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A Portuguese fleet becomes the object of conflict between Roman gods.

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There on the radiant thrones, rich, crystalline, sit the blithe couples, cavalier and dame; while on the golden dais in state recline the lovely Goddess, Gama loved by Fame: Delicious dainties, delicate, divine, that ántique Egypt’s lux’ury sink to shame, heap the huge chargers of the tawny gold from far Atlantis-treas’ury hither roll’d.

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