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Quotation from Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton
“Vivat Hispania! Domino Gloria! Don John of Austria Has set his people free!”
Lepanto, Stanza 8 (Poems, 1915)
The climactic refrain after the Christian galley slaves are released from the Ottoman ships.
Citation: "Vivat Hispania! Domino Gloria! Don John of Austria Has set his people free!" — G. K. Chesterton, Lepanto, Stanza 8 (Poems, 1915). (id lepanto-q5)
Portrait: The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571, Unidentified painter, Public domain.
