16th Century Famous Poets

Adriaensz Bredero, Gerbrand - 1585 – 1618
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Alamanni, Luigi - 1495 – 1556
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Alexander Boyd, Mark - 1562 – 1601
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Arason, Jón - 1484 – 1551
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Arbuthnot, Alexander - 1538 – 1583
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Argensola, Lupercio Leonardo de - December 14, 1559 – March 1613
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Ariosto, Ludovico - 1474 – 1533
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Ayton, Robert - 1571 – 1638
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Aytoun, Sir Robert - 1570 – 1638
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Baba, Gül - died 1541
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Baïf, Jean-Antoine de - 19 February 1532 – 19 September 1589
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Barahona De Soto, Luis - 1535 – 159
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Barclay, Alexander - c. 1476 – 1552
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Barclay, John - 1582
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Barnes, Barnabe - 1569 – 1609
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Barnfield, Richard - 1574 – 1627
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Beaumont, Francis - 1584 – 1616
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Beaumont, Sir John - 1583 – 1627
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Berni, Francesco - 1497 – 1536
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Bertaut, Jean - 1552 – 1611
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Bihari-Lal, - 1595 – 1663
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Boissard, Jean Jacques - 1528 – 1602
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Boscán Almogaver, Juan - 1490 – 1542
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Bracciolini, Francesco - 1566 – 1645
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Bradshaw, Henry - 1450 – 1513
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Brathwait, Richard - 1588 – 1673
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Breton, Nicholas - 1545 – 1626
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Browne, William - 1590 – 1645
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Camoens, Luis Vaz De - 1524 – 1580
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Camphuysen, Dirk Rafelsz - 1586 – 1627
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Campion, Thomas - 1567 – 1619
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Carew, Thomas - 1595 – 22 March 1640
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Caro, Annibale - June 6, 1507 – November 17, 1566
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Castillejo, Cristóbal De - 1490 – 1556
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Celtes, Konrad - 1459 – 1508
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De - 1547 – 1616
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Cespedes, Pablo De - 1538 – 1608
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Cetina, Gutierre de - 1518 – 1572
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Chaloner, Sir Thomas - 1521 – 1565
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Chapelain, Jean - 1595 – 1674
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Chapman, George - 1559 – 1634
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Chastelard, Pierre De Bocsozel De - 1540 – 1563
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Chiabrera, Gabriello - 1552 – 1637
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Chrestien, Florent - 1541 – 1596
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Cigoli, Lodovico Cardi Da - 1559 – 1613
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Colonna, Vittoria - 1490 – 1547
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Constable, Henry - 1562 – 1613
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Corbet, Richard - 1582 – 28 July 1635
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Corte-Real, Jeronymo - 1533 – 1588
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Costanzo, Angelo Di - c 1507 – 1591
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Craig, Sir Thomas - 1538 – 1608
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d'Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa - February 8, 1552 – April 29, 1630
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Daniel, Samuel - 1562 – 1619
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Daurat, Jean - 1508 – 1588
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Davies, John - 1569 – 1626
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de Camões, Luís - c.1524 – 1580
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de Malherbe, François - 1555 – 1628
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de Ronsard, Pierre - 1524 – 1585
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de Saint-Gelais, Mellin - c. 1491 – 1558
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de Tyard, Pontus - c. 1521 – 1605
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Dekker, Thomas - 1572 – 1641
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del Alcázar, Baltasar - 1530 – 1606
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Della Casa, Giovann - 1503 – 1556
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Desportes, Philippe - 1546 – 1606
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Donne, John - 1572 – March 31, 1631
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Dorléans, Louis - 1542 – 1629
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Douglas, Gavin - 1474 – 1522
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Dousa, Janus - 1545 – 1604
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Drayton, Michael - 1563 – December 23, 1631
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du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste - 1544 – July 1590
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du Bellay, Joachim - c. 1522 – 1560
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Dunbar, William - c. 1460 – c. 1520
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Ercilla Zúñiga, Alonso de - August 7, 1533 – November 29, 1594
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Espinel, Vicente Martinez - 1551 – 1624
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Ezhuthachan, Thunchaththu Ramanujan - 1495 – 1575
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Fabricius, Georg - 516 – 1571
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Fairfax, Edward - c. 1580 – 1635
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Falcão, Christovão De Sousa - 1512 – 1557
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Faria Y Sousa, Manuel De - 1590 – 1649
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Ferreira, Antonio - 1528 – 1569
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Firenzuola, Agnolo - 1493 – c. 1545
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Fletcher, Giles - c. 1584 – 1623
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Fletcher, Phineas - 1582 – 1650
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Folengo, Teofilo - 1491 – 1544
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Ford, John - 1586 – 1639
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Fowler, William - c. 1560 – 1614
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Fracastoro, Girolamo - 1483 – 1553
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Franco, Veronica - 1546 – 1591
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Fraunce, Abraham - 1558 – 1633
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Frischlin, Philipp Nikodemus - 1547 – 1590
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Gascoigne, George - 1535 – 1577
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Giraldi, Giglio Gregorio - 1479 – 1552
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Giraldi, Giovanni Battista - 1504 – 1573
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Góngora y Argote, Luis de - 1561 – 1627
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Googe, Barnabe - 1540 – 1594
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Greene, Robert - 1558 – 1592
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Grimald, Nicholas - 1519 – 1562
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Gringoire, Pierre - 1480 – 1539
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Hawes, Stephen - died 1523
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Herbert, George - April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633
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