AUBIGNE, THEODORE AGRIPPA D' French poet and historian of his own time, was born at St. Maury, Saintonge, the son of a Huguenot gentleman, one of the conspirators of Amboise. He was sent, at the age of 14, to Geneva, but in a year's time had joined the Huguenot army in France. He served Henry IV. both in the field and in the coun cil chamber, though his rough manners and habit of outspoken criticism made his career at court rather a chequered one. In 1620 he was compelled to leave France in consequence of the publication of his Histoire universelle depuis 1550 jusqu'a l'an 16o1. The first two volumes appeared in 1616 and 1618, and the third, which was ordered to be burned by the common hang man, in 1619. The book is a lively account of the camp and court life of the time, valuable because of the author's first-hand knowledge of the events described. Aubigne found a secure retreat at Geneva for the last ten years of his life.