BOOK I

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PAGE Subject proposed 1, 2 Invocation to the Muses of the Tagus 3 Address to Don Sebastian 3, 4 Assembly of the gods and goddesses 8 The fleet enters the Indian Ocean 13 Discovers islands there 13 Description of the natives 14 Intercourse with the ships 15, 16 The governor visits Gama 17, 18 Bacchus determines on obstructing the fleet 20 His stratagem for that purpose 21 Attack by the Portuguese on landing to obtain water 23 Bombardment of the town 24, 25 Another plot of Bacchus 26, 27 The poet's reflections 29

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