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

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“Confident, yet would he in nought confide, save in his God that holds of Heav’en the throne; so few baptizèd stood their King beside, there were an hundred Moors for every one: Judge any sober judgment, and decide ’twas deed of rashness or by brav’ery done to fall on forces whose exceeding might a cent’ury showèd to a single Knight.

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