Original sentence: He was one of the first to write sonnets in the French language (preceded by Clément Marot and Mellin de Saint-Gelais).His work anticipated that of Pierre de Ronsard and Joachim du Bellay
Edited sentence: His work anticipated that of Pierre de Ronsard and Joachim du Bellay, but on the whole his poetry is inferior to that of his companions.However, he was one of the first to write sonnets in the French language (preceded by Clément Marot and Mellin de Saint-Gelais)