Classic Poem

CANTO VIII.

Vêm-se de Lusitania os Fundadores,
E aquelles, que por feitos valerosos,
De alta memoria são inerecedores,
De hymnos, e de versos numerosos:
Como de Calecut os Regedores,
Consultam os Haruspices famosos,
E corruptos com dadivas possantes,
Tratam de destruir os navegantes.

Seen are the Founders of the Lusian race,
And Braves whose valiant actions brightest shine,
On Mem'ory's page deserving highest place,
And tuneful hymn, and Poet's numbered line:
What way of Calecut the Regents base
Consult the famous Augurs who design,
Bought with all-puissant bribes, to show their skill,
And by their cunning the Discov'erers kill.