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Poem #44

Epitaphium Mercurini Gattinarae 2
written [1530-06-06 — 1530-06-16] first edition 1531

Early printed source materials:
1Epitaphia (In funere Reverendiss(imi) D(omini) Mercurini a Gattinaria aliud eiusd(em)) p. B2r (in extenso)
2DANTISCUS 1764 (Aliud eiusdem [Epitaphium Mercurini Gattinariae Caroli V Augusti supremi Cancellarii]) p. 145 (in extenso)

Prints:
1DANTISCUS 1938 (Nagrobek Mercurinowi) No. 16. 2, p. 181 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
2Dantisci Carmina (Epitaphia Mercurini Gattinarae 2) No. 36. 2, p. 160 (in extenso)

 

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Hic iacet exemplum fidei, pietatis et aequi,
Atlantis nomen cui dedit ipse nepos,
Cui dedit ingenii vires et mentis acumen,
Eloquii gratum consiliique decus.
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In magnis igitur rebus prudenter agebat,
In quibus ille fuit mortis adusque diem.
Sic constans fideique tenax durabat in omnem
Eventum, fretus caesaris auspicio.
Nemo datis seu promissis hunc flexerat umquam,
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Nec Gallus rex, quo tempore captus erat.
Divitiae res sunt fluxae, bona fama superstes:
Vivida post cineres nescit in orbe mori.