The Roman historians boasted that India was
entirely conquered by him; but they could only mean Arabia Felix.
entirely conquered by him; but they could only mean Arabia Felix.
Camoes - Lusiades
--_Ed.
_
[313] The Prince of Portugal.
[314] Julius Caesar.
[315] Naples.
[316] Parthenope was one of the Syrens. Enraged because she could not
allure Ulysses, she threw herself into the sea. Her corpse was thrown
ashore, and buried where Naples now stands.
[317] The coast of Alexandria.
[318] Among the Christians of Abyssinia.
[319] Sandy, the French sable and. --_Ed. _
[320] The Nabathean mountains; so named from Nabaoth, the son of
Ishmael.
[321] _Beyond where Trajan. _--The Emperor Trajan extended the bounds of
the Roman Empire in the East far beyond any of his predecessors. His
conquests reached to the river Tigris, near which stood the city of
Ctesiphon, which he subdued.
The Roman historians boasted that India was
entirely conquered by him; but they could only mean Arabia Felix. --Vid.
Dion. Cass. Euseb. Chron. p. 206.
[322] _Qui mores hominum multorum vidit. _--HOR.
[323] Emmanuel was cousin to the late king, John II. and grandson to
king Edward, son of John I.
[324] The river Indus, which gave name to India.
[325] Vasco de Gama, who is, in a certain sense, the hero of the Lusiad,
was born in 1469, at Sines, a fishing town on the Atlantic, midway
between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent, where, in a small church on a
cliff, built by the great navigator after his appointment as Viceroy of
India, is an inscription to his memory. --_Ed.
[313] The Prince of Portugal.
[314] Julius Caesar.
[315] Naples.
[316] Parthenope was one of the Syrens. Enraged because she could not
allure Ulysses, she threw herself into the sea. Her corpse was thrown
ashore, and buried where Naples now stands.
[317] The coast of Alexandria.
[318] Among the Christians of Abyssinia.
[319] Sandy, the French sable and. --_Ed. _
[320] The Nabathean mountains; so named from Nabaoth, the son of
Ishmael.
[321] _Beyond where Trajan. _--The Emperor Trajan extended the bounds of
the Roman Empire in the East far beyond any of his predecessors. His
conquests reached to the river Tigris, near which stood the city of
Ctesiphon, which he subdued.
The Roman historians boasted that India was
entirely conquered by him; but they could only mean Arabia Felix. --Vid.
Dion. Cass. Euseb. Chron. p. 206.
[322] _Qui mores hominum multorum vidit. _--HOR.
[323] Emmanuel was cousin to the late king, John II. and grandson to
king Edward, son of John I.
[324] The river Indus, which gave name to India.
[325] Vasco de Gama, who is, in a certain sense, the hero of the Lusiad,
was born in 1469, at Sines, a fishing town on the Atlantic, midway
between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent, where, in a small church on a
cliff, built by the great navigator after his appointment as Viceroy of
India, is an inscription to his memory. --_Ed.
