non populi gentesque tremunt, regesque superbi corripiunt divum percussi membra timore, ne quod ob admissum foede dictumve superbe poenarum grave sit solvendi tempus adactum? Summa etiam cum vis violenti per mare venti induperatorem classis super aequora verrit cum validis pariter legionibus atque elephantis, non divom pacem votis adit ac prece quaesit ventorum pavidus paces animasque secundas?' nequiquam, quoniam violento turbine saepe correptus nilo fertur minus ad vada leti.
Do not nations and peoples tremble, do not proud kings huddle up their limbs smitten with fear of the gods, lest for some base deed or proud word the solemn time of punishment be now brought near at hand? When also the supreme violence of a furious wind upon the sea sweeps over the waters the chief admiral of a fleet along with his mighty legions and elephants, does he not crave the gods peace with vows, does he not in his panic seek with prayers the peace of the winds and favouring breezes? But all in vain, since none the less he is often caught up in the furious hurricane and driven upon the shoals of death.
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