Author; born in
Vervins, France, in 1590.
When, in 1606,
Poutrincourt, who founded
Port Royal, in
Acadia, returned from
France with a company of artisans and laborers, he was accompanied by
Lescarbot, who had then become known as a lawyer, poet, and writer of a
History of New France, published in 1609.
He came to assist
Poutrincourt in establishing his colony on a firm basis.
While
Champlain and
De Monts were looking for a milder climate farther south,
Lescarbot took charge of the fort.
With great energy he planted, builded, and wrote rhymes, and infused into his subordinates some of his own energy.
When
Champlain returned, he was greeted by a theatrical masque, composed by the poet, in which
Neptune and his Tritons welcomed the mariner.
The dreary winter that followed was enlivened by the establishment of an “Order of good times” by
Lescarbot, the duties of the members consisting in the preparation of good cheer daily for the table.
In the spring the colonists were summoned to
France by a revocation of their charter.
Lescarbot died about 1630.