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

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By Demon-aidance truthful sign they learn, how doth this novel visitor portend a yoke perpet’ual, servitude eterne, the Race’s ruin and its valour’s end. Th’ amazèd Augur, whom the proofs constern, wends to the King and tells (e’en as he ken’d) the fearful symptoms that had met his sight by victim’d bowels brought anon to light.

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