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“But ne’er did such denial-sin appear in noble Nuno Alv’ares, nay, instead— although his brothers show’d default so clear— he fiercely chid the fickle hearts misled; and to the lieges steeped in doubt and fear, with phrase more forceful than fine-drawn he said, too fere for facund, as he bared his glave, threating Earth, seas, and sphere with ban and brave:—