Quantum inde abesset mare, quae gentes colerent, quam placidum amnis os quam patiens longarum navium esset, anceps et caeca aestimatio augurabatur; unum erat temeritatis solacium perpetua felicitas.
How far off from there the sea was, what nations dwelt there, how quiet the mouth of the river was, whether it was navigable by ships of war, was divined by uncertain and blind conjecture; the sole consolation for the rash enterprise was the kings perpetual good fortune.
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