Note 319 — Chapter IV · 1644 to 1649.

We have no knowledge of the Abbé de Croisy. We are inclined to believe that the copy of Conrart is here defective; and we propose to read the Abbé de Cerisy, Habert, of the French Academy—a wit then of some reputation, and author of works now forgotten; among others, Poésies Chrétiennes et diverses, dedicated to the Prince de Conti. He died in 1654, at the age of forty-four years.