Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: FuzÃ '' lÃ now had the chance to become a court poet under the Ottoman patronage system , and he composed a number of kasÃ des , or panegyric poems , in praise of the sultan and members of his retinue , and as a result , he was granted a stipend .
Simplified: FuzÃ '' lÃ now had the chance to become a court poet under the Ottoman patronage system , and he composed a number of poems in praise of the sultan , and as a result , he was granted a stipend .