(Mark-Anthony-Gerard, sieur de St.), a French poet, was born at Roan in Normandy in 1594. In the epistle dedicatory to the third part of his works, he tells us, that his father commanded a squadron of ships in the service of Elizabeth queen of England for 22 years; and that he was for three years prisoner in the Black Tower at Constantinople. He mentions also, that two brothers of his had been killed in an engagement against the Turks. His own life was spent in a continual succession of travels, which was of no advantage to his fortune. There are miscellaneous poems of this author, the greatest part of which are of the comic or burlesque, and the amorous kind. Though there are many blemishes in his poems, yet he had the talent of reading them in so agreeable a manner, that every one was charmed with them. In 1650, he published "Stances sur la groffesse de la reine de Pologne et de Suede." There are six stanzas of nine verses each. In 1653, he printed his "Moise sauvé, idylle heroïque." This poem had at first many admirers: Monf. Chapelain called it a speaking picture; but it has since fallen into contempt. Amand wrote also a very devout piece, intitled "Stances à M. Corneille, sur son imitation de Jésus Christ," which was printed at Paris in 1656. Mr Brofette says that he wrote also a poem upon the moon, wherein he paid a compliment to Lewis XIV. upon his skill in swimming, in which he used often to exercise himself when he was young, in the river Seine; but the king could not bear this poem to be read to him, which is said to have affected the author to such a degree, that he did not survive it long. He died in 1661, being 67 years of age. He was admitted a member of the French academy, when it was first founded by cardinal Richlieu, in the year 1633, and Mr Pelition informs us, that, in 1637, at his own desire, he was excused from the obligation of making a speech in his turn, on condition that he would compile the comic part of the dictionary which the academy had undertaken, and collect the burlesque terms. This was a talk well suited to him; for it appears by his writings that he was extremely conversant in these terms, of which he seems to have made a complete collection from the markets and other places where the lower people resort.

(St.), a city of France, in Bourbonois, on the confines of Berry, seated upon the river Cher. It was built in 1410 on the ruins of Orval. E. Long. 3. 30. N. Lat. 46. 32.

(St.), a city of the Low Countries, in the earldom of Flanders, seated upon the river Scarpe. It contains about 600 houses, and 3000 or 4000 inhabitants. The abbot of the place is the temporal lord, and disposes of the magistracy. It was given to France by the treaty of Utrecht. E. Long. 2. 35. N. Lat. 50. 27.

AMANICÆ PYLÆ, (Ptolemy); AMANIDES PY-