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               Since they have the tempers of lewd and impious beasts, we must guard against them quickly.
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               A fleet in getting under way is not so speedy,</l><l n="765">nor yet in anchoring, when the securing cables must be brought ashore; and even at anchorage shepherds of ships do not feel immediately secure, above all if they have arrived on a harborless coast when the sun is sinking into night.</l><l n="770">In a cautious pilot night is likely to beget anxiety.  Then, too, the disembarking of an army cannot be effected with success before a ship has gained confidence in her moorings.  But, for all your terror, remember not to neglect the gods.  <add>I will return</add> when I have secured aid.  The city will find no fault with a messenger,</l><l n="775">old in years, but with youth in his heart and on his tongue.  <stage rend="italic">Exit</stage>  
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