[146] Gades, now Cadiz, an ancient and still
flourishing
seaport of
Spain.
Spain.
Camoes - Lusiades
[141] Ormuz, or Hormuz, an island at the entrance of the Persian Gulf,
once a great commercial depot. --_Ed. _
[142] Both Barros and Castaneda relate this fact. Albuquerque, during
the war of Ormuz, having given battle to the Persians and Moors, by the
violence of a sudden wind the arrows of the latter were driven back upon
themselves, whereby many of their troops were wounded.
[143] Calicut was a seaport town of Malabar, more properly _Colicodu_.
[144]
_Hinc ope barbarica, variisque Antonius armis,
Victor ab Aurorae populis et littore rubro,
AEgyptum, viresque Orientis, et ultima secum
Bactra vehit: sequiturque nefas! AEgyptia conjux.
Una omnes ruere, ac totum spumare, reductis
Convulsum remis rostrisque tridentibus, aequor.
Alta petunt: pelago credas innare revulsas
Cycladas, aut montes concurrere montibus altos:
Tanta mole viri turritis puppibus instant.
Stuppea flamma manu telisque volatile ferrum
Spargitur: arva nova Neptunia caede rubescunt.
----Saevit medio in certamine Maxors. _
VIRG. AEn. viii.
[145] Antony.
[146] Gades, now Cadiz, an ancient and still flourishing seaport of
Spain. --_Ed. _
[147] _The Lusian pride, etc. _--Magalhaens, a most celebrated navigator,
neglected by Emmanuel, king of Portugal, offered his service to the king
of Spain, under whom he made most important discoveries round the
Straits which bear his name, and in parts of South America. Of this hero
see further, Lusiad X. , in the notes.
[148] Mercury.
[149] Mombas, a seaport town on an island of the same name off the coast
of Zanguebar, East Africa. --_Ed. _
[150] Mercury, so called from Cyll? n? , the highest mountain in the
Peloponnesus, where he had a temple, and on which spot he is said to
have been born. --_Ed. _
[151] Petasus.
[152] The caduceus, twined with serpents. --_Ed.
