Dissertation.

Jean de Meun holds his Romance of the Rose
Highly esteemed in substance and in meaning.
original: "Jehan de Meun tient son Rommant de la Rose / Fort estimé en substance & en sens." This rhyming couplet emphasizes the intellectual weight and moral value attributed to the work.

In another part of this Legend Referring to "La Légende de Pierre Faifeu" (1526) by Jean de Bourdigné, a work of verse chronicling the adventures of a trickster figure., we see that Bourdigné, who is the author, found much charm in this Romance:

No longer hear the songs of Pathelin,
[But of] Jean de Meun the great merriment.
original: "De Pathelin n'oyes plus les Cantiques, / De Jean de Meun la grand joliveté." Pathelin refers to "The Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin," the most famous comedic play of the French Middle Ages.

Jean Marot (f) expresses himself thus on the account of this Romance:

For as the Romance of the Rose says:
It is a text where no commentary belongs.
original: "Car comme dit le Roman de la Rose: / Qui est un texte où n'apartient de glose." Marot suggests the text is so perfect or self-evident that it requires no "gloss" or external explanation.

Clement Marot (t) thought in this regard the same as his father.

I have also read the Romance of the Rose,
Master in love.

Antoine de Baïf Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589) was a member of "La Pléiade," a group of influential Renaissance poets who sought to elevate the French language to the level of Classical Latin and Greek. made such a case for this Romance that he chose it to be the subject of a Sonnet that he addressed to Charles IX Charles IX (1550–1574) was King of France during a period of intense religious conflict, yet he remained a significant patron of the arts..

I transcribe it in full, because it gives a fairly accurate idea of this Romance.

Sire, beneath the discourse of an imagined dream,
Within this old Romance you will find deduced

(f) Entry of Louis XII into the City of Bresse. Jean Marot (c. 1463–1526) served as the court poet and secretary to Anne of Brittany and Louis XII.
(t) Elegy 16. Clement Marot (1496–1544) was a premier poet of the French Renaissance; his "Elegies" helped modernize the poetic form.