Ingens ergo animis militum desperatio incessit cernentibus profundum mare, quod vix divina ope posset impleri; quae saxa tam vasta, quas tam proceras arbores posse reperiri? exhauriendas esse regiones, ut illud spatium exaggeraretur; exaestuare semper fretum, quoque artius volutetur inter insulam et continentem, hoc acrius furere.
Hence the minds of the soldiers were assailed by extreme discouragement, as they looked upon the deep sea, which could hardly be filled even by divine help; what rocks huge enough, they thought, what trees tall enough, can be found? It would be necessary to empty whole regions in order to fill so great a space with material; then too the strait is always in commotion, and the more confined the space in which it is whirled about between the island and the mainland, the more fiercely does it rage.
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