or BUDÈS, Guillaume, descended of an ancient and illustrious family, was born at Paris in 1467. At an early age he was sent to the schools of Paris, which, however, were at that time so ill-managed, that Budæus took a dislike to them, and spent his whole time in idleness, till his parents sent him to the university of Orleans to study law. There he passed three years without adding to his knowledge; so that his parents, on recalling him to Paris, found his ignorance as great as before, and his aversion for study, and love of gaming and pleasure, much greater. Being heir to a large fortune, he was left to follow his own inclinations. He was passionately fond of hunting, and devoted himself to his horses, dogs and hawks. But when the fire of youth began to cool, he was seized with an irresistible passion for study, and having disposed of his hunting equipage, abandoned business of every description, and applied wholly to literature. Without any assistance, he made a rapid progress, particularly in the Latin and Greek languages. The work which gained him greatest reputation was his treatise De Arte, the first edition of which was published at Paris in 1514, in folio. To the advantages of erudition and high birth he united piety, modesty, gentleness, and good-breeding. He was greatly esteemed by the French king, Francis I., who often sent for him, and, at his persuasion, and that of Du Bellay, founded the royal college of France, for teaching the languages and sciences. He was sent by the king to Rome in the character of ambassador to Leo X., and in 1552 was made master of requests. The same year he was chosen provost of the merchants. He died at Paris in 1540. His works, extending to four volumes in folio, were printed at Basle in 1557.