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

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And bridle Av’arice-sin with iron bit, rein that Ambition which o’er-reigns your race in thousand fashions, and the base conceit of vicious Tyr’anny breeding vile disgrace: Such tinkling honours, gold so counterfeit, to true and honest worth ne’er raised the base: Better to merit and the meed to miss, than, lacking merit, every meed possess.

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