He was in consequence banished from the settlement, and sent to China.

In the course of his subsequent adventures and misfortunes, Camoens suffered shipwreck, escaping only with his life and the manuscript of his 'Lusiad.' Persecution and hardship seemed everywhere to pursue him.
At Macao he was thrown into prison.

Escaping from it, he set sail for Lisbon, where he arrived, after sixteen years' absence, poor and friendless.

His 'Lusiad,' which was shortly after published, brought him much fame, but no money.

But for his old Indian slave Antonio, who begged for his master in the streets, Camoens must have perished.