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

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As beam reflected by the burnisht bright mirror of steel, or glass-plate crystal-clear, which sometime struck by ray of solar light in other part re-strikes the dazzling glare; and waved by wanton hand of curious Spright about the house to sparkle here and there, o’er walls and roofs the shimm’ering species plays, nor rest its trem’ulous, fitful, quiv’ering rays.

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