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| CSM Number : 267 | |||
| Short name: | The Merchant who Fell Overboard | Alternative: | Portuguese merchant saved from drowning (Rocamadour) |
| Incipit: | Na que Deus pres carne e foi dela nado | ||
| Refrain: | Na que Deus pres carne e foi dela nado/ ben pode valer a todo perigoado. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Portugal and Rocamadour | Protagonist(s): | a rich merchant |
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A rich merchant from Portugal vowed someday to go on pilgrimage to Rocamadour. The merchant loaded his ship and sailed up the Atlantic coast towards Flanders. The ship was struck by a storm and the merchant was thrown into the sea. As the merchant was sinking into the waves, he asked the Virgin to save him. The Virgin calmed the sea and carried the merchant to dry land. He was reunited with his party when the ship reached port. The merchant went on pilgrimage to Rocamadour. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 11’ 11’ 11’ 11’ [NB Many lines are divided 5’ 5’] | Refrain: | 11’ 11’ |
| No. of Stanzas: | 20 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | |
| MS locations: | |||
| F53, E267, E373 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| apparition, devils, drowning, merchant, offerings, pilgrimage, repentance (see also confession), river, shipwreck, storm | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 4020 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Inside the virelai: a survey of musical structures in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Campbell, Alison | |||
| Ambiguidade, repetição, interpretação: o caso das Cantigas de Santa Maria 162 e 267 Ferreira, Manuel Pedro | |||
| Lendas portuguesas de apariçoes de Nossa Senhora nas Cantigas de Santa Maria Martins, Mário | |||
| Para uma nova edição das Cantigas de Santa Maria: duas leituras novas Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| Alfonso X the Learned. Cantigas de Santa Maria. An Anthology Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| Text-music mismatches in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen | |||
| Textos de literatura portuguesa. I: Afonso X, o Sábio Rodrigues Lapa, Manuel | |||
| A propósito de la partícula per, intensiva o perfectiva en la lengua medieval gallego-portuguesa Rodríguez, José Luis | |||