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“Dread Basiliscos, Lyons’ fiery flare, fierce Catapults, and mines that hidden spring, shall Mascarenhas and his Barons dare, and to th’ assurèd Death glad mien shall bring: Till, when all Hope is fled and reigns Despair, Castro, the saviour, cometh offering his sons’ young lives, and wills their names survive God’s sacrifices aye in Death to live.