Note 6 — BOOK I. FROM THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
Thomasina Ross translation
It is difficult to collect any sense from the words. Those who understand Portuguese may try their skill on the following specimen:—
Tinhe rabos nom tinhe rabos Tal a tal ca monta? Tinheradesme, nom tinheradesme, De là vinherasdes, de cà filharedes, Ca amabia tudo em soma. Per mil goyvos trebalhando Oy oy vos lombrego Algorem se cada folgança Asmey cu: porque do terrenho Nom ha hi tal perchego.
The above fragment is contained in the Europa Portuguesa, vol. iii. p. 379.—Dieze has also printed it in his Remarks on Velasquez.