Principio, quod Averna vocantur nomine, id ab re inpositumst, quia sunt avibus contraria cunctis, e regione ea quod loca cum venere volantes, remigii oblitae pennarum vela remittunt praecipitesque cadunt molli cervice profusae in terram, si forte ita fert natura locorum, aut in aquam, si forte lacus substratus Averni.
In the first place, their name Avernian has been bestowed upon them because of their character, being dangerous to all birds, because when they have come in flight straight over those places, forgetting their oarage of wings and slackening their sails, headlong they fall, sinking down with limp neck to the ground, if it so happens that the nature of the place allows it, or into the water, if it happens that a lake of Avernus lies below.
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