“ In so long and so laborious a life Pasquier’s work was naturally considerable, and it has never been fully collected or indeed printed. The standard edition is that of Amsterdam (2 vols, fol., 1723) . But for ordinary readers the selections of Leon Feugere, published at Paris (2 vols. 8vo, 1849) , with an elaborate introduction, are most accessible. As a poet Pasquier is chiefly interesting as a minor member of the Pleiade movement. As a prose writer he is of much more account. ”

“ He continued until 1604 at his work in the chambre des comptes; then he retired. He survived this retirement more than ten years, producing much literary work, and died after a few hours’ illness on the 1st of September 1615. ”