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

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Of these small wingèd Impes a band is set to varied labours in their several crafts; these on the grindstone piercing piles to whet, and those to shave and thin the caney shafts: Soothes ev’ery labour love-sweet canzonet, wedding strange chances to the song that wafts sonorous melodies and roundels gay; suave is the song, angelical the lay.

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