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Bellay

[ be-ley ]

noun

  1. Jo·a·chim du [zhaw-, a, -, keem, d, y], c1525–60, French poet.


Bellay

/ bɛlɛ /

noun

  1. BellayJoachim du15221560MFrenchWRITING: poet Joachim du (ʒɔaʃɛ̃ dy). 1522–60, French poet, a member of the Pléiade


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Du Bellay here refers to the unhappy political state of France during his short life of thirty-six years.

He was afterwards attached to the suite of Cardinal du Bellay-Langey.

On the 18th June, Du Bellay writes that it had made its appearance within these four days.

Du Bellay writes again in July that only four men in Wolseys great house remained well.

Pettie, as we see, wished Du Bellay's advice to be followed, and Rome to be "plundered."

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