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

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“ ‘Oh craving of Command! Oh vain Desire! of vainest van’ity man miscalleth Fame! Oh fraud’ulent gust, so easy fanned to fire by breath of vulgar, aping Honour’s name! What just and dreadful judgment deals thine ire, to seely souls who overlove thy claim! What deaths, what direful risks, what agonies wherewith thou guerd’onest them, thy fitting prize!

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