filius aequalis comitatus classe catervas ingentem remis Centaurum promovet: ille instat aquae saxumque undis immane minatur arduus, et longa sulcat maria alta carina.
His son, following on shipboard with a band of like age, drives with oars the mighty Centaur; over the water towers the monster, and threatens to hurl a mighty rock into the waves from above, while with long keel he furrows the deep seas.