Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas (* 1544; † 28 August 1590) was a Huguenot poet who had already been promoted by Jeanne III.. He was one of the advisers of Henri IV, who sent him on several diplomatic missions that took him to England and Scotland, among other places. He became famous with La Sepmaine (1578), an epic about the creation of the world. While he fell into oblivion in France from 1630, in other countries he influenced renowned authors such as Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Joost van den Vondel, Torquato Tasso and John Milton. James VI was a great admirer of La Sepmaine.
The Massacre at Paris
Bartas appears before [Scene 16]and after the battle of Coutras ( [Scene 17]) in the entourage of Henri de Navarre. In [Scene 20] Navarre sends him to Henri III to guarantee him the support of the King of Navarre in the fight against Guise. Bartas is also present at the death of Henri III ([Scene 24]).
