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Hadst thou been taken by foreign foes a prey

DMI number:
15769
First Line:
Hadst thou been taken by foreign foes a prey
Last Line:
Barbarians to their foes less cruel are
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Elegy, and Couplet
Themes:
Death, Fame, Music, and Violence
Related People
Translated from:
Melissus
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
Page No(s):
XXX.
Poem Title:
On the Death of Gondimel, the most excellent Musician of his Time, massacred at Lyons in 1572, because he was a Protestant. From the Latin of Melissus.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
Page No(s):
XXX.
Poem Title:
On the Death of Gondimel, the most excellent Musician of his Time, massacred at Lyons in 1572, because he was a Protestant. From the Latin of Melissus.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed