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Missa l'Homme Armé, the Mass of the Armed Man,
... a mass for this day and age.
...It is useful to note that the first appearance of the song was exactly contemporaneous with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (1453), an event which had a huge psychological effect in Europe; composers such as Guillaume Dufay composed laments for the occasion...
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[TH]Original French
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[TH]English
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[TD]L’homme armé doibt on doubter.
On a fait partout crier
Que chascun se viegne armer
D’un haubregon de fer.
L’homme armé doibt on doubter.
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[TD]The armed man should be feared.
Everywhere it has been proclaimed
That each man shall arm himself
With a coat of iron mail.
The armed man should be feared.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27homme_arm%C3%A9
[video=youtube;ibSeyIbNGYA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibSeyIbNGYA[/video]
... a mass for this day and age.
...It is useful to note that the first appearance of the song was exactly contemporaneous with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (1453), an event which had a huge psychological effect in Europe; composers such as Guillaume Dufay composed laments for the occasion...
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[TH]Original French
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[TD][/TD]
[TH]English
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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]L’homme armé doibt on doubter.
On a fait partout crier
Que chascun se viegne armer
D’un haubregon de fer.
L’homme armé doibt on doubter.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]The armed man should be feared.
Everywhere it has been proclaimed
That each man shall arm himself
With a coat of iron mail.
The armed man should be feared.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27homme_arm%C3%A9
[video=youtube;ibSeyIbNGYA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibSeyIbNGYA[/video]