Hic incursu piratico
| TYPE | 1 - Chant-like Melody |
| TOPIC | Religious |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | motivic |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 1v 4l |
| KEY SIGNATURE | Mode 5 |
| TONAL CENTRE | F |
| INCIPIT | GGE♭GB♭B♭C'B♭A♭B♭A♭G |
| GENRE | Antiphon |
| TEXT SOURCE | Christchurch Antiphonary: Office of St Patrick TCD MS 79, f. 161r |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | Hic incursu piratico |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
Hic incursu piratico parentum sublatus de domo traditus est Scotorum servicio.
Taken from his parents’ house in a pirate raid, he was thrown into slavery among the Irish.