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

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The Géntoo thus, and Gama’s answer came:⁠— “Thou see’st a Herdsman who his flock forsook; we know that Viriátus was his name, who aye preferred the Lance before the Crook: He shook and shattered Roman pride and fame; from this unvanquisht victor ne’er she took Ah, no! nor ever could her power take the primacy which Pyrrhus failed to break.

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