Ferunt Vettium Valentem lascivia in praealtam arborem conisum, interrogantibus quid aspiceret, respondisse tempestatem ab Ostia atrocem, sive coeperat ea species, seu forte lapsa vox in praesagium vertit.
The tale runs that Vettius Valens, in some freak of humour, clambered into a tall tree, and to the question, What did he spy? answered: A frightful storm over Ostia'whether something of the kind was actually taking shape, or a chance-dropped word developed into a prophecy.
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