Note 376 — BOOK V.
William Julius Mickle translation
The frequent disappointments of the Portuguese, when they expect to hear some account of India, is a judicious imitation of several parts of Virgil; who, in the same manner, magnifies the distresses of the Trojans in their search for the fated seat of Empire:—
——O gens Infelix! cui to exitio fortuna reservat? Septima post Trojæ excidium jam vertitur æstas; Cum freta, cum terras omnes, tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensæ ferimur: dum per mare magnum Italiam sequimur fugientem, et volvimur undis. Æn. v. 625.