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

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“Here willèd Picture, lief with change to play pleasing and teaching, mixing gay and grave, to give them titles which your olden lay to fabled Gods in poet-fables gave: For even th’ Angels of th’ eternal day as Gods enrollèd were in sacred stave; which e’en denies not such exalted name sometimes to sinner though with falsest claim.

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