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“Judge then, O King! an over Earth e’er went men who would ’tempt such paths of risk and dread?
Dost deem Aeneas, or e’en eloquent Ulysses, fared so far this Earth to tread?
Did any dare to see the Sea’s extent howe’er the Muse their Gestes hath sung or said, as I by force of will and skill have seen and still shall see; or e’en the eighth, I ween?