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Poem #61

Epitaphium Sigismundi regis
written 1548-04-01 — 1548-08-22 first edition 1548-08-22

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 23, No. 2858, f. 219v-220r


Early printed source materials:
1MACIEJOWSKI 1548 (Sancti Poloniae etc. Regis Sigismundi Primi epitaphium) p. - (in extenso)
2MACIEJOWSKI 1550 (Sancti Poloniae etc. Regis Sigismundi Primi epitaphium) p. 94v-95r (in extenso)
3JANOCKI 1746 p. 18-19 (in extenso)
4DANTISCUS 1764 (Epitaphium Sigismundi Primi regis Poloniae) p. 164-165 (in extenso)

Prints:
1DANTISCUS 1938 (Nagrobek Zygmuntowi I królowi polskiemu) No. 22, p. 200-201 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
2Dantisci Carmina (Epitaphium Sigismundi Regis) No. 47, p. 216-217 (in extenso)
3DANTISCUS 1973, 1987 (Epitaphium Sigismundi regis / Epitafium dla króla Zygmunta) p. 100-101 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)

 

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Sigismundus in hoc iacet sepulcro,
Quod vivens sibi provide paravit
Primus Sarmatiae potens feracis
Hoc rex nomine, quem Iagelliana
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Ex magnis ducibus vetus propago
Gestis, iustitia fideque clarum
Produxit. Quibus et diu Polonos
Rexit magnanimos eosque multis
Auxit divitiis honoribusque
10
Et tot magnificis ubique passim
Structuris, ut in hac patescit arce,
In templis et item Deo dicatis.
Armis atque toga probe per omnes
Insignis procul inde nationes,
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Veri cultur erat, tenax honesti
Et prudens, sapiens, pius, modestus,
In cunctis ratione semper usus,
Non praeceps neque concitus notatus.
Tandem transiit hinc bis octo lustris,
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Ex hoc pondere corporis, peractis.
Sancte sicut in hoc agebat, hoc sic
Est tiam tempore mortuusque sancte,
Christus quo tumulum die reliquit,
Coniunctus superum beatitati.