Depiction in Literature
The following text was written by John Speed in 1626:
| “ | The Kingdome of Ormus hath his owne King tributarie vnto the King of Luſitania. it containeth the whole shore of Arabia from the paſsage of the riuer Euphrates vntil C. Raz. algati, likewiſe part of the Kingdome of Perſia w. adioyneth to the Sea Baſora and almoſt al the Ilands of the perſian Gulfe. whose mother Citie is Ormus in the Iland Geru a famous mart | ” |
Note that some of this text is missing due to printing faults.
This text is likely derived from a caption on Ortelius' 1567 map of Asia, which was derived from Gastaldi's map of six years prior:
| “ | ORMVS Regnum, peculiarem habet Regem Lusitaniæ Regi tributarium: continetque totam Arabiam littoralem ab Euphratis fl. ostio vsque ad C. Razalqati, nec nom partem Regni Persidis quæ adiacet freto Basoræ, atque insulas fere omnes sinus Persici. Cuius metropolis est vrbs Ormus in insula Geru sita, emporium celebre. | ” |
Line 20 of Andrew Marvell's poem 'Bermudas' reads:
| “ | Jewels more rich than Ormus shows | ” |
Ormus is also mentioned in a famous passage from John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (Book II, lines 1-5):
| “ | High on a throne of royal state, which far outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, |
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