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

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“And, even should they by this not’able feat fail to be scatter’d, shatter’d, wholly slain, I have imaginèd a rare conceit of marv’ellous cunning which thy heart shall gain: A pilot bid be brought of wily wit nor less astute to lay the skilful train, who shall the stranger lead where bane and bale, loss, death, destruction wait on every sail.”

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