4 Higher aristocracy.
1 See above, p. 202 n. 6.
2 Lotus eaters were a fabulous people in Greek mythology.
3 Captain James Cook (1728–79), A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean… (1776–80).
1Dryden. [Beckford’s note]
2 George, Baron (1697–1762), who travelled around the world in 1740–44 and published an account of his journey in 1748.
3 Leader of the pack.
4 A province to the S.E. of Lisbon, bordering on Spain.
1 See above, p. 246 n. 1.
2 The Moors occupied Lisbon until 1147 when they were expelled by Afonso Henriques (1109–85), first King of Portugal.
1 Pack-mules.
2 The royal chapel of the Ajuda, though somewhat fallen from the unequalled splendour it boasted during the sing-song days of the late king, Don Joseph, still displayed some of the finest specimens of vocal manufacture which Italy could furnish. It possessed, at the same time, Carlo Reina, Ferracuti, Totti, Fedelino, Ripa, Gelati, Venanzio, Biagino, and Marini – all these virtuosi, with names ending in vowels, were either contraltos of the softest note, or sopranos of the highest squeakery. [Beckford’s note]
1 See above, p. 227 n. 6.
1A lament on the Portuguese.
2 A document conferring a privilege from a sovereign.
3 Small room or bureau.
4 See above, p. 256 n. 1.
1S. Jesus da Boa Morte, an austere Capuchin monastery founded in 1736; references to M–are to Dom Diogo, 5th Marquis of Marialva.
2 Mental institution.
3 A district of Lisbon, meaning ‘high quarter’.
4 Joāo Ferreira (d. 1788), a wealthy Lisbon merchant who lived in the Bairro Alto.
1 Avis was also a Royal dynastic house which began in 1385 with King Joāo I.
2 Now Marquis of Tancos. [Beckford’s note].
1 See above, p. 256 n. 2.
2 Alcobaça was founded in the twelfth century by the Cistercian Order; Batalha was built after the Portuguese victory (over the Spanish) at Aljubarrota in 1385.
3 There is some doubt as to whether the Prior of St Vincent accompanied the travellers or met them at Tojal. See Alexander, Intro, xx.
4 Royal palace near Lisbon, finished in 1760.
5 Horse-drivers.
1 The Old Marquis was the Fourth Marquis (1713–99), father of Dom Diogo, Beckford’s friend
2 Dr Ehrhart, Beckford’s physician who had replaced Dr Verdeil.
3 Gregorio Franchi (1770–1828), student at Patriarchal Seminary who was Beckford’s lover and later confidant. See above, p. xv.
4 Pope Leo X (1475–1521), Pope from 1513, one of the Medici family
1King of Portugal (1554–78), who lead a disastrous crusade against the Moors and died with the flower of Portuguese aristocracy at the battle of Alcacer Quibir in 1578.
2 From 1580–1640 Portugal was occupied by Spain.
3 Pedro José de Noronha (1716–88), 3rd Marquis, one-time prime minister.
1 Possibly Nuno Gonçalves (active 1450–67), who painted the monks at Alcobaça.
1 Joāo I of Portugal defeated Juan I of Castile at the battle of Aljubarrota in 1385 thus consolidating Portuguese independence. See below, p. 281.
2 Pedro I of Portugal (1320–67), known for his impartial administration of justice to rich and poor alike.
3 King Afonso I (?1109–85), who in 1143 declared himself King of Portugal, marking the birth of the nation.
4 Cloister at St Dénis in Paris, burial place of kings of France.
5 Bishop of Noyon (c. 588–660).
1 Nobleman.
2 See above, p. 143 n. 3.
3 Greek god of flocks and shepherds.
1 Brazilian song entitled ‘the young lady from Bahia’.
2 Royal palaces.
3 English merchant community in Portugal.
1‘Very good – exquisite – excellent’.
2 Magistrate.
1 Roll.
1 See above, p. 238 n. 3.
2 See above, p. 227 n. 6.
3 Those accused of being conspirators and their families were incarcerated by Pombal in the Tower of Belém, near Lisbon.
1 St Ignatius de Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuit Order expelled from Portugal by Pombal in 1759.
1William of Wykeham (1324–1404), patron of English Gothic art.
2 Daughter of the Duke of Lancaster who married King Joāo I of Portugal in 1387, the year after the Treaty of Windsor had been signed binding England and Portugal in perpetual alliance.
1 Boyd Alexander doubts if there ever was a twelfth day. See Introduction, p. xix ff.
1A Véador is something less than a Camarista, or chamberlain, and something more than a groom of the bedchamber. [Beckford’s note]
2 José de Noronha (1741–1811), 4th Marquis and Pedro (1771–1804), 5th Marquis.
1 A Turkish palace guard.
2 Possibly Lorenzo Costa (?1459–1535), Italian painter of shool of Ferrara.
3 Idols.
4 A spotted butterfly.
1 From this mild night, I have been told repeatedly, may be traced the marked predilection of the future empress-queen for this graceful young nobleman – a predilection about which much has been said and more conjectured. [Beckford’s note]
2 Chicken stew.
3 Princess.
4 Lady attendants.
1 ‘Very good, very good’.
1 Charles VI (1685–1740), Holy Roman Emperor.
1‘Lets not talk of them but look and pass on’.
1 In central Lisbon, now Praça do Comercio.
2 See above, p. 258 n. 1.
1 see above, p. 226 n. 1.
2 In 1327.
*Not represented in this collection
†Printed but not released
*See half-title to each extract for details of edition that has been used in this collection.
*Note: A specific edition has been cited where it is likely that Beckford or Henley used it.
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