GILLES DURANT
\d͡ʒˈɪlz djˈʊ͡əɹənt], \dʒˈɪlz djˈʊəɹənt], \dʒ_ˈɪ_l_z d_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə_n_t]\
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A French poet; born in Clermont, 1554; died at Paris, 1615 (?). He tried his hand at every species of metrical composition,- odes, elegies, sonnets, and imitations of the Psalms; but his important work is contained in a "Menippean Satire", written to ridicule the League against Henry IV.,- the sub-title being "Lamentation for a Leagued Ass, that Died in 1590, when the States Were in Session".
By Charles Dudley Warner
