sive laborantes concepto flamine terrae ventorum rabiem et clausum eiecere furorem, exedit seu putre solum carpsitque terendo unda latens, sive hac volventis machina caeli incubuit, sive omne fretum Neptunia movit cuspis et extremas gravius mare torsit in oras, seu vati datus ille fragor, seu terra minata est fratribus: ecce alte praeceps humus ore profundo dissilit, inque vicem timuerunt sidera et umbrae.
Did the earth in labour with wind in her womb expel a raging blast, a prisoned fury? Or did hidden water erode the crumbling soil and sap it by abrasion? Or did the fabric of the rolling sky bear down this way? Or did Neptunes spear move all the sea and hurl a heavier ocean upon the fringing coasts? Or was that commotion for the prophets sake? Or did earth threaten the brothers? See, the ground becomes a precipice, springing asunder in a deep chasm, stars and shades fear in turn.
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