Quemadmodum etiam navis onerariae maximae gubernator ansam gubernaculi tenens, qui oiax a Graecis appellatur, una manu momento per centrum ratione pressionibus artis agitans, versat eam amplissimis et inmanibus mercis et pinus ponderibus oneratam.
Just as also the steersman of a great merchant vessel holds the handle of the tiller (which is called oiax by the Greeks) with only one hand, and moves it skilfully round the centre where the fulcrum is tightly set, and guides the ship laden with an abundant or indeed enormous cargo of merchandise and timber.
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