When in a paroxysm the sun, shrouded in clouds, concealed his golden face, and the fierce and fiery sea wrecked our fleet in foaming madness.

Cuando de un parasismo el mismo Apolo,
Amortajado en nubes, la dorada
Faz escondió, y el mar sañudo y fiero
Deshizo con tormentas nuestra armada.

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