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Poem
November 18, 1773
The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Latin verse letter to Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, lamenting the Boston Massacre bloodshed and advising gentle treatment of the people to earn lasting praise.
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For the Massachusetts SPY.
Viro Valde Honorando
Domino
Thomae Hutchinsono, Armigero,
G. P. M. B.
peritus
Artibus omnimodis Patrium defenderet tristam
Inspice tu lacrymas multo cum sanguine mistas,
Martij et has quinto defusos limite nostro!
Dum Mater Sobolem luxit, fratremq: sororq:
Regalis platea atq: fuit foedata cruore!
Jamq: dies Caedis nobis memorabilis esto,
Quo Juvenes nostri ceciderunt Mortis abilu!
Hostibus armatis his nuper ab Urbe remotis,
Wilhelmi, precor, ut semper sint Arce reposti!
Hic rumor sed enim nostris jam panditur Oris,
Quòd rixis Vulgi vexatus tu meditaris
Militiae Martis ubiò punire per arma
Innocuos nocuis! verbum tibi fatur amicus-
Siste parumper, enim Sapiens bene cogitat omnis
Mente, priùs fe festinum impellit ad actum!
Aspice, si vis, placido, verbisq: benignis
Tractare hunc populum, quoq: nunc relevare
onerumq:
Pondera--Laus, inquam, merito permagna
manebit
Tunc tibi--Posteritas tecumq: vivet honore.
Sic precatur Poeta
SOPHOCLES.
Viro Valde Honorando
Domino
Thomae Hutchinsono, Armigero,
G. P. M. B.
peritus
Artibus omnimodis Patrium defenderet tristam
Inspice tu lacrymas multo cum sanguine mistas,
Martij et has quinto defusos limite nostro!
Dum Mater Sobolem luxit, fratremq: sororq:
Regalis platea atq: fuit foedata cruore!
Jamq: dies Caedis nobis memorabilis esto,
Quo Juvenes nostri ceciderunt Mortis abilu!
Hostibus armatis his nuper ab Urbe remotis,
Wilhelmi, precor, ut semper sint Arce reposti!
Hic rumor sed enim nostris jam panditur Oris,
Quòd rixis Vulgi vexatus tu meditaris
Militiae Martis ubiò punire per arma
Innocuos nocuis! verbum tibi fatur amicus-
Siste parumper, enim Sapiens bene cogitat omnis
Mente, priùs fe festinum impellit ad actum!
Aspice, si vis, placido, verbisq: benignis
Tractare hunc populum, quoq: nunc relevare
onerumq:
Pondera--Laus, inquam, merito permagna
manebit
Tunc tibi--Posteritas tecumq: vivet honore.
Sic precatur Poeta
SOPHOCLES.
What sub-type of article is it?
Verse Letter
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Political
Liberty Independence
What keywords are associated?
Thomas Hutchinson
Boston Massacre
Latin Verse
Political Advice
Massachusetts Bay
What entities or persons were involved?
Sophocles
Poem Details
Author
Sophocles
Subject
To Thomas Hutchinson On The Boston Massacre
Key Lines
Jamq: Dies Caedis Nobis Memorabilis Esto, Quo Juvenes Nostri Ceciderunt Mortis Abilu!
Aspice, Si Vis, Placido, Verbisq: Benignis Tractare Hunc Populum, Quoq: Nunc Relevare Onerumq: Pondera Laus, Inquam, Merito Permagna Manebit Tunc Tibi Posteritas Tecumq: Vivet Honore.