Omer Talon (~1510-1562) was probably a professor of rhetoric. Not much else is known about him. He was associated with Pierre de la Ramée and published as Audomarus Talaeus.
The Massacre at Paris
In [Scene 9] Talaeus tries in vain to persuade Ramus to flee. Retz recognises him as a Catholic and lets him go. (Talon died about 10 years before the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre.) Retz refers to Talaeus as a "bedfellow "1 from the Ramée. Marlowe in no way meant to imply a homosexual relationship between the two. "Bedfellow" had a completely different meaning back then. The bed was a much more public place than it is today. It was not only used for sleeping, but also for talking. A bedfellow was a confidant who could definitely influence one.2
- The Massacre at Paris. 9, 12↩︎
- Bray (1990)↩︎