Chapter IX: Book VI

Hospitality of the King of Melinda 164 Gama takes his leave 166 Bacchus descends to Neptune's abode 166 Description thereof 167 The sea-gods assembled by Neptune. Bacchus' address to Neptune and the other sea-gods 169 Neptune orders Æolus to let loose the winds on the Portuguese fleet 173 The fleet on a tranquil sea 174 Veloso, to pass the time away, relates the story of a tournament in England 175 A dark cloud comes over, and the storm arises 183 Venus, the morning star, appears, and the goddess calls the Nereids to her aid 188 Orithya, Galatea, and other sea-nymphs persuade Boreas to cease his blustering 189 Morning appears, and with it the mountain-tops of the Indian coast 190 Gama returns thanks to God 190 The poet's reflections 190, 191

BOOK VII.

The Portuguese exhorted to the warfare of the cross, other nations being reproved 193-197 India described 198 The fleet anchors, and a message is sent on shore 198 Meeting with Mozaide, who speaks Spanish 199 Mozaide visits Gama, and describes the country 200 Gama goes on shore 209 Enters with the kotwâl into an Indian temple 209 Gama's interview with the Indian king 213 His speech 214 The king's reply 215 Mozaide's description of the Portuguese 216 Visit of the kotwâl to the ships 217 The poet invokes the nymphs of the Tagus, and briefly describes his own shipwreck and other misfortunes 218-221

BOOK VIII.

Description of the pictures 222 Bacchus appears as Mohammed, to a priest in a dream 238 The king consults with the magi and the soothsayers 240 The priest consults his friends 241 How evil counsellors mislead kings 242 The king's defiant speech and base accusation 244 Gama's answer to the king 245-247 Gama detained prisoner in the kotwâl's house 250