 A Literary Polish language breakthrough came under the influence of the Reformation with the writings of Mikołaj Rej.In his "Brief Discourse", a satire published in 1543, he defends a serf from a priest and a noble, but in his later works he often celebrates the joys of the peaceful but privileged life of a country gentleman.Rej, whose legacy is his unbashful promotion of the Polish language, left a great variety of literary pieces.