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

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But the stout seamen when their feet were set ashore, all hastenèd to greet the strand; nor was there any who his ship had quit sans hopes of finding game upon the land: None think such game that needs ne springe ne net on those fair hillocks thus would come to hand;⁠— so bien, so bonny, so benign a prey by Venus cast love-wounded in their way.

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