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Cleomenes, as commander-in-chief, in a
Centuripan quadrireme ordered the mast to be erected, the sails to be set, the
anchor to be weighed, and made signal for the rest of the ships to follow him. This
Centuripan vessel was an extraordinarily fast sailer; for, while Verres was praetor,
no one had any opportunity of knowing what each ship could do with oars; although in
order to do honour and to show favour to Cleomenes, there was a much smaller
deficiency of rowers and soldiers in that quadrireme. The quadrireme, almost flying,
had already got out of sight, while the other ships were still hard at work in their
original station.
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