Note 249 — CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE FROM THE EPOCH OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ITALIAN STYLE, TILL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. (continued 3)

Commentarios do grande Affonso d’Alboquerque, &c. An elegant edition was published at Lisbon in 1774, in four octavo volumes. In order to understand this work the reader must not spare himself the pains of learning the maritime language of Portugal. The book will sufficiently repay this trifling labour.