- Author:
- Payard, Francois
- Publication Info:
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London:
Printed for the Hakluyt Society,
1887,
pg XVIII
Text on page XVIII
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INTRODUCTION.
Pierre were brothers, the fact that Pierre was a literary and philosophical Jesuit1 would seem to indicate that Frangois had received, at least, a fair education. Of Ms youth or life, however, previous to is departure for India, he himself discloses nothing; nor has the diligence of local antiquaries succeeded m gleaning any facts relating either to him or to any descendants of his family.2
Pierre Pyrard attained considerable eminence in the Society of s as a professor of theology and philosophy. He was a director ocea a r^118 *lmes ^e colleges of Pau and Limoges, and on one He is ^ePresen^ec^ kis province at a General Assembly at Rome. Trim8 6 aU*k.Ar a single controversial work, Respomum ad died at^P^ 7^n^st,r%m Valvinianum, Burdigalse, 1616, 8vo. He
|xni1_ rc* ^Pr*l 1667, aged 87 (Bibliotheca Sotwelliana;
Haureau, Hut. Lit du . A m) ^
annoai- *.lCeA Pyrard, which add nothing to our information,
mst ui- ** *m. i, P. ^ stePh.
Society ,1 ea^nayj Bu*oire de Laval, 1856, 8vo.; Bulletin de la
iHa 1867 ^
M T T - waire de la Mayenne, 1841, p. 36 (article by
Desportes. 6 MM^LefTV BibUograPhie du Maine 1845 N search for traces of th/f i ad B6rangerie have made every awithout success Tho t a thA neighbourhood of Laval but which currency had Amer adVertS t0 a 8trangS mistakea t0 generally well versed ina" glV8a ** Ma Ferdinand Denis a wrlter Saint-Genois, in his that An6 BarAn ^
claimed Pyrard as a (1846a 2 VAl8'a 12ma)a
that his family still Taa at Stembert near Verviers,and
statement was based ** the villaSes near that Plaoe- The
Pyrard, made by the AbKV claim of descenfc from
Tribunal at Litee M n In yraUa *he Revolutlonary
sin Pittoresque of March llfifi ^ ^ ^ a the
the Belgian myth M t A a a a A An aCaUn8 a endor8ed
Pyrard, wrote to Vtw Ta Whil6 PreParinA his Paper An * Denis, and appealed from Saint-Genois toPyrard, wrote to Vtw Ta Whil6 PreParinA his Paper A n * Denis, and appealed from Saint-Genois to
