_
[246] Attila, a king of the Huns, surnamed "The Scourge of God.
[246] Attila, a king of the Huns, surnamed "The Scourge of God.
Camoes - Lusiades
The confusions which ensued were fomented by Alonso, Earl of
Bologna, the king's brother, by whom the king was accused as the author
of them. In short, by the assistance of the clergy and Pope Innocent
IV. , Sancho was deposed, and soon after died at Toledo. The beautiful
queen, Donna Mencia, was seized upon, and conveyed away by one Raymond
Portocarrero, and was never heard of more. Such are the triumphs of
faction!
[242] Alexander the Great.
[243] Mondego, the largest exclusively Portuguese river. --_Ed. _
[244] The _baccaris_, or Lady's glove, a herb to which the Druids and
ancient poets ascribed magical virtues.
----_Baccare frontem
Cingite, ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro. _
VIRG. Ecl. vii.
[245] Semiramis, who is said to have invaded India. --_Ed.
_
[246] Attila, a king of the Huns, surnamed "The Scourge of God. " He
lived in the fifth century. He may be reckoned among the greatest of
conquerors.
[247] _His much-lov'd bride. _--The Princess Mary. She was a lady of
great beauty and virtue, but was exceedingly ill used by her husband,
who was violently attached to his mistresses, though he owed his crown
to the assistance of his father-in-law, the King of Portugal.
[248]
_By night our fathers' shades confess their fear,
Their shrieks of terror from the tombs we hear. --_
Camoens says, "A mortos faz espanto;" to give this elegance in English
required a paraphrase. There is something wildly great, and agreeable to
the superstition of that age, to suppose that the dead were troubled in
their graves on the approach of so terrible an army. The French
translator, contrary to the original, ascribes this terror to the ghost
of only one prince, by which this stroke of Camoens, in the spirit of
Shakespeare, is reduced to a piece of unmeaning frippery.
[249] The Muliya, a river of Morocco. --_Ed. _
[250] See the first AEneid.
[251] Goliath, the Philistine champion. --_Ed. _
[252] David, afterwards king of Israel.
Bologna, the king's brother, by whom the king was accused as the author
of them. In short, by the assistance of the clergy and Pope Innocent
IV. , Sancho was deposed, and soon after died at Toledo. The beautiful
queen, Donna Mencia, was seized upon, and conveyed away by one Raymond
Portocarrero, and was never heard of more. Such are the triumphs of
faction!
[242] Alexander the Great.
[243] Mondego, the largest exclusively Portuguese river. --_Ed. _
[244] The _baccaris_, or Lady's glove, a herb to which the Druids and
ancient poets ascribed magical virtues.
----_Baccare frontem
Cingite, ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro. _
VIRG. Ecl. vii.
[245] Semiramis, who is said to have invaded India. --_Ed.
_
[246] Attila, a king of the Huns, surnamed "The Scourge of God. " He
lived in the fifth century. He may be reckoned among the greatest of
conquerors.
[247] _His much-lov'd bride. _--The Princess Mary. She was a lady of
great beauty and virtue, but was exceedingly ill used by her husband,
who was violently attached to his mistresses, though he owed his crown
to the assistance of his father-in-law, the King of Portugal.
[248]
_By night our fathers' shades confess their fear,
Their shrieks of terror from the tombs we hear. --_
Camoens says, "A mortos faz espanto;" to give this elegance in English
required a paraphrase. There is something wildly great, and agreeable to
the superstition of that age, to suppose that the dead were troubled in
their graves on the approach of so terrible an army. The French
translator, contrary to the original, ascribes this terror to the ghost
of only one prince, by which this stroke of Camoens, in the spirit of
Shakespeare, is reduced to a piece of unmeaning frippery.
[249] The Muliya, a river of Morocco. --_Ed. _
[250] See the first AEneid.
[251] Goliath, the Philistine champion. --_Ed. _
[252] David, afterwards king of Israel.
