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

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When in a vision Maia’s son was seen and heard to say: “Fly, Lusitanian! fly that wicked Monarch’s snares, that only mean to draw you forwards where ye surely die: Fly, for breathes fair the breeze and smiles serene Aether, while stormless sleep the seas and sky; in other part another King more benign sure shelter offereth unto thee and thine!

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