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

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“Here see the mighty World-machine appear, ethereal where the fourfold el’ements blend, made by His deep design, His lofty lere, who lacks beginning and who has no end. He who surrounding holds this shapely sphere, this globe in filèd surface packt and pen’d, is God: But what God is th’ intelligence of mortal genius ne’er shall dare pretence.

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