C. PLINIVS CANINIO SVO S, Pliny writes to his Caninius, incidi in materiam veram sed simillimam fictae, dignamque isto laetissimo altissimo planeque poetico ingenio;, I have come across a subject, true but very similar to fiction, and worthy of that very rich, very lofty and clearly poetic talent [of yours], incidi autem, dum super cenam varia miracula hinc inde referuntur, However, I came across it while different marvellous tales were being told to and fro over dinner, magna auctori fides: tametsi quid poetae cum fide?, The author has great reliability: although what concern does a poet have with reliability?, is tamen auctor, cui bene vel historiam scripturus credidisses, However, this is an author you would even trust if you were going to write history, est in Africa Hipponensis colonia mari proxima, There is in Africa a colony called Hippo, very close to the sea, adiacet navigabile stagnum; ex hoc in modum fluminis aestuarium emergit, A navigable lake lies next to it; from which, in the manner of a river, a channel flows out, quod vice alterna, prout aestus aut repressit aut impulit, nunc infertur mari, nunc redditur stagno, which alternatively exactly as the tide, either forces [the water] back or drives it forward, now it flows into the sea, now it flows back to the lake

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