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“O thou! who sole hast seen with pit’iful eye, benignant King! our Lusitanian race, which in such mis’ery dire hath dared defy Fate, and the furies of mad seas to face; may yon Divine eternity on high, that ruleth man, revolving skyey space, since gifts so goodly givest thou, I pray the Heav’ens repay thee what we never may.