Jean Sirmond

Jean Sirmond (v. 1589 with Riom - 1649 with Riom) is a poet néo-Latin and French man of letters, Historiographe of Louis XIII.

Its life and its work

He is known especially for the combat which he will carry out all his life against Mathieu de Morgues, known as the sior of Saint-Germain, in favor of Marie de Médicis and author of make out against Richelieu. Jean Sirmond answers it by a series of small works which he writes under various pseudonyms, such as Julius Pomponius Dolabella, the faithful French or Sieur of the Mountains.

It estoit nephew of the P. Sirmond Jesuit, Confessor of the King Louis XIII, & one of the more savans men of our century. It came to the Court, & by the favor of the Cardinal of Richelieu, which it estimoit one of the best writers who were then, it was made Historiographe of the King, with twelve taxable quotas ecus of appointemens.

At the time of his stay with Paris, Jean Sirmond collaborates in the drafting of the statutes of the French Academy, of which it becomes one of the first members in 1634. He is also the author of a Vie of the Cardinal of Amboise , published in 1631, and he writes Latin poems, which will be published only in posthumous title, in 1653. After the death of the king and the cardinal, it Re is withdrawn in its native Auvergne, depity to find itself without support after having fought so much.

Paul Pellisson paid to Jean Sirmond a personal homage which also constitutes a testimony on the evolution of the French language, of which some have as him it feeling which it is from now on sufficiently “reasonable” to be worthy to replace Latin and the Greek like at the same time erudite and literary language. He writes:

I will add here by a species of recognition, that one of its works is one of the first things, which gave me taste for our Language. I étois coldly left the College: one me présentoit I does not know how much Novels, & other new parts, of which any young person, & any child that I étois, I laissois not of me mocquer, always returning to my Cicéron, & my Terence, that I trouvois much more reasonable. Lastly, it fell to me almost at the same time four books Jean Sirmond between the hands. As of-at the time, I non-seulement started not to scorn the Francoise Language more; but still to like it passionately, to study it with some care, & to believe, as I make still today, than with genius, time, & work, one pouvoit to make it capable of all things.

Works

Goods and Vrays Advis of faithful François. In Mal-contans withdraw Court (1590)
Pitarchie Frenchwoman or answer to the vain complaints of the malcontens (1615)
Discours in Roy on the excellence of its incomparable virtues and its heroic actions (1624)
the deciphered Letter (1627). Praise of Richelieu.
Advertissement with the provinces on new the mouvemens of the kingdom (1631)
Life of the Cardinal of Amboise, in continuation of which are traictez some poincts on the businesses present (1631)
the Blow of estat of Louys XIII (1631)
the Defense of the king and of his ministers against proclamation that under the name of Mister one makes courre among the people (1631)
the Man of the pope and the roy, or Distributed true on the libelous charges of one makes out defamatory sown against its Holiness and its Majesty très-chrestienne (1634)
It Wish of Cid in favor of Scudéri: a pair of glasses to better do its observations (1637). Documents on the quarrel of the Cid .
the Dream deffaicte, or Refutation of one makes out seditious tending to disturb Estat, under pretext of prevent there a schism (1640)

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