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Afeasting cheery all the guests enquirèd in Arab language, Whence had come their hosts? Who were they? Where their land? What they desirèd? What seas their keels had cut and conn’d what coasts?
The valiant Lusians answered with requirèd discretion, and eschewing foolish boasts—
“We are the Occidental Portughuese; And, seeking Orient lands, we sail the seas.