[17] The Viscount de Santarem in his “Memoria sobre o estabelicemento
de Macau.”
[18] According to the estimate formed at the close of 1888, Brazil had
a population of 14,002,335 inhabitants, while according to the census
of 1878 Portugal had a population of 4,160,315, in the Azores and
Madeira 390,384, the possessions in Asia 847,503, and the possessions
in Africa, 2,741,448.
[19] On the character of Dom Sebastian, Sir Richard Burton has written
some thoughtful pages; see his Commentary on Camoens, vol. i. pp.
341-344.
[20] The word Maulā, generally corrupted into Muley, is said by Sir
Richard Burton (Camoens, Commentary, vol. i. p. 350) to mean lord,
master, and leader.
[21] For the early history of the university, see Denifle “Die
Universitäten des Mittelalters,” vol. i. pp. 519-534.
[22] Montaigne’s “Essais,” i. 25.
[23] “Encyclopædia Britannica,” Art. Portugal.
[24] On the history of these pretenders, see “Les Faux Don Sébastien,”
by Miguel Martins d’Antas, the late Portuguese minister in London,
published at Paris, 1866.
[25] Hunter’s “Imperial Gazetteer of India,” article, India, vol. vi.
p. 360.
[26] The “Da Asia” of Diogo de Couto, decade xii. book i. chap. xix.
[27] Hunter’s “Imperial Gazetteer of India,” vol. vi. p. 251.
[28] Richelieu’s “Letters,” edited by the Vicomte d’Avenel, vol. vii.
p. 858.
[29] Mazarin’s “Letters,” edited by M. Chéruel, vol. ii. p. 501.
[30] See the interesting little book by Jules Tessin, published at
Paris in 1877 under the title of “Le Chevalier de Jant. Rélations de
la France avec le Portugal au temps de Mazarin.”
[31] See Carlyle’s “Speeches and Letters of Cromwell,” vol. iv. p. 21;
Whitelocke’s “Memorials,” ed. 1732, pp. 592, 595.
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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
and and Gallicia=> and Gallicia {pg 25}
the the chief=> the chief {pg 189}
in both direction=> in both directions {pg 213}
when he succeeded to his county=> when he succeeded to his country {pg
238}
her to believed in him=> her to believe in him {pg 288}
Aorna, João Alorna, João {pg index}
Máráthás=> Marāthas {pg index}
Melllo, Jorge de=> Mello, Jorge de {pg index}
Novães => Novaes {pg index}