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Excerpt from Polyeucte, Martyr: Trag�die Chr�tienne
La famille Corneille �tait anciennement �tablie � Rouen, dans des charges qui ressortissaient au Palais ou � l'admi nistration provinciale. Le grand-p�re de Pierre Corneille1 �tait commis au greffe du Parlement. Le p�re de notre po�te �tait maitre des eaux et for�ts; il eut sept enfants, dont l'a�n�, le futur auteur du Cid, naquit'� Rouen le 6 juin 1606. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
