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

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But him opposèd Venus, lovely fair, whose heart her Lusian sons had won the more, since in them seen the qualities high and rare, the gifts that deckt her Romans dear of yore: The heart of valour, and the potent star, whose splendour dazzled Tingitánan shore; and e’en the music of their speech appears soft bastard Latin to her loving ears.

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