The oldest extant literary text in the Maltese language is Pietru Caxaro's poem, "Il-Kantilena" (circa 1470 to 1485) (also known as "Xidew il-Qada"), followed by Gian Francesco Bonamico's sonnet of praise to Grand Master Nicolò Cotoner, "Mejju gie' bl'Uard, u Zahar" "(The month of May has arrived, with roses and orange blossoms"), circa 1672. The earliest known Maltese dictionary was written by Francois de Vion Thezan Court (circa 1640). In 1700, an anonymous Gozitan poet wrote "Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija" "(Unfortunately Innocent)". A Maltese translation of the Lord's Prayer appeared in Johannes Heinrich Maius's work "Specimen Lingua Punicæ in hodierna Melitensium superstitis" (1718). A collection of religious sermons by a certain Dun Ignazio Saverio Mifsud, published between 1739 and 1746, is now regarded as the earliest known Maltese prose. An anonymous poem entitled "Fuqek Nitħaddet Malta" "(I am talking about you, Malta)", was written circa 1749, regarding the uprising of the slaves of that year. A few years later, in 1752, a catechism entitled "Tagħlim Nisrani ta' Dun Franġisk Wizzino" "(Don Francesco Wizzino's Christian Teachings)" was published in both Maltese and Italian. The occasion of Carnival in 1760 saw the publication of a collection of burlesque verses under the heading "Żwieġ la Maltija" "(Marriage, in the Maltese Style)", by Dun Feliċ Demarco.