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[Two elegies]
Mihovil Vrančić
Abstract
The lady personifying Hungaria desperately calls the merciless Austria to account for her offensive action in 1527 and she asks the gods for help in her unfair situation. She describes her kingdom as being despoiled and destroyed by external and internal wars. If Hungaria finds no support and help from the Christian states, she will be compelled to ask for the help of her earlier enemy: who was her enemy once, will be her most important friend. Hungaria reminds the aggressor that even if she is in favour of the military and financial assistance of the lion (the Bohemian king, namely Ferdinand I), she will not be able to conquer her, indeed King John I will overcome both in the struggle.
The abandoned Hungaria, lacerated and plundered by calamities, is complaining again to the celestial gods. She, as the narrator of the poem, laments the insurrections which devastate her country. She says that not only foreigners, but also her own children have already consumed her in their cruel blows. The lady fought alone against the Turks without any exterior support and she suffered their blows of weapons as Atlas bore the whole sky on his shoulders. She was determined for the historical role ordained for her by destiny. The tormented country instructs her children to confirm King John I in his kingdom.
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120314
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Publication date:
22.4.2014.
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