[114] _Reguenguos_, private estates of the King.
[115] _De ab inicio._
[116] Amhara.
[117] See Cap. 57, p. 139.
[118] _Cabaça._
[119] _Boinhos._
[120] _Gumari_, a hippopotamus.
[121] _Lixa squatina._
[122] _Makana Selase_, place of the Trinity.
[123] _Bregĭos_ for _brejos_.
[124]? West.
[125] _Mareados._
[126] _Valuras._
[127] _Piçarra._
[128] _Joguos de malham._ Selves translates: “_juegos de
herraduras_.”
[129] _Espinguam._ Selves calls it _cuchilla_.
[130] _Meijoada._
[131] _Moyo_, _modius_, measure of sixty alqueires, or bushels.
[132] Probably _Debra Libanos_.
[133] _Maioral._
[134] _Ichage_ is the chief monk of Ethiopia.
[135] Misprinted _testar_.
[136] _Găbăz_ is a prior in Aksum. There is a Găbăz in every
church, but there the title means the chief of the vestry.
[137] _Alqueire._
[138] _Cingida._
[139] _Hawaryat_ means apostles, and is thus used in the name of a
church.
[140] _Desciados._
[141] Franks; who these were is explained in Cap. 72.
[142] _Malham._
[143] _Mosseos._
[144] Not translated by Selves.
[145] _Bitwaddad_, because he was liked, a favourite.
[146] _Cacha._
[147] _De Xio_, a Greek.
[148] Copts. They still call white people Copts; see M. Parkyns.
[149] _Encoiradas._
[150] Selves translates, “when he lowers it”.
[151] _Sonaves._ Selves has _traves_.
[152] _Băzzăto_ means carded cotton.
[153] _Cofos._
[154] _Cruzados._
[155] _Manicordio_, also written _monocordio_. See Grove’s
_Dictionary of Music_ for a note on the Monochord.
[156] _Pelote de usteda_; not mentioned by Selves: a jacket or
tunic without sleeves.
[157] _Ceroules._ Selves has _çaraguelles_.
[158] _Cervilhas._ Selves has _Xervilletas_.
[159] Of Nice. Selves has Niceno.
[160] Selves renders this: “the church of Greece had been founded by
the Apostle St. John at Ephesus, and that of Alexandria by St. Mark the
Evangelist.”
[161] The Council of Nice.
[162] This date does not agree with the preceding one, which would make
it Monday.
[163] _Alaquequa_, Selves translates _lazos_. “Alaqueca,
laqueca, pierre des Indes qui arrête le flux de sang.”--Roquette’s
_Dict._
[164] _Bouçaes, boçal._
[165] Selves has corrected this to St. Paul.
[166] _Maçaã baiones._
[167] _Detença._
[168] St. Barlaam, November 19.
[169] 25th November is St. Catharine’s day.
[170] Or fugleman.
[171] _Vivos_, an ornament for coifs.
[172] _Sendeiros Galegos._
[173] _Padiola_, a hand-barrow.
[174] See Chapter lxv, p. 160.
[175] From this it appears that his leg-bone was not quite broken.
[176] _Sancta sanctorum._
[177] _Sombreira_, the same word is used for umbrellas or hats.
[178] Or hollow.
[179] _Enxarafas._
[180] A _canada_ equal to three pints.
[181] Adoration of the Magi. Col. Meadows Taylor describes a
similar miracle play represented at Aurungabad by the Portuguese
monks.--_Story of my Life_, p. 39.
[182] _De comeeira_, omitted by Selves.
[183] Selves has abridged this chapter considerably.
[184] _En cocras_, for _en cocaras_.
[185] Deacons, from _diaconos_.
[186] This passage is not clear. Selves has, “They put their hands on
the church door as though opening and shutting it.”
[187] From Selves.
[188] _Que zagonassem_, literally _to zagonise_.
[189] Of Egypt.
[190] _Tero._
[191] _Bedem._
[192] _Comprida de comieira._ See page 244.
[193] _Sidy_, Sir, Arabic.
[194] _Mozo d’espolas._
[195] _Alambeis_; _almayzales_, Selves.
[196] The Constant Prince.
[197] _Cruzados._
[198] See Gaspar Correa’s account of King John’s scouts in _Vasco da
Gama’s Voyages_, pp. 8–11.--Hakluyt Society.
[199] The leg-bone, supposed by popular superstition in Spain to be
buried in the great mosque of Cordova.
[200] Jerusalem.
[201] The Portuguese fleet.
[202] Selves translates: “one was wounded in four places by a gun which
must have been loaded with slugs.”
[203] This passage is very obscure; it either means that the lords had
not seen Jorge d’Abreu and his companions, or that they did not wish to
see them.
[204] The ships of the captain-major.
[205] _Milho zaburro._
[206] _Guza_, probably _dagusha_.
[207] _Agriones._
[208] _Revinda._
[209] _Releixo._
[210] _Pendenças._
[211] Maundy, from the words of Christ, “_Hic est mandatum meum_”.
[212] _De molde._
[213] _In albis._
[214] _Pascoela._
[215] _Cernache dos alhos_, two leagues from Coimbra.
[216] _I.e._, the termination of the wooden ladder.
[217] _Paredinhas._
[218] _Seto._
[219] _Macho murzelo_; _mulo morzillo_.--Selves.
[220] _Hopa_, a cloak without sleeves.
[221] _Humiziados_, Selves translates _enfermos_, sick people.
Humiziados are persons hiding on account of some crime they have
committed.
[222] Obscure; perhaps the words, “to stay longer”, have been omitted.
[223] See chapter cix.
[224] _Mahfuz._
[225] This figure, xix, is probably a misprint.
[226] Neither Barros nor G. Correa give this date.
[227] Or Seville belonging to Spain, etc., etc.; Selves translates:
“I told him to write Spain under Seville, Galicia under Corunna, and
Portugal under Lisbon.”
[228] All this passage is omitted by Selves.
[229] _Menuta._
[230] _Ouquia_, a gold coin worth twelve _cruzados_.
[231] Sultan, apparently the title of a magistrate of Arquigo.
[232] A king’s messenger.
[233] _Gulto._
[234] Tribute.
[235] _Gaveta._
[236] Or such as is still generally worn by the Aragonese peasants.
[237] 12,000 men in all.
[238] _Gaveta._
[239] See chapter xlviii, p. 110.
[240] _Esperavel_, should be _esparavel_.
[241] _Corregido_; Selves has, _la corte ... estaba aderezado_.
[242] January 6, Twelfth Day.
[243] The Prester’s ambassador.
[244] _Escodilhinas_, for _escudellinhas_.
[245] _Mouchas_ for _mochas_, without horns, or points, or,
in the case of chairs, may be arms.
[246] _Desembargadores._
[247] See chapter cvi, p. 278, where the Abdenago acted in this way.
[248] _Sem tresposta._
[249] _Comierias_ for _cumieiras_, summit, point of a building. See pp.
244, 260.
[250] _I.e._, of the open space going to the market.
[251] _Cerolho._ This passage is omitted in Selves’ translation.
_Cerolho_ might be a misprint for _serodio_, late, tardy.
[252] _Palmos._
[253] _Atabales._
[254] Of Egypt.
[255] _Meijoadas._
[256] Or, alternately, _revezadas_.
[257] _Na falha._
[258] _Aduares._
[259] _Dankali._
[260] The palace.
[261] _Entrudo_, Shrove Tuesday.
[262] Or, inhabitants.
[263] _Era lhe dado por conto ou camara para hum pequeno
mosteiro_; or, “in payment for”, as Selves translates.
[264] _Sysones_, omitted by Selves.
[265] This man appears to be one of the Prester’s officials. See
before, p. 316.
[266] _Golfam._
[267] _De mao em mao._
[268] _Pardao_, Indian coin worth 3 _testoons_ and 3 _vintems_.
[269] _Fortuna._
[270] Gulf of Ormuz.
[271] Selves translates: _no hace de noche sino arañar la tierra y
buscar_.
[272] The kingdom of Fartaque was on the Arabian coast, east of Aden.
It contained the town of Dhafar.
[273] The 25th of November is St. Catherine’s day, so that there must
be an error as to Saturday or Sunday. Selves avoids this difficulty.
[274] This superstition still exists among sailors.
[275] _Almadia._
[276] _Agraço._
[277] _Impidosa._
[278] _Almotacem-mor._
[279] This would be the gate of the oldest part of the town. Selves
omits all reference to the topography of Coimbra.
[280] On the coast of India, to the north of Goa.
[281] _Milhōes._
[282] Should be seven years.
[283] _Akegue_, an Emperor.
[284] _Pampilhos_, also called _olho de boy_.
[285] _Anta_ is a South American animal.
[286] Probably hyænas.
[287] _Adens_, _marrecas_.
[288] _Tahu._ This is the Tau-cross or T-shaped crutch emblem
of St. Anthony, so called from the name of the letter in the Greek
alphabet.
[289] _Tigia._
[290] The Malabar Christians had the same custom. See Duarte Barbosa.
[291] _As mais acavalanas logo._
Transcriber’s Notes:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been
corrected silently.
2. Where hyphenation is in doubt, it has been retained as in the
original.
3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have
been retained as in the original.
4. Errata and notes have been silently corrected.
5. Italics are shown as _xxx_.