iam navibus cinis incidebat
ash was falling onto the ships now
quo proprius accederent, calidior et densior
hotter and denser the closer they went
iam pumices etiam
now it was even pumice
nigrique et ambusti et fracti igne lapides
and rocks that were blackened and burned and shattered by the fire
iam vadum subitum
now there was sudden shallow water
ruinaque montis litora obstantia
and debris from the mountain that blocked the shore
cunctatus paulum
having paused for a moment
an retro flecteret
wondering whether to turn back
mox gubernatori ut ita faceret monenti 'fortes' inquit 'fortuna iuvat
he soon said to the helmsman, who was advising him to do just that, 'Fortune favours the brave'
Pomponianus pete.'
head for Pomponianus