Pierre de Ronsard
He enjoyed immense popularity until the appearance of Joachim du Bellay's "Défense et illustration..." in 1549, where Saint-Gelais was not excepted from the scorn poured on contemporary poets. He attempted to ridicule the innovators by reading aloud the "Odes" of Pierre de Ronsard with burlesque emphasis before Henry II, when the king's sister, Marguerite de Valois, seized the book and read them herself.