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He was known to spend time with writers such as Paul Scarron and Tristan l'Hermite.

Madame de Montespan has fallen; and a new reign has commenced under a woman, who is the enemy of that great bad man; but she also is a bigot, and the minister clearly sees that if he would remain a day in power he must link Madame Scarron to himself in some general plan which will identify their interests together.

But the unhappy woman herself has left behind her an unquestionable testimony to Madame Scarron's purity.

Scarron foresaw the brilliancy of the epoch, but he saw also that his own end was nigh.

"Passants, ne faites pas de bruit, De crainte que je ne m'�veille; Car voil� la premi�re nuit Que le pauvre Scarron sommeille."