cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus et iam,

alternum puppis latus evertentibus undis,

arbori incertae, nullam prudentia cani

rectoris cum ferret opem, decidere iactu

coepit cum ventis, imitatus castora, qui se

eunuchum ipse facit cupiens evadere damno

testiculi; adeo medicatum intellegit inguen.

When the riverbed was full in the midst of the waves and now, with the waves overturning the sides of the boat alternately, with an uncertain tree [mast]—no wisdom guiding the helmsman when he brought help—it began to fall with the winds, imitating the beaver, which makes itself a eunuch wishing to escape the harm of the testicles; so much does it understand the medicine applied to the groin."