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

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Borne on a Triton’s shoulders rides in state with fiery gesture, Dionaea fair; nor feels the bearer that delicious weight, superb his cargo of such charms to bear: Now draw they nearer where stiff winds dilate the bellicose Armada’s sailing gear: They part, and sudden with their troops surround the lighter vessels in the vayward bound.

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