| A | B |
|---|
| ait fuisse | says [that it] was |
| neque...nequīsse praeterīre | [that it] was not unable to surpass |
| impetum | the rapid motion |
| ūllius natantis...trabis | of any floating boat |
| opus foret volāre | there was a need to go swiftly |
| sīve palmulīs | whether...by oars |
| sīve linteō | or by sail |
| negat | it says [that] not |
| saepe sībilum ēdidit | it often produced whistling |
| loquente...comā | with talking foliage |
| haec fuisse | [that] these [things] were |
| ultimā ex orīgine | from earliest beginning |
| stetisse dīcit | it says [that it] stood |
| tuō...in cacūmine | on your peak |
| imbuisse palmulās | dipped [its] oars |
| tuō...in aequore | in your sea |
| inde | from there |
| tot per | through so many |
| impotentia freta | uncontrollable seas |
| erum tulisse | [it] carried [its] master |
| laeva sīve dextera | [whether] a left or right |
| vocāret aura | breeze called |
| Iuppiter...secundus | favorable weather |
| utrumque...in pedem | onto each rope |
| sibi esse facta | were made by it |
| cum venīret | when it came |
| ā marī novissimō | from the most recent sea |
| hunc ad usque limpidum | all the way to this clear |
| haec prius fuēre | these [things] were before |
| reconditā...quiēte | in secluded rest |
