 He then proceeded to Paris, and the heart of the Latin Quarter, to the college de Dormans-Beauvais, where he had as master Jean Grangier, whom he afterwards ridiculed in his comedy "Le Pédant joué" ("The Pedant Tricked") of 1654.At the age of nineteen, he entered a corps of the guards, serving in the campaigns of 1639 and 1640.As a minor nobleman and officer he was notorious for his dueling and boasting.