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

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“Here see o’er Oriental seas bespread infinite island-groups and alwhere strewed: Tidore, Ternáte view, whose burning head lanceth the wavy flame and fiery flood: There see the groves the biting clove-bud shed, bought with the price of Portughueze’s blood; here dwell the golden fowls, whose home is air and never earthward save in death may fare.

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