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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste |
(g y m´ d sälüst´ dü bärtäs´) (KEY) , 1544–90, French poet. A Huguenot soldier under Henry IV, Du Bartas is known chiefly for his epic poems La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde (1578) and the unfinished La Seconde Sepmaine (1584). In lofty verse they retell the main events of the Bible from a Protestant viewpoint. |
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