| BOOK I. | |
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| Subject proposed | 1, 2 |
| Invocation to the Muses of the Tagus | 3 |
| Address to Don Sebastian | 3, 4 |
| Assembly of the gods and goddesses | 8 |
| The fleet enters the Indian Ocean | 13 |
| Discovers islands there | 13 |
| Description of the natives | 14 |
| Intercourse with the ships | 15, 16 |
| The governor visits Gama | 17, 18. |
| Bacchus determines on obstructing the fleet | 20 |
| His stratagem for that purpose | 21 |
| Attack by the Portuguese on landing to obtain water | 23 |
| Bombardment of the town | 24, 25 |
| Another plot of Bacchus | 26, 27 |
| The poet’s reflections | 29 |
| BOOK II. | |
| Treacherous invitation from the King of Mombas for the fleet to enter the harbour | 31 |
| Messengers sent on shore by Gama to look at the town | 32, 33 |
| Venus and the Nereids save the fleet from danger | 35, 36 |
| Venus appeals to Jupiter on behalf of the expedition | 40 |
| His reply | 43 |
| Mercury sent to earth | 46 |
| His message to Gama in a dream | 47 |
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| How the vessels escaped | 49 |
| They meet two Moorish ships | 49 |
| Their account of Melinda and its king | 50 |
| Hospitable reception by the King of Melinda | 51 |
| Gama’s address | 52 |
| The king’s reply | 53, 54 |
| Night rejoicings in the ships and on shore | 54, 55 |
| Visit of the king to the fleet | 55 |
| Gama’s speech | 57 |
| The king requests Gama to describe his country and relate its history | 58 |
| BOOK III. | |
| Invocation to Calliope | 60 |
| Gama commences his story | 61 |
| Geographical description of Europe | 62 |
| Ancient history of Portugal commences | 66 |
| Fidelity of Egas Moniz | 70, 71 |
| Battle of Ourique | 72-75 |
| Origin of the Portuguese shield and arms | 76 |
| Leiria, Mafra, Cintra, Lisbon, etc. | 76-78 |
| Palmella, etc., taken from the Moors | 79 |
| Alphonso at war with the Leonese | 79, 80 |
| Gathering of the Moors to invest Santarem | 81 |
| Defeated by the Portuguese | 83 |
| Death of Alphonso | 83 |
| Don Sancho besieges Sylves | 84 |
| Character of Sancho II. | 85 |
| „ „ King Dionis | 87 |
| „ „ Alphonso IV. | 87 |
| The Moors assemble again to invade Portugal | 88 |
| The Queen of Spain asks aid from her father, the King of Portugal | 88 |
| The two allied sovereigns defeat the Moors | 90 |
| Episode of Inez de Castro, or the "Fair Inez" | 92-96 |
| Character of King Ferdinand | 100 |
| BOOK IV. | |
| State of Portugal on the death of Ferdinand | 103 |
| King John succeeds to the throne | 103 |
| Character of Queen Leonora | 104 |
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| The Castilians assemble in aid of Beatrice, daughter of Leonora | 106 |
| Don Nuno Alvarez’s loyalty | 107 |
| Battle between the Portuguese and Castilians | 113 |
| The latter defeated | 116, 117 |
| Alphonso, after defeating the Moors, attacks the King of Arragon | 117 |
| Alphonso dies, and is succeeded by John II. | 118 |
| King John sends to explore the East by land | 122 |
| Emmanuel succeeds; his dream of the rivers Ganges and Indus | 123 |
| The king consults his council | 125 |
| Entrusts the expedition to Vasco de Gama | 125 |
| Vasco de Gama’s preparations | 127 |
| Parting of the armada with their friends | 129 |
| The old man’s farewell address | 130 |
| BOOK V. | |
| Departure of the fleet from Lisbon | 133 |
| Madeira, Coast of Morocco, the Azenegues | 134 |
| The river Senegal, Cape Verde, San Jago, Jalofo, Mandinga | 135 |
| Dorcades, Sierra Leone, Cape Palmas | 136 |
| St. Thomas, Congo, the river Zaire | 137 |
| A water-spout described | 139 |
| They land near the Tropic of Capricorn | 141 |
| A native African met with | 141 |
| Veloso’s adventure on shore | 142 |
| Gigantic vision of the Cape | 146 |
| The armada lands at Saõ Braz | 153 |
| Currents encountered | 155 |
| The armada touches at Natal | 155 |
| Reaches Sofála; description of the inhabitants | 157 |
| The crews attacked by scurvy | 158 |
| Vasco de Gama compares his voyage with the narratives of ancient poets, and concludes his story | 159 |
| Reflections on the subject by the poet | 161, 162 |
| BOOK VI. | |
| Hospitality of the King of Melinda | 164 |
| Gama takes his leave | 166 |
| Bacchus descends to Neptune’s abode | 166 |
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| Description thereof | 167 |
| The sea-gods assembled by Neptune. Bacchus’ address to Neptune and the other sea-gods | 169 |
| Neptune orders Æolus to let loose the winds on the Portuguese fleet | 173 |
| The fleet on a tranquil sea | 174 |
| Veloso, to pass the time away, relates the story of a tournament in England | 175 |
| A dark cloud comes over, and the storm arises | 183 |
| Venus, the morning star, appears, and the goddess calls the Nereids to her aid | 188 |
| Orithya, Galatea, and other sea-nymphs persuade Boreas to cease his blustering | 189 |
| Morning appears, and with it the mountain-tops of the Indian coast | 190 |
| Gama returns thanks to God | 190 |
| The poet’s reflections | 190, 191 |
| BOOK VII. | |
| The Portuguese exhorted to the warfare of the cross, other nations being reproved | 193-197 |
| India described | 198 |
| The fleet anchors, and a message is sent on shore | 198 |
| Meeting with Mozaide, who speaks Spanish | 199 |
| Mozaide visits Gama, and describes the country | 200 |
| Gama goes on shore | 209 |
| Enters with the kotwâl into an Indian temple | 209 |
| Gama’s interview with the Indian king | 213 |
| His speech | 214 |
| The king’s reply | 215 |
| Mozaide’s description of the Portuguese | 216 |
| Visit of the kotwâl to the ships | 217 |
| The poet invokes the nymphs of the Tagus, and briefly describes his own shipwreck and other misfortunes | 218-221 |
| BOOK VIII. | |
| Description of the pictures | 222 |
| Bacchus appears as Mohammed, to a priest in a dream | 238 |
| The king consults with the magi and the soothsayers | 240 |
| The priest consults his friends | 241 |
| How evil counsellors mislead kings | 242 |
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| The king’s defiant speech and base accusation | 244 |
| Gama’s answer to the king | 215-247 |
| Gama detained prisoner in the kotwâl’s house | 250 |
| BOOK IX. | |
| The king visits the house of the kotwâl | 252 |
| Addresses Gama, detained as a prisoner there | 252 |
| On what conditions he may be allowed to return to his fleet | 253 |
| Gama’s indignant reply | 253, 254 |
| The king orders the signal to be given | 254 |
| The Moorish vessels surround the fleet, and attack it with clouds of arrows | 255 |
| The drums and trumpets of the fleet call to action | 255 |
| Destruction of the Moorish vessels by the cannon of the ships | 256 |
| Bombardment of Calicut by the fleet | 257 |
| The terrified multitude implores the king to release his prisoner | 258 |
| The king implores Gama to spare his city and people | 258 |
| Lama’s dignified reply | 258 |
| The terms offered by the king rejected by Gama | 259 |
| Gama directs the king to hoist the Portuguese flag and convey him to his ships | 260 |
| Peace restored. Presents of Indian productions | 261 |
| Mozaide had discovered to Gama the intended treachery | 261 |
| Conversion to Christianity of Mozaide | 262 |
| Return of the fleet to Portugal with the hostages | 262 |
| Venus raises the Island of Love in the sea, to afford the sailors a resting-place. She summons the Nereids, and informs them of her intentions. Seeks her son, Cupid | 264 |
| Cupid discharges the arrows of love at the sea-nymphs | 269-271 |
| Approach of the Portuguese fleet | 273 |
| The Island of Love described | 274-280 |
| The sailors land and pursue the nymphs | 280-288 |
| Tethys leads Gama to a palace on a lofty hill | 289 |
| The allegory explained | 290 |
| BOOK X. | |
| Happiness of the heroes and nymphs | 299 |
| The poet apostrophizes his muse and bewails his own fate | 301, 302 |
| The siren’s prophetic song | 302 |
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| She pauses to reflect on the ill-requited bravery of Pacheco | 305 |
| The siren resumes her prophetic song | 305 |
| Foretells the needless cruelty of Albuquerque, who puts to death a soldier for a venial offence | 310, 311 |
| Soarez, Sequeyra, Menez, Mascarene, Nunio, Noronha, Souza, and other heroes | 312-318 |
| The nymph Tethys leads them to the summit of a rugged hill, where the globe in miniature is displayed before them | 319 |
| The Ptolemean system described | 320 |
| Sketch of the geography of the world | 325 |
| History of St. Thomas, the Apostle of India | 331-335 |
| Geographical description continued | 337-353 |
| Tethys bids the Portuguese farewell | 353 |
| Their return home and reception at Lisbon | 356 |
| The poet’s conclusion, and patriotic exhortation to his sovereign | 356, 357 |