Great Britain edit

• Princess Elizabeth, Mirror of the Sinful Soul (translation of Marguerite de Navarre, Miroir de l'âme pécheresse)
• Sir David Lindsay (also spelled "David Lyndsay"), The Tragical Death of David Beton Bishoppe of Sainct Andrews, publication year uncertain^[1]
• Luke Shepherd:
  • Antipus^[1]
  • Doctour Doubble Ale, publication year uncertain; an anti-Catholic poem^[1]
  • John Bon and Mast Person, publication year uncertain; the author was imprisoned twice on account of this work^[1]
  • Pathos, publication year uncertain^[1]
  • The Upcheering of the Mass^[1]

Other edit

• Luigi Alamanni, Girone il Cortese, a poetical romance; Italian writer published in Paris, France
• Anna Bijns, Refrains, Netherlands, second edition (prior edition 1528, subsequent edition 1567)
• Francisco Robortelli, In Aristotelis poeticam explicationes, commentary reinterpreting Aristotle's Poetics for the humanist; Florence; criticism, (second edition 1555), Italy^[2]
• Thomas Sébillet Art poëtique françoys, on French verse; criticism^[3]

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Luis Barahona de Soto (died 1595), Spanish poet and physician
• Juraj Baraković (died 1628), Croatian Renaissance poet from Zadar
• Giles Fletcher, the Elder (born 1548 or 1549) (died 1611), English poet and diplomat
• Edward Grant (died 1601), English scholar, poet, and headmaster of Westminster School
• Cornelis Ketel (died 1616), Dutch Mannerist painter, poet and orator
• Jean de La Ceppède (died 1623), French poet
• Karel van Mander (died 1606), Flemish-born Dutch painter and poet
• Geoffrey Whitney (died 1601), English poet
• Ma Xianglan (died 1604), Chinese artist, playwright, poet and calligrapher; a woman^[4]

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Zâtî (born 1471), Turkish poet who taught and greatly influenced Bâkî
• John Bellenden (born 1500), English
• Johannes Dantiscus (born 1485), bishop and poet known as the Father of Polish Diplomacy

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature