ipsi intus dextra ac laeva pro turribus astant armati ferro et cristis capita alta corusci: quales aeriae liquentia flumina circum sive Padi ripis Athesim seu propter amoenum consurgunt geminae quercus intonsaque caelo attollunt capita et sublimi vertice nutant.
They themselves stand in the gateway, to right and left before the towers, sheathed in iron, with waving plumes upon their lofty heads: just as high in air beside flowing streams, whether on Padus banks or by pleasant Athesis, twin oaks soar aloft, raising to heaven their unshorn heads and nodding their lofty crowns.