Chapter VI: Canto I: Endnotes

[1: Ceylon.]

[2: The “Tagides” are the Poet’s Muses.]

[3: Alluding to Eclogues, Pastorals, etc.]

[4: Invocation to Dom Sebastiam.]

[5: The Arms of Portugal (Canto III. 53, 54).]

[6: The Ganges (not the Jordan).]

[7: Ariosto, i. 2, etc.]

[8: For the “Great Constable,” Egas and Fuas, see Cantos IV. 23, and VIII. 13, 17.]

[9: D. Joam III. and the Emperor Charles Quint.]

[10: End of exordium: narrative begins.]

[11: Sertorius.]

[12: Madagascar.]

[13: Here Cabo-das-Correntes.]

[14: African daggers and short swords.]

[15: Mohammed Rasúl Allah.]

[16: Pronounced Kílwá.]

[17: Palæologus, A.D. 1453.]

[18: Arabic.]

[19: The Parcæ.]

[20: Camoens had studied the ground.]

[21: Arab. for canoe.]

[22: A perfect sketch.]