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

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Amid such fierce extremes of Fear and Pain, such grievous labours, perils lacking name, whoso fair Honour wooeth aye shall gain, Man’s true nobility, immortal Fame: Not those who ever lean on ancient strain, imping on noble trunk a barren claim, not those reclining on the golden beds, where Moscow’s Zebelin downy softness spreads:

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