 Complete the following phrase:  On 28 April 1578, he was made a gentilhomme ordinaire gentleman of the bed-chamber by the King of Navarre, as well as Governor of Mende. In July 1581, he retired in style to Uzès. The date of his death is not known precisely. The Marquis dAubais placed it at the start of 1584, but several attest that Merle was still living after the 