The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. I

Chapter II consists of a long and most eloquent invocation to D.

Henrique, and a recital of his manifold good deeds to all sorts and conditions of men and his mighty accomplishments. Azurara presents them to us as in a panorama, and his simple, direct language reveals a true, though unconscious, artist in words.

Chapter III deals with the ancestry of D. Henrique, and Chapte...