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706Ecce velut navis praefixo concita rostro
707sulcat aquas, iuvenum sudantibus acta lacertis,
708sic fera dimotis inpulsu pectoris undis
709tantum aberat scopulis, quantum Balearica torto
710funda potest plumbo medii transmittere caeli:
711cum subito iuvenis pedibus tellure repulsa
712arduus in nubes abiit. Ut in aequore summo
713umbra viri visa est, visa fera saevit in umbra.
714Utque Iovis praepes, vacuo cum vidit in arvo
715praebentem Phoebo liventia terga draconem,
716occupat aversum, neu saeva retorqueat ora,
717squamigeris avidos figit cervicibus ungues,
718sic celeri missus praeceps per inane volatu
719terga ferae pressit dextroque frementis in armo
720Inachides ferrum curvo tenus abdidit hamo.