Manuscript No. II

Canto VIII. (after Stanza 32).

“This the foundation-stone sublimely laid Of the Braganza House, illustrious strain, Which in estate and grandeur all outweigh’d Whatever vaunts the high Hispanian reign. Seest thou him, who with the stout Armade Cutteth th’ Hesperian sea, forthwith to gain His brave objective; wends this stout pretender Azamor town to fight and gar surrender?