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Hecatodistichon

1550 poem by the Seymour sisters

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Hecatodistichon was a poem written in 1550 by the Seymour sisters, Jane, Anne and Margaret. It was England's first female-authored encomium, the only work by Englishwomen published in Latin in the 16th century, and the only work by any Englishwomen published in any language before the 1560s.

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Hecatodistichon was a poem written in 1550 by the Seymour sisters, Jane, Anne and Margaret. It was England's first female-authored encomium, the only work by Englishwomen published in Latin in the 16th century, and the only work by any Englishwomen published in any language before the 1560s.

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