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there, he wishes only that his mistress’ name be repeated again 
and again. 
“And even with my last bequest, 
When I shall from this life depart, 
I geve to her I loved best 
My iust, my true, and faithful hart; 
Signed with hand as cold as stone 
Of him that living was her owne. 
The poem is gracefully written and is not without poetic 
merit. But the allegory of the tree is not carried out consist¬ 
ently. 
Turning to the continent for examples of the Testament of 
this period, we come first to Le Biscours du testament de la 
prinse de la ville de Guines (1558), 1 a satirical piece of verse 
by Anthoine Fauquel, a priest and native of Amiens. It is a 
satire against the English heretics. The writer takes his text 
from the book of Lamentations , “Vocavi amicos meos et ipsi 
deeeperunt me,” 2 .and makes the city tell of its desolate condi¬ 
tion and confess that its miseries are a retribution for its hav¬ 
ing acted dishonestly. 
The Testament of Melancthon (1560) is purely a confession 
of his Protestant faith. The testament frankly professes to be 
following the example of ancient worthies who wrote for their 
children and successors a “certum testimonium suae sententiate 
de religione.” 3 
( 'Le Testament de Henri de Valoys (1589), cited by Peig- 
not, has on its title page the note: “Satyre rare et virulente 
centre Uenrv III.” 4 Le Testament de Claude de Trellon 
(1597) is also described as satirical. 5 The Testament de Jean 
Clerberg (1594) makes a statue bequeath to its friend and 
neighbor, another statute, all the stones that had been thrown 
at it by the children of the town. 6 
Le Testament June jeune Courtesans and Le Testament 
1 Montaiglon, Recueil, IV, 314. 
2 Lam, I, 19. 
3 Peignot, I, 205; Commentarius de LutTieranismo, ed. Seckendorff, 
Frankfort and Leipsic, 1692. Ill, see. 21, par. 78, p. 269. 
4 Peignot, II, 282. 
s Peignot, II, 284. 
6 Peignot, II, 262. 
