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  Thomas Morus
ca. 1478 - 1535
     
   


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Hexastichon            
Anemolii poetae laureati            
Hythlodaei ex sorore nepotis            
in Vtopiam insulam            

                      Vtopia priscis dicta, ob in frequentiam,
                      Nunc ciuitatis aemula Platonicae,
                      Fortasse uictrix (nam quod illa literis
                      Deliniauit, hoc ego una praestiti,
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                      Viris & opibus, optimisque legibus)
                      Eutopia merito sum uocanda nomine.