[ [150] Or Denby.
[ [151] Mezzo giorno, the Italian, instead of medio dia, a slip of the writer, the Genoese envoy.
[ [152] Chaul, Ortelius, 1570.
[ [153] Beatilla, bétille in French.
[ [154] Dabul, Ortelius, 1570.
[ [155] This was done by Don Francisco de Almeyda on his way to Diu in the beginning of 1509.
[ [156] Llanten, plantago. The leaf is chewed, not eaten, and assists the digestion.
[ [157] Munacem in Ramusio, and Muruary in the Portuguese edition.
[ [158] Rumys. Turks are so called east of Turkey. These Turks may have served in the Egyptian fleet, but did not belong to the Ottoman forces, as Egypt was not united to the Ottoman Empire till later in 1517.
Traz este vem Noronha, cujo auspicio
De Dio os Rumes feros affugenta,
Dio, que o peito e bellico exercicio
De Antonio da Sylveira bem sustenta.
Camoens, canto x, stanza 72.