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

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“View éxtreme Suez where, old Annals say, once stood the city hight Hero’opolis; by some Arsin’oe called, and in our day she holdeth Egypt’s fleets and argosies: Behold the watery depths, where clove his way Moses the mighty in past centuries: Asia beginneth here her huge extent in regions, kingdoms, empires opulent.

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