Diogo do Couto

Diogo do Couto, a 16th-century historian of the Portuguese East, who never included Camões among the nobles he carefully listed for every skirmish, did note, however, that he found “that great poet and old friend of mine” stranded penniless in Mozambique and helped to pay…

…the more critical and inclusive Diogo do Couto, ranks as the noblest historical monument of the 16th century.