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The Lusiad

Note 33 — THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA.

William Julius Mickle translation

The soldiers and navigators were the only considerable gainers by their acquirements in the Indies. Agriculture and manufactures are the natural strength of a nation; these received little or no increase in Spain and Portugal by the great acquisitions of these crowns.

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