Note 17 — Chapter VII
Archibald Lovell translation
François Tristan Thermite, 1601-1655, a French dramatist of importance. His tragedy of Mariamne, in date contemporary with Corneille's Cid, marks him as a predecessor of Racine in method and manner. He is also the author of fugitive verse, but neither that nor his plays make him quite worthy of Cyrano's exalted "Elogy."
He was compelled to pass the years 1614-1620 in England, on account of a duel fought at the age of thirteen!