# Carmen de Iona Propheta 1.92-106

Tertullian, Carmen de Iona Propheta, Lines 1.92-1.106. Latin.

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Sternitur aequoris unda, resolvitur aetheris umbra.
Hinc fluctus, illinc flatus redduntur amici,
Securamque viam placida signante carina
Candida caeruleo florent vestigia sulco.
Nauta at tum domino leti venerando timorem
Sacrificat grates, tum portus intrat amicos.
Navigat et vates alio susceptus Ionas
Navigio fluctumque secat sub fluctibus imis,
Viscera velificans, anima inspirata ferina,
Conclusus, neque tinctus aquis, maris intimus exter,
Inter semesas classes resolutaque putri
Corpora digestu, sua iam tum funera discens.
In signum sed enim domini quandoque futurus,
Non erat exitii, sed mortis testis abactae.
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