LXXII. — Neither  Camoens  nor  the  Roteiro  mention
the  mutiny  off  the  Cape ;  but  it  is  circumstantially  re-
lated by  Correa  and  Osorio.  The  Armada  was  now
^tossed  to  the  clouds  {ut  modo  7iubcs  contingeret),  then
sunk  into  the  abyss,  while  cold  and  darkness  added  to
the  horrors  of  the  storm.  At  every  lull  the  crew  gathered
round  Da  Gama,  praying  him  to  return  ;  but  he  gallantly
refused, — "  valde  Gamae  virtus  nituit."  They  conspired
against  his  life  ;  his  brother  discovered  the  plot ;  the
pilots  were  put  in  irons,  and  the  Captains,  "invicto
animo,"  took  the  helm.  At  last  the  weather  changed
and  The  Cape  was  doubled.
LXXII.  4. — /%■<?  (the  deep)  is  Pelagos,  Pelagus  by
syncope ;  meaning,  as  among  the  classics,  either  blue
water  or  the  Thalweg  of  a  river.  Fara  0  pego  is  a  nau-
tical or,  rather,  a  Log-book  phrase.
LXXV.  7. — Gente  que  navegavam  ao  iiosso  modo,  says
Barros.
LXXVIII.  8.— Tobias  (Arab.  Tabi'ah,  the  dependant,
the  slave)  is  the  worthy  of  the  Book  of  Tobit,  whose
companion  has  curiously  survived  in  "  Dog  Toby " ;
Punch  being  Pontius  (Pilate),  and  Jud}',  Judas.
LXXX.  4. — Rhamnusia,  Nemesis,  from  Rhamnus,  a
Demus  of  Attica.
LXXXIL — This  is  the  first  poetical  description  of
Scurvy.  Lamarre  introduces  Machaon  and  Podaleirios  ;
as  if  Camoens  were  not  classical  enough  as  he  is.
LXXXIII. — This  pathetic  stanza  may  be  compared
with  the  Odyssey  (ix.  62) ;  with  Horace  (Ode  i.  23) ;
.and  with  the  y^^neid  (v.  871) : —

Nudus  ill  ignota,  Palinure,  jacebis  arena.
