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Zacocia
King of Mozambec. Camoens, in his Lusiad, says that he
received Vasco da Gama and his men with great hospitality, believing
them to be Mahometans, but the moment he discovered that they were
Christians all his kindness turned to the most rancorous hate. He tried
to allure them into ambush, but, failing in this, sent to Gama a pilot
to conduct the fleet to Mombaze (2 syl.), where the whole party would
have been killed or reduced to slavery. This treachery failed also,
because Venus drove the fleet in a contrary direction by a storm. The
faithless pilot lastly attempted to run the ships upon hidden rocks,
but the Nereids came to the rescue, and the pilot threw himself into
the sea to escape the anger of the Portuguese adventurer. (Camoens: Lusiad, bks. i. ii.)
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