| Summary: | As Paul Teyssier has shown in a seminal paper dealing with the manuscript tradition of Camões’ Filodemo, MS. Luís Franco proves much more reliable than the printed edition dated from 1587. Actually, as we can safely affirm on the basis of some passages, that edition has nothing to do with the author’s will. The passage at issue deals with a historical event, to which Carolina Michaëlis had already drawn scholarly attention. We are told about a woman put to death, in the form of poena cullei, in accordance with a sentence dated from Goa, 1546. MS. Luís Franco’s circumstantial reference includes a detailed list of the animals used in carrying out the death penalty. On the contrary, the editor’s report results from a rough misunderstanding, since reference is made to an ancient legend, which has nothing to do with what had really happened.
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