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“ ‘Say you, by whom were alway trodden down these, now who seem to tread adown on you; for Diniz and his son of high renown, save by your sires’ and grandsires’ derring-do? Then if by sin or sore neglect o’erthrown so could your olden force Fernand undo, to you fresh forces this new King shall bring; an it be sooth that Subjects change with King.