The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Priam, King of Troy ( - )
King of Troy during the Trojan War. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-5322?rskey=oBf91R&result=1&q=priam Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priam Relationships: Priam was a father of Deiphobus (-)Priam was a father of Paris of Troy ([?]-[?])
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) King Priam Troy .
Inventarie of the Gabions, in M. George his Cabinet (1638)
This tragick task,
Mine eyes do melt in teares, mine heart strings crake,
What! shall I speak of Priam King of Troy
By Pyrrhus kild? that cannot much annoy:
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Or shall I of brave Iulius Cæsar tell,
VVhom these two traitours did in Senat kill?
These may affect us with some small compassion,
But for to speak of this is a tentation.
Cæsar for valour, learning and meek mind,And ah too much like Cæsar in his end.
Excusa moi , That I can tell you no more of this storie.
Monsier, in hand to take
Monsier, mine heart's so sorie,