Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640) was a Polish

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Daniel Naborowski was born in

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. Like many Polish noblemen of the time, he was a Calvinist by faith. His education took place not only in Kraków, but also in

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(1590–1593) and

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(1593–1595). In Basel he studied medicine, in

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he learned military engineering. Once he returned to the

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, he joined the court of

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Janusz Radziwiłł, where he became his secretary and physician. He was also magnate's diplomatic envoy, and often traveled abroad. After Janusz death, he moved to the court of his relative Krzysztof Radziwiłł. He died in

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, where near the end of his life, he was appointed the city's judge. Although some of his works were published in the 17th century (like ''On the eyes of the English princess who was married to Frederick, the pfaltzgrave of Rhein, elected the king of Bohemia'', published in 1621), the majority of his poems were published only in 1961. Besides poems, Naborowski was a translator, and wrote letters, epitaphs, trifles and laments, mostly praising the country's peaceful life in the spirit of sarmatism. He translated three sonnets by

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.See: Daniel Naborowski, Poezje wybrane. Wyboru dokonał i opracował Krzysztof Karasek, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warsaw 1980, p. 127-129. He used in these poems Polish alexandrine instead of hendecasyllable, starting thus long tradition of writing sonnets in 13(7+5) metre.

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