Classic Poem

CANTO I.

ARGUMENT

OF THE FIRST CANTO .

Fazem Concilio os deoses na alta Corte,
Oppoem-se Baccho a Lusitana gente,
Favorece-a Venus, e Mavorte,
E em Moçambique lança o ferreo dente:
Depois de aqui mostrar seu braço forte,
Destruindo, e matando juniamente,
Torna as parles buscar da roxa Aurora,
E chegando a Mombaça surge fora.

The Gods hold council Heaven's high court within,
Bacchus our Lusian braves to thwart doth seek
Who meed of Mars, and grace of Venus gain,
Till cast the ferreous tooth in Mozambique:
Thence, when their arm of pow'r display'd had been,
Death and destruction on the foe to wreak;
Fareth the fleet where red Aurora bideth;
And, reach'd Mombasah-town, outside it rideth.