Excerpt from Os Lusiadas (the Lusiads), Vol. 2 of 2: Englished by Richard Francis Burton; Edited by His Wife, Isabel Burton Ye know 'tis now their usance and decree, whereof they are observantists entire, to levy restless hosts of Heathenry, and harm the hearts that dear christ's love desire While fierce Alecto 'mid your chivalry for ever soweth tares of wrath and ire Look an your eyes to risks like these ye close, how they and you to you be deadliest foes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.