Omnia quae naturali ratione geruntur, et quibus e fiant causis apparet origo; ianua ne pote eis Orci regionibus esse credatur, post hinc animas Acheruntis in oras ducere forte deos manis inferne reamur, naribus alipedes ut cervi saepe putantur ducere de latebris serpentia saecla ferarum.
But all these things are done for some natural reason, and it is clear from what source come the causes causes that produce them; so it should not be believed possible that the gate of Orcus is in these regions, nor should we imagine next that the infernal deities by chance draw down souls from these places to the precincts of Acheron, as wing-footed stags are often thought to draw the tribes of creeping creatures from their holes by the breath of their nostrils.
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