Lescarbot Marc
Born at Vervins, near Laon, France, about 1570.
Studied law and called to the bar in 1599. The previous year delivered
two Latin orations before the papal legate sent by Clement VIII to
arrange the terms of the treaty of Vervins. Through Poutrincourt
(q.v.), who had been one of his clients, induced to sail for Port
Royal, 1606; and spent twelve months in the New World, returning to
France in 1607. While at Port Royal,
ook an active part in the work of
building, gardening, etc., spent much of his time hunting and fishing;
and in the evening read and composed many of the poems afterwards
included in his Muses de la Nouvelle France. On his return, set to
work to prepare his account of Acadia. Spent the years 1612 to 1614 in
Switzerland; married in 1619. Beyond this year, nothing is known of his
life. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Arrival of, at Port Royal, 35; useful in the colony,
37; returns to France, 37. =Bib.=: Histoire de la Nouvelle France,
Paris, 1609; 2nd ed., 1611; reprinted 1612; 3rd ed., 1618; reprint of
1612 issue, 1866. In 1907 the Champlain Society, Toronto, published a
new edition, with an English translation and notes by W. L. Grant, and
an introduction by H. P. Biggar. See also Demarsy, Notes sur Marc
Lescarbot; Parkman, Pioneers of France; Hannay, History of Acadia.