François Maynard

He became secretary to Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV of France, for whom his early poems are written.

On his return to France he made many unsuccessful efforts to obtain the favor of Cardinal Richelieu, but was obliged to retire to Toulouse.

He never ceased to lament his exile from Paris and his inability to be present at the meetings of the Académie française, of which he was one of the earliest members.

[1] His works consist of odes, epigrams, songs and letters, and were published in 1646 by Mann le Roy de Gomberville.

This fortunate merchant of boots Owns a park, close to my home, Of which the fountains and the grottos Are worthy of the houses of the king.