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Could someone help me translate the following sentence?

"Qui Vicit totiens instructis classihus hosies \ Ille
Vagis HAVKINS Viiam relliquit in vndis"

It corresponds to an inscription below a portrait of John Hawkins.
Thank you for your help!

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@dianeavalon7,

Here's what I make of it.

I think the first line should be
Qui vicit totiens instructis classibus hostes
He who so often defeated enemies with the fleets he built

I think the second line should be
Ille vagus Havkins vitam reliquit in undis
This wander Hawkins left his life in the waves

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For information purposes:

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/313/media-313110/large.jpg

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Nice find, Tim.

Looks like it is vagis, not vagus.
Hard to parse that.
Lemme think on it.

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Thank you very much. I don't understand Latin at all so I greatly appreciate your help!

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@dianeavalon7,

You're welcome Diane. I have to give up on the exact translation of vagis
in this context, but I believe the rest of the translation is accurate.

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