Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas was a Gascon Huguenot courtier and poet. Trained as a doctor of law, he served in the court of Henri of Navarre for most of his career. Du Bartas was celebrated across
Engraving of Du Bartas (Nicolas de Larmessin, possibly late 17th to early 18th century)
Château du Bartas (built 1569)
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Josuah Sylvester was an English poet.
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
…versed' in du Bartas' poetry was cited, for instance, by Thomas Winter in the dedicatory epistle of his translation of the Third Dayes Creation (1604). Joshua Sylvester dedicated his translation Devine Weekes and Workes (1605) to James, having presented a manuscript extract to the King in the previous year. Du Bartas…
Josuah Sylvester