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Jean Passerat (1534–1602)
Passerat, Jean (päs-ėr-ä’). A French poet and scholar; born at Troyes, 1534; died at Paris, 1602. Among his works are: ‘Verses of Love and the Chase’; ‘Metamorphosis of a Man into a Bird’; he wrote a complete commentary on Rabelais’s works, but shortly before his death committed it to the flames.