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

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“I saw, and clearly saw, the living Light, which sailor-people hold their Patron-saint, in times of trouble and the winds’ rude fight, and sable orcan when man’s heart is faint. Nor less to one and all ’twas exquisite marvel, surpassing power of wonderment, to see the sea-based clouds, with bulky shaft, upheaving Ocean’s depth with sucking draught.

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