VIE DE MOLIÈRE

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1. According to L. F. Bessara, Molière was born on the 15th of

January, 1622, and his mother's name was Cresset or Cressé.

Dissertation sur J. B. Poquclin.

11. In 1543 the Confrères de la Passion erected a théâtre on a plot

of ground which had originally belonged to the Dukes of

Burgundy.

21. Armand de Bourbon (1629-1688), son of Henry ii., Prince de

Condé, studied with Molière at the Collège de Clermont, now

Lycée Louis-le-Grand.

26. Chapelle, Claude Emmanuel Luillier (1621-1686) composed an

interesting work. Voyage en Provence et en Languedoc, to

which Bachaumont contributcd. François Bernier (1625-1688)

published his travels in 1670-1671.

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