He abandoned the law to live at court and write verses. After his first successes, he became page in the household of Marguerite of Navarre, and continued to enjoy her protection and that of her brother, Francis I., though this could not save him, when accused of heresy because of the welcome that he gave to the ideas of the Reformation, from the necessity of twice fleeing to Italy for safety. In spite of some deeper notes and in spite of his translation of the first fifty Psalms, which is used in French Protestant churches, he was by no means a religious reformer. He was essentially a court poet, putting into graceful verse, ballades, rondeaux, epistles, epigrams, etc., the trifles, jests, sallies, and elegant badinage that delighted courtly society. Works: _l'Adolescence Clémentine_, 1532; _Oeuvres de Clément Marot_, Lyon, 1538; _Trente Psaumes de David_, 1541; _Cinquante Psaumes de David_, 1543 ; _les Oeuvres de Clément Marot_, Lyon, 1544; _Oeuvres complètes de Clément Marot_, par M. Guiffrey, 1876-81 (only part has appeared); _Oeuvres complètes_, par P. Jannet, 4 vols., 1868-72; _Oeuvres choisies_, par E. Voizard, 1890. For reference: E. Scherer, _Études littéraires sur la littérature contemporaine_, vol. viii; Emile Faguet, _le Seizième siècle_, 1893; H. Morley, _C. Marot and other studies_, London, 1871. RONDEAU. For the form see the remarks on versification. 20. SE DEMENOIT, _expressed itself_. 21. C'ESTOIT DONNÉ TOUTE LA TERRE RONDE, i.e. it was as if one had given. 23. "They loved each other for the heart alone." 24. SI A JOUIR ON VENOIT, _if one's love was returned_. 25. s'entretenoit, _kept faith_. 7 2. FEINCTS, _feints_. OYT, from _ouïr_. 3. Qui = _si quelqu'un_. ME FONDE, _rely_. PIERRE DE RONSARD. 1524-1585.