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

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“On such long dubious courses sent to steer, us deemed the people den’izens of the tomb; the wailing women shed the piteous tear, and sadly sighed the men to sight our doom: Wives, sisters, mothers (most their hearts must fear whose love is foremost) added to the gloom Despair; and shudder’d with a freezing fright lest we, their loved ones, aye be lost to sight.

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