Like the rest of the briard population, they are fine fellows, tall, with regular features and frank good-humoured countenances.
"Holidays in Eastern France"
Matilda Betham-Edwards
Their leader, the vice-chancellor of the University, Jean briard of Ath, repeatedly expressed his approval of the edition of the New Testament, to Erasmus's great satisfaction.
"Erasmus and the Age of Reformation"
Johan Huizinga