mention'd in another Place ( 1 ), the Occafion which oblig'd him to retire into Italy. I now add, That being at Rome, and frequenting the House of the French Ambaffador, who was the Marefchal d'Eftrees, he was made Secretary to the Embafly (2). I don't know for what Reafon he was angry with Cardinal Mazarine; but 'tis certain, that he spoke very ill of his Eminency, in a POEM which he publifh'd in the Year 1655. The Cardinal receiv'd the Infult with a great deal of Mildness, and was fo eafily fatisfy'd with the Excufes of the Author (3), that he promis'd him an Abby. The POEM I fpeak of, contains fome things which Mr. Baillet (4) condemns very much. The Abbot Quillet writ fome other Books (5), which have not been publish'd.. NOTES. રં (1) Monfieur Bayle in his Dictionary, under the Article of GRANDIER, (who was burnt as a Magician, for poffeffing the Urfuline Nuns at Loudun) cites the following Paffage out of the Sorberiana, pag. 172. That Monf. Quillet challeng'd the Devil of thofe Nuns, and made 'him fpeechlefs, and that all the Devil's Craft was nonplus'd: That Mr. Laubardemont was ' offended at it, and iffued out a Warrant against Quillet; who perceiving that this Mummery was carried on by Cardinal Richlieu, to intimidate the late King, (this is a wrong Expreffion; it fignifies Henry IV. but the Au thor means Lewis XIII.) who was naturally very fearful of the Devil, thought it was not fafe for him to be at Loudun, or in France, and went into Italy. Naude confirms what concerns the Disgrace of this Challenger. Thefe are his Words: (Dial. de Mafcurat, pag. 310.) Duncam and Quillet having oppos'd the Impofture of the "Nuns of Loudun; the former was reprimanded for it, and feverely threaten'd by Cardinal Richlieu; and the latter was forc'd to go and 'ferve the Marquis de Cœuvre at Rome.' (2) This Place was contended for by Mr. de Lionne; but Quillet carried it, and de Lionne put himself into the Service of Cardinal Mazarine, for want of a better Employ ment, ment, and at Quillet's Refufal, who chose the worst, as the Event has verify'd it: For one died without raifing himself higher, and the other has been promoted to the chiefelt Places in the State. See Sorberiana, pag. 107. Dutch Edition. C (3) The Callipadia (fays the Menagiana, pag. 130, 131.) of Mr. Quillet, difguis'd under the Name of Calvidius Latus, is a very fine. Latin Poem. Being fomewhat difcontented, he inferted in it fome Verfes against Cardinal • Mazarine, and his Family. He printed that Book in Holland. The Cardinal being inform'd of it, fent to fpeak with Mr. Quillet, and inftead of fhewing any Refentment, he only complain'd very mildly of the little Regard he had fhewn for him in that Poem. You know, added he, that I have had an Efteem for you a long time, and if I have done nothing for you, 'tis becaufe importunate People get ali my Favours, but I now promife you the first Abby that fall be vacant. Mr. Quillet, affected with the Cardinal's Goodness, threw himself at his Feet, ask'd his Pardon, and promis'd to correct his Poem in fuch a manner as would please him; praying at the fame time, that he might dedicate it to him; which the Cardinal granted. Accordingly he printed the fecond Edition corrected, in 8vo. at Paris, 1656. and dedicated it to the Cardinal, who a little while before had given him a confiderable Abby; but Death prevented his enjoying of it long. The 'firft firft Edition, which is the most fcarce, was printed at Leyden in 4to, 1655; that of Paris is larger. (4) This Abbot (fays Mr. Baillet, Jug. de Poet. Tom. 5. pag. 61, 62.) being defirous to teach the Art of getting fine Children, has endeavour'd to reduce all the Precepts of his new Art into four Books, in Latin Verfe, intitled, Callipadia. Tho he does not tell the Publick from whence he had fo many Rarities, yet it appears, that for an Abbot he knew more of the Matter than the most experienc'd Laymen; and that he was able to teach Nature it felf. (According to the Menagiana above-mention'd, he was not an Abbot when he made that Poem.) 'Tis faid, that there are fome things in it finely touch'd: but that it contains • fome Descriptions concerning Generation, which are very infamous, and unbecoming a Man who has any Senfe of Modefty; and that he feems thro the whole Work to make a Pride of his 'reading of Petronius: and therefore the Praifes which Coftar beftow'd on the Callipadia, in a Letter to the Author, ('tis the 250th Letter of • Coftar's, Tom. 2. pag. 598, 599.) must be look'd upon as meer Compliments of Civility.' Since the first Edition of my Dictionary, I have read the Callipadia, printed at Paris in the Year 1656, which Mr. Bourdelot was pleas'd to fend me the Title of it runs thus, C. Quilleti Callipadia, feu de pulchra prolis habenda ratipne, Poema Didacticon. Cum uno & altero ejufdem Authoris Authoris carmine, (viz. ad Eudoxum Epiftola, in obitum Petri Gaffendi.) The Preface mentions the Verfes that are added to the Paris Edition, which are more in Number than those that were left out. 'Tis a very fine Piece as to the Verfification; the reading of Lucretius appears much more in it than that of Petronius. Those. who told Mr. Baillet, that the Author fpeaks very freely of what concerns Generation, were not miftaken; but it is not true, that this is unbecoming a Man who has any Senfe of Modesty ; for the Abbot Quillet fays nothing but what is to be found in many Books of Phyfick written by grave Authors. I don't know whether he had any other Mafters; but I am fure, that the reading of the most serious Writers is fufficient to teach one all the Precepts that he prefcribes. He is call'd Abbas Dudavillaus at the end of the Licence, and Abbas D. S. in the Epistle Dedica tory. (5) The Abbot de Marolles having mention'd (in the Enumeration of thofe who prefented him with Books) the Callipedia, and fome other French and Latin Verfes, which Quillet had fent to him, goes on thus: He had compos'd another large Poem in Latin, Intitled, HENRICIAS, in Honour of King Henry IV. but I don't know whether that Work, and his Translation of all the Satires of Juvenal into French Verfe, will ever appear in Print; fince the Editions of the best Poems, written by the moft excellent Poets, must be paid for now-a-days; and |