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                        Stories of the Nations

     A Series of Historical Studies intended to present in graphic
     narratives the stories of the different nations that have attained
     prominence in history.

In the story form the current of each national life is distinctly
indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes are
presented for the reader in their philosophical relations to each other
as well as to universal history.

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                               PORTUGAL

                       [Illustration: colophon]

               [Illustration: PRINCE HENRY OF PORTUGAL.

 (_From an Engraving of the Miniature in the MS. of "The Discovery of
                           Guinea," 1448._)]




                       THE STORY OF THE NATIONS

                               PORTUGAL

                                  BY
                           H. MORSE STEPHENS

     BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD; OXFORD UNIVERSITY