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

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“ ‘This know, what ships shall sail my waters o’er and brave, as brav’est thou me, to work my worst; to them assurèd foe shall prove my shore, where blow the storm-winds, and the tempests burst: Hear! the first Squadron that shall dare explore and through my restless waves shall cleave the first, such improvisèd chastisement shall see, more than all dangers shall the damage be.

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