The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem

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THE LUSIAD.
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Image of Camoëns
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THE LUSIAD;
OR,
THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA.
AN EPIC POEM.
TRANSLATED FROM THE PORTUGUESE OF LUIS DE CAMOËNS.
WITH A LIFE OF THE POET.
BY WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE.
FIFTH EDITION, REVISED,
BY E. RICHMOND HODGES, M.C.P.,
HON. LIBRARIAN TO THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHÆOLOGY,
Editor of "Cory's Ancient Fragments," "The Principia
Hebraica," etc., etc.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1877.
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"As the mirror of a heart so full of love, courage,
generosity, and
patriotism as that of Camoëns, The Lusaid can never fail
to please us,
whatever place we may assign to it in the records of
poetical
genius."—Hallam.{v}
Editor's Preface.
The Life Of Camoëns, By William Julius Mickle.
Dissertation on The Lusiad, and on Epic Poetry, By
The Translator.
Mickle's Introduction to The Lusiad.
Mickle's Sketch of The History of The Discovery Of
India.
Contents.
The Lusiad.
Dissertation on The Fiction of The Island of Venus.
Footnotes
[ORIGINAL DEDICATION, 1776.]
TO THE
DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH.
My Lord,
The first idea of offering my Lusiad to some distinguished
personage, inspired the earnest wish, that it might be
accepted by the illustrious representative of that family
under which my father, for many years, discharged the
duties of a clergyman.
Both the late Duke of Buccleugh, and the Earl of Dalkeith,
distinguished him by particular marks of their favour; and
I must have forgotten him, if I could have wished to offer
the first Dedication of my literary labours to any other
than the Duke of Buccleugh.

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