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Ippolita gentil

Poet/poetic source: Vincenzo Galilei [presumably]
Poetic form/text type: madrigal

Music composer: Vincenzo Galilei (c.1520-1591)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a 4 et a 5 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1587)

Original ItalianTranslation
Ippolita gentil, saggia e pudica,
di verità, di fede, e d'amor tempio.
Gentle Ippolita, wise and chaste,
a temple of true, of faith, and of love.

Link to musical piece: Ippolita gentil