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Polish language. In 1653 at age 30 he accompanied the Polish ambassador to
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Battista Giattini. Mesgnien-Meninski moved to Poland around 1647. In 1649, when aged in his late 20s, he published in Latin a grammar and tutorial for learning the
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General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons
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