Note 1595 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
Which they called boi, according to Pigafetta; but this name has not been traced since his time. The Brazilian name of house was oca. Of twelve “Brazilian” words given in Pigafetta, five found their way into European languages. But, oddly enough, three of these were not Brazilian, but were “ship-language,” and borrowed from the West Indies. These are cacich for “king,” hamac for “bed,” maiz for “millet;” perhaps canot is to be added. But Setebos, the name of their god or devil, is Pigafetta’s own. Shakspeare was struck by it, and gives it to Caliban’s divinity.