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The major poetic work of Emilia Lanier - Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum - is an obviously underrated literary creation. Being a fully-fledged, ambitious and bold piece of verbal art, the poem is viewed as, perhaps, the first protofeminist work in the history of world literature, with stunning contemporary appeal. The first lady to have called herself a professional English poet is also known as one of the prototypes of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets.