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| | July 28th |
 | | Born: Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet, 1458, Naples; Joseph I, Emperor of Germany, 1678, Vienna. |
 | | Among the highest sums ever paid for poetical composition, must be included the 6000 golden crowns, given by the citizens of Venice to Sannazaro, for his six eulogistic lines on their city, thus translated by John Evelyn, the amiable author of Sylva. |
 | | Howel's lines on the 'stupendous site and structure' of London Bridge, are evidently imitations of Sannazaro's on Venice: |
| www.thebookofdays.com /months/july/28.htm (5055 words) |
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