Note 559 — BOOK IX.
William Julius Mickle translation
Mozaide, whose zealous care To Gama's eyes reveal'd each treach'rous snare.—
Had this been mentioned sooner, the interest of the catastrophe of the poem must have languished. Though he is not a warrior, the unexpected friend of Gama bears a much more considerable part in the action of the Lusiad than the faithful Achates, the friend of the hero, bears in the business of the Æneid.