et post haec portum Alingonis tam piger calcas, ac si tibi nunc esset ad limitem Danuvinum contra incursaces Massagetas proficiscendum, vel si nunc etiam tuae navi stagna Nilotidis aquae per indigenas formidata crocodillos transfretarentur.
And after all this you boggle at the harbour of Langon, showing as little spirit as if you had now to start for the Danubian frontier against the raiding Massagetae, or as if your ship were actually crossing the waters of the Nile dreaded because of native crocodiles.
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