BERULLE, ba-rtl, Pierre de, French cardinal: b. near Troyes, 4 Feb. 1575; d. Paris, 2 Oct. 1629. He early showed remarkable men tal acuteness and knowledge, and became dis tinguished for skill in controversy. He instituted, and was the first superior of, the order of Carmelites in France, and also founded the congregation of the Oratory notwithstand ing the opposition of the Jesuits. He was statesman as well as priest, as Ambassador to Spain negotiated the treaty of Monson (1626), and was for a time secretary of state. He -was often opposed to Richelieu, whose jealously he excited, and who could not conceal his satis faction at the news of his death. He accom panied the Princess Henrietta to England, on her marriage with the Prince of Wales. He shunned elevated positions, and was very un willingly obliged to accept the hat of a cardinaL This elevation made no difference, however, in his humble way of life, and did not prevent him from taking part, as he had always dont, in the servile work of the religious community to which he belonged. He was also a man
of letters, and was the first to appreciate and encourage the genius of Descartes, urging him, by his sense of obligation to his Creator, to make known to the world his discoveries, The most noted of his writings is 'Les grandeurs de Jesus.' BERVIC, Charles Clement, French engraver: b. Paris, 1756; d. 1822. The works of Bervic are among the best of the French school, but are not numerous. The most celebrated of them is the full length figure of Louis XVI, after a picture of Callet. The copies are very rare and dear, because the plate was broken to pieces in the revolutionary tumults of 1793. The exactness of his drawing, the firmness and brilliancy of his touch, the purity and correctness of his design, and the happiness with which he transferred to his plate the beauties of the original, gave a high char acter to his productions.