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Already Neptune, deeming worth his heed a case so novel, sends in hottest haste, Triton to call the cold Sea-gods with speed, that govern Ocean’s breadth from east to west:

Triton⁠—that boasts him of the Sea-king’s seed, who had the reverend nymph, Salatia, prest⁠— was a tall, huge-limb’d Carle, young, swart of hue, his Father’s trumpet and his courier too.

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