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

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“There salvage Caffres shall have pow’er to do what ne’er could do the pow’er of dext’erous foe; and the rude fire-charred club and staff subdue whom ne’er subduèd ball nor artful bow. Forsooth His judgments hide from human view! Vain fools who vainly judge what none may know, call a misfortune, term a fate malign, what is but Providence pure, all-wise, divine.

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