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\mˈatθa͡ɪd͡ʒz də kˈastɪlˌiːn], \mˈatθaɪdʒz də kˈastɪlˌiːn], \m_ˈa_t_θ_aɪ_dʒ_z d_ə k_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_l_ˌiː_n]\
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A Dutch poet (1485-1550); born at Pamele (Oudenarde). He was the acknowledged lawgiver and pattern of all the Dutch rhetoricians of his time, in his "Art of Rhetoric". He composed many plays, but only two of them were published: one of these is the "Story of Pyramus and Thisbe". He wrote also "Ballads" and a volume of "Various Lays", in melodious verse.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.