This was a man who labouring hard did break his neck in twain
- DMI number:
- 24152
- First Line:
- This was a man who labouring hard did break his neck in twain
- Last Line:
- He broke his neck and broke his neck and broke his neck again
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- [('Homo fuit quondam; laborando qui fregit Collum')] Thus Translated.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.203
- Poem Title:
- Thus translated. [i.e. preceding Latin verse, "10."]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.203
- Poem Title:
- [10. ('Homo fuit quondam; laborando qui fregit collum: | Ille fregit collum, collum fregitq; suum.')] Thus translated.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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