BOOK IX

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The king visits the house of the kotwâl 252 Addresses Gama, detained as a prisoner there 252 On what conditions he may be allowed to return to his fleet 253 Gama's indignant reply 253, 254 The king orders the signal to be given 254 The Moorish vessels surround the fleet, and attack it with clouds of arrows 255 The drums and trumpets of the fleet call to action 255 Destruction of the Moorish vessels by the cannon of the ships 256 Bombardment of Calicut by the fleet 257 The terrified multitude implores the king to release his prisoner 258 The king implores Gama to spare his city and people 258 Gama's dignified reply 258 The terms offered by the king rejected by Gama 259 Gama directs the king to hoist the Portuguese flag and convey him to his ships 260 Peace restored. Presents of Indian productions 261 Mozaide had discovered to Gama the intended treachery 261 Conversion to Christianity of Mozaide 262 Return of the fleet to Portugal with the hostages 262 Venus raises the Island of Love in the sea, to afford the sailors a resting-place. She summons the Nereids, and informs them of her intentions. Seeks her son, Cupid 264 Cupid discharges the arrows of love at the sea-nymphs 269-271 Approach of the Portuguese fleet 273 The Island of Love described 274-280 The sailors land and pursue the nymphs 280-288 Tethys leads Gama to a palace on a lofty hill 289 The allegory explained 290

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