Of thirty not three ships are cast away,
But on this rock not one escapes, I say.
[5761]Este procul nymphae, fallax genus este puellae,
Vita jugata meo non facit ingenio: me juvat, &c.
[5763]Scylla et Charybdis Sicula contorquens freta,
Minus est timenda, nulla non melior fera est.
Scylla and Charybdis are less dangerous,
There is no beast that is so noxious.
For fain would I leave a single life,
If I could get me a good wife.