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

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“For men who aye had office in one guise with mates of other office ne’er may wive; nor may the son the calling exercise save sire’s and foresires’ long as he shall live. These Nayrs as sin and shame, forsooth, despise the touch of outcasts, and they fain believe that, peradventure, if the touch occur, a thousand rites must wash their bodies pure.

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