BOURBON (Nicholas), a famous Latin poet in the
16th century, was a native of Vandœuvre near Langres,
and the son of a wealthy man who was master of several
forges. Margaret de Valois appointed him preceptor
to her daughter Jane d'Albret of Navarre, the mother
of king Henry IV. At length he retired to Conde,
where he had a benefice, and died about the year 1550.
He wrote eight books of Epigrams; and a poem on
the forge, which he has entitled Ferraria. He had
great knowledge of antiquity and of the Greek lan-
guage. Erasmus praises his epigrams.