laughed as he was swimming, and now they laugh as he
discharges from his chest the draught of brine. Then 25
sprung up an ecstatic hope in the two last, Sergestus and
Mnestheus, of passing the lagging Gyas. Sergestus gets
the choice of water and comes nearer the rock—not first,
however, he by a whole vessel’s length—half his ship is
ahead, half is overlapped by the beak of his rival, the 30
Shark. Mnestheus walks through the ship among the
crew and cheers them on. “Now, now, rise to your oars,
old Hector’s men, whom I chose to follow me at Troy’s last