Note 653 — BOOK X.
William Julius Mickle translation
Pegu, whose sons (so held old faith) confess'd A dog their sire.—
The tradition of this country boasted this infamous and impossible original. While other nations pretend to be descended of demi-gods, the Peguans were contented to trace their pedigree from a Chinese woman and a dog; the only living creatures which survived a shipwreck on their coast.—See Faria.