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

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Gidà the hythe is ’titled, where the trade of all the Red Sea shorelands flourisht most, whereby was great and grateful gain convey’d unto the Sóldan, who possest the coast: Hence to the Malabars, by contract made with th’ Infidel, tall ships, a potent host, each year fares sailing over Indic seas stocking their teeming holds with spiceries.

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