Classic Poem

CANTO V.

ARGUMENT

OF THE FIFTH CANTO .

Relata o Gama illusire ao Rei potente
Sua viagem longa, e incerta via,
As estranhas naçoes de Africa ardente,
E de Fernao Velloso a ousadia:
Como a Adamastor vio, Gigante ingente,
Que hum dos filhos da terra se dizia,
E as cousas que passou ate seu porto
Onde repouso achou, e sab conforto.

The famed Gama tells the forceful King
His long-drawn voyage, and uncertain road;
What couthless nations in hot Africk spring,
And, eke, Fernam Velloso's hardihood:
How Adamastor, Giant menacing
They saw, who claimed to be of Terra's brood;
And other things that happened till was found
Haven of rest, with comfort safe and sound.