"And as a final example of Portuguese flexibility, pragmatism and humaness, there is the story, perhaps apocryphal, of the Portuguese admiral who, at the moment of engagement with a Spanish fleet, requested a meeting with the Spanish admiral. "How many ships do you have?" he asked the Spaniard, who replied, "Two hundred". The Portuguese then said, "I have one hundred. You win". Whereupon he drew his fleet".
(Lawrence E. Harrison, op. cit., p. 36)
(Lawrence E. Harrison, op. cit., p. 36)
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