ultima subsedit glomerato pondere tellus, convenitque vagis permixtus limus harenis paulatim ad summum tenui fugiente liquore; quoque magis puras umor secessit in undas et saccata magis struxerunt aequora terram adiacuitque cavis fluidum convallibus aequor, emersere fretis montes, orbisque per undas exsiliit, vasto clausus tamen undique ponto.
Lastly to the bottom sank earth, moulded into a ball by its weight, and mud, mixed with shifting sand, collected as the light liquid gradually made its way to the top; more and more the moisture withdrew to form clear waters, the filtering of the liquid built up land, and the fluid plains came to rest in hollow valleys; so by degrees mountains emerged from the deep, and the round world sprang forth from the waves, but closed in on every side by the vast ocean.
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