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

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“O thou, Sertorius! O great Coriolane! Catiline! all ye hosts of bygone age, who ’gainst your Fatherland with hearts profane ragèd with rav’ening parricidal rage; if where Sumánus holds his dismal reign most dreadful torments must your sin assuage, tell him, that e’en our Portugal sometimes suckled some traitors guilty of your crimes.

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