A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Barbe de Verrue
BARBE DE VERRUE,
A French improvisatrice, was an illegitimate child born of obscure parents. The count de Vemie adopted her after she became famous and gave her his name. She was called a troubadouresse, or female troubadour; and she travelled through towns and cities singing her own verses, by means of which she acquired a considerable fortune. She sung the stories of Griselidis; of William with the Falcon; of Ancassin and Nicolette; and a poem entitled. The Gallic Orpheus, or Angelinde and Cyndorix, which related to the civilization of the Gauls. Barbe lived to a very advanced age, travelled a great deal, and, although not beautiful, had many admirers. She flourished in the thirteenth century.