MELCHIOR PUDLOWSKI
\mˈɛlkjə pʌdlˈə͡ʊskɪ], \mˈɛlkjə pʌdlˈəʊskɪ], \m_ˈɛ_l_k_j_ə p_ʌ_d_l_ˈəʊ_s_k_ɪ]\
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A Polish poet, who died about 1588. He studied at the University of Cracow, and afterwards became secretary of King Sigismund Augustus, being noted as a defender of the Catholic religion against the Protestants. His most noted writings are: "Lamentation and Admonition of the Polish Republic" (1561); "Dido to Aeneas"; "An Oration for the Republic and for Religion to the Magistrates of Poland" (1562); and "A Book of Trifles; That Is, Comic Poems" (1586).
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].