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Palladis Tamia; Wits Treasury is a commonplace book written by Francis Meres and published in 1598. This work is particularly valuable for its insights into Elizabethan poets and writers.1

Key aspects of Palladis Tamia:
* It contains an important list of William Shakespeare's plays known up to 1598.1
* Meres also notes the deaths of prominent Elizabethan writers such as Christopher Marlowe, George Peele, and Robert Greene.1
* The book offers a critical estimation of contemporary poets, famously calling Shakespeare "the most excellent in both kinds [comedy and tragedy] for the stage" and Geoffrey Chaucer "the God of English poets".1

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  1. Francis Meres
  2. The Defence of Poesie

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