Tossed hither;[n47] gaining, if a gain, this solace,

That future times, by famous Io’s name,

Shall know that sea.[f15] These things may be a sign

That I, beyond the outward show, can pierce

To the heart of truth. What yet remains, I tell

To thee and them in common, tracing back

My speech to whence it came. There is a city

In extreme Egypt, where with outspread loam

Nile breasts the sea, its name Canopus. There

Jove to thy sober sense shall bring thee back,