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

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“Those high illustr’ious Fathers who gave birth to generations on their grace depending, fought for fair Honour , sternly strove on Earth to found a fam’ily that could bear descending: Blind! if paternal toils of priceless worth, won name, fame, claim so far and wide extending, they leave their lesser sons but more obscure, when left in crap’ulous vice to live impure.

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