[Endnote 87: (p. 93). _The enemy ... to them._--Azurara's reference here is to Livy, Bk. XXII, cc. 42-3.]
[Endnote 88: (pp. 93-94). _Holy Spirit ... ever be watched._--The references in this paragraph are to Proverbs xi, 14; xxiv, 6; Tobit iv, 18; Ecclesiasticus vi, 18, 23, 32-3; xxv, 5.]
[Endnote 89: (p. 94). _Hannibal ... for the moment._--Cf. Livy, _3rd Decade_, Bk. XXII, cc. 4-5, 42-6. The reading of the Paris MS. (_sajaria_) is rejected, plausibly enough, by Santarem for _sagaçaria_.]
[Endnote 90: (p. 94). _Ships of the Armada._--I.e., the Royal Navy of Portugal; the "very great actions on the coast of Granada and Ceuta" must refer to events of 1415, 1418, and 1437. (See Introduction to vol. ii, p. viii, x.) Especially does this expression recall the naval war of 1418, when the King of Granada sent a fleet of seventy-four ships, under his nephew, Muley Said, to aid the African Moslems in recovering Ceuta from the Portuguese. Prince Henry proceeded in person to the relief of the city, and the Granada fleet, we are told, fled at the approach of the European squadron, without venturing a battle. It is possible, however, though unrecorded, that the Infant was subsequently able to engage and destroy part of the Granadine squadron. Gonçalo de Sintra, from Azurara's words, may have been with D. Henry on this occasion.
On the reference to John Fernandez staying among the Azanegues "only to see the country and bring the news of it to the Infant" (close of ch. xxix, p. 95), Santarem refers to Barros' words: "Para particularmente ver as cousas daquelle sertão que habitão os Azenegues, e dellas dar razão ao Infante, _confiado na lingua delles que sabia_" (like Martin Fernandez, p. 57, c. xvi).]
[Endnote 91: (p. 96). _The Plains thereof._--[Comparing the account in the text with the unpublished maps already referred to, it appears that Nuno Tristam, after revisiting the isles of Arguim, followed the coast to the south, passing the following places: Ilha Branca, R. de S. João, G. de Santa Anna, Moutas, Praias, Furna, C. d'Arca, Resgate, and Palmar; the last being the point Azurara mentions as "studded with many palm trees."]--S.]
[Endnote 92: (p. 98). _When King Affonso caused this history to be written._--On this Santarem remarks: [This is important as showing that Azurara did not only consult written documents, but personally interviewed the discoverers, seeing that he confesses his inability to give details of this occurrence because Nuno Tristam was already dead, "When Affonso," etc. Cf. _Barros_, I, iii, 17]. Cf. Pina's "Chronicle of Affonso V," in vol. i of the _Collection of Unpublished Portuguese Historians_.]