'Scarron', (c1610- 1660), 1830. Paul Scarron (c1610- 1660) French poet, dramatist and libertine novelist born in Paris. First husband of Francoise d'Aubigne who secretly married King Louis XIV of France, he became crippled in 1638 and took opium to relieve the pain. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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