Ac primo placidum aequor mille navium velis strepere aut remis inpelli: mox atro nubium globo effusa grando, simul variis undique procellis incerti fluctus prospectum adimere, regimen inpedire; milesque pavidus et casuum maris ignarus, dum turbat nautas vel intempestive iuvat, officia prudentium corrumpebat.
At first it was a tranquil expanse, troubled only by the sound and impulse of the sails and oars of a thousand ships. But soon the hail poured from a black mass of clouds, and simultaneously the waves, buffeted by conflicting gales from every quarter, began to blot out the view and impede the steering. The soldiers'struck by alarm, and unfamiliar with the sea and its hazards'nullified by their obstruction or mistimed help the services of the professional sailors.
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