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Nicolaus Grudius

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Nicolaus Grudius (1504–1570) was a Dutch Neo-Latin poet.

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  • Pergit opus Veneris variis disponere formis,
    Et docilem molli flectere ab arte natem,
    Dum quaesita Venus totis guttata medullis
    Perfluat, et dulci laxa labore cadat.
    • Describing Julia, the mistress of Johannes Secundus. Letter to Hadrianus Marius and Johannes Secundus, Mechlin, 29 May 1532. — Clifford Endres, Johannes Secundus: The Latin Love Elegy in the Renaissance (Hamden, CT: Archon Books, Shoe String Press, 1981), p. 25
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