non secus amisso medium cum praeside puppis fregit iter, subit ad vidui moderamina clavi aut laterum custos aut quem penes obvia ponto prora fuit: stupet ipsa ratis tardeque sequuntur.
Even as when a ship has lost her skipper and stopped in mid voyage, there comes to guide the doubtful helm either the guardian of the sides or he whose care was the prow that fronts the main; the vessel herself is stunned.
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