 Some of Josquin's compositions, such as the instrumental "Vive le roy", have been tentatively dated to the period around 1500 when he was in France.A motet, "Memor esto verbi tui servo tuo" ("Remember thy promise unto thy servant"), was, according to Heinrich Glarean writing in the "Dodecachordon" of 1547, composed as a gentle reminder to the king to keep his promise of a benefice to Josquin, which he had forgotten to keep.According to Glarean's story, it worked