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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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''Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et pericula inferni invenerunt me.''<br>
''Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et pericula inferni invenerunt me.''<br>

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-07-16).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 121 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised May 2008

General Information

Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), no.15

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Circumdederunt me.

Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et pericula inferni invenerunt me.
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni, et nomen Domini invocavi. O Domine, libera animam meam. Ps. 114

English.png English translation

The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.