His best work, II Pastor Fido, written in imitation of Tasso's Aminta, enjoyed an immense popularity, and has been frequently translated. The author died at Venice.
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Guarini, Giovanni Battista (1537-1612), a Ferrarese poet, was employed diplomatically by Alfonso II., of Ferrara, by Ferdinand de Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and by the Duke of Urbino.