by the well-known See also:

• VILLANELLE

villanelle with the refrain " Qui premier s'en repentira," which was on the lips of Henry, duke of See also:

• GUISE
• GUISE, HOUSE OF

Guise, just before his tragic See also:

• DEATH

death . Desportes was above all an imitator . He imitated See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch, See also:

• ARIOSTO, LODOVICO (1474-1533)

Ariosto, See also:

• SANNAZARO, JACOPO (1458-1530)

Sannazaro, and still more closely the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor Italian poets, and in 16o4 a number of his plagiarisms were exposed in the Rencontres See also:

• DES

des See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses de France et d'Italie . As a sonneteer he showed much See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and sweetness, and See also:

• ENGLISH

English poets borrowed freely from him . In his old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age Desportes acknowledged his ecclesiastical preferment by a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms remembered chiefly for the brutal mot of See also:

• MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE (1555-1628)

Malherbe: " Votre potage vaut mieux que vos psaumes." Desportes died on the 5th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 16o6 . He had published in 1573 an edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works including Diane, See also:

• LES

Les Amours d'Hippolyte, Elegies, Bergeries, fEuvres chretiennes, &c . An edition of his fEuvres, by See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred Michiels, appeared in 1858 .