Vladislav Menčetić or Minčetić (Dubrovnik, ~1617—Dubrovnik, 1666) was a Croatian poet and politician from the Republic of Ragusa.
Writing during the baroque period, he was a part of the Ragusan nobility which opposed the idea of the Ottoman Empire having supremacy over Dubrovnik.
The work was dedicated to the Ban of Croatia, Petar Zrinski, whom he highly elevated in his poetic vision, even to the point of ascribing the future liberation of Constantinople to him.
[2] "Od robstva bi davno u valihpotonula Italijao harvackijeh da se žalihmore otmansko ne razbija.
"Italy would have sunk into the deep waves from slavery if the Ottoman sea hasn't been streaking into the Croatian seashore.