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Most early texts in Polish vernacular were influenced heavily by the Latin sacred literature.

They include Bogurodzica ( Mother of God ), a hymn in praise of the Virgin Mary written down in the 15th century though popular at least a century earlier.

Bogurodzica served as a national anthem.

It was one of the first texts reproduced in Polish on a printing press ; and so was the Master Polikarp's Conversation with Death ( Rozmowa mistrza Polikarpa ze śmiercią ).