pliny iam novibus...resedisset

Properat illuc unde alii fugiunt, rectumque cursum recta gubernacula in periculum tenet adeo solutus metu, ut omnes illius mali motus omnes figuras ut deprenderat oculis dictaret enotaretque.

He hurried there from where others were fleeing and kept a straight course into danger, so free from fear that he described and recorded with his eyes all the movements and forms of the disaster as he observed them.

Iam navibus cinis incidebat, quo propius accederent, calidior et densior; iam pumices etiam nigrique et ambusti et fracti igne lapides; iam vadum subitum ruinaque montis litora obstantia.

Now ash was falling onto the ships, hotter and denser the closer they approached; now pumice stones, blackened and scorched, and stones broken by fire; now a sudden shallowing of the water and rocks from the mountain blocking the shore.

Cunctatus paulum an retro flecteret, mox gubernatori ut ita faceret monenti 'Fortes' inquit 'fortuna iuvat: Pomponianum pete.'

After hesitating about whether to turn back, he soon said to the helmsman, who advised him to do so, “Fortune favors the brave: head for Pomponianus.”

Stabiis erat diremptus sinu medio — nam sensim circumactis curvatisque litoribus mare infunditur —; ibi quamquam nondum periculo appropinquante, conspicuo tamen et cum cresceret proximo, sarcinas contulerat in naves, certus fugae si contrarius ventus resedisset.

He was separated from Pomponianus at Stabiae, across the middle of the bay; there, although the danger had not yet approached, but was visible and growing nearer, Pomponianus had loaded his belongings onto ships, ready to flee if the unfavorable wind died down.

Quo tunc avunculus meus secundissimo invectus, complectitur trepidantem consolatur hortatur, utque timorem eius sua securitate leniret, deferri in balineum iubet; lotus accubat cenat, aut hilaris aut — quod aeque magnum — similis hilari.

Then my uncle, having sailed there with a very favorable wind, embraced the frightened man, comforted and encouraged him, and, to calm his fear by his own confidence, ordered him to be carried to the bath; after bathing he reclined and dined, either cheerful or—as remarkable—appearing cheerful.