I was so much amazed with the thing itself, having never felt the like, nor discoursed with any one that had, that I was like one dead or stupefied; and the motion of the earth made my stomach sick, like one that was tossed at sea; but the noise of the falling of the rock awakened me, as it were, and rousing me from the stupefied condition I was in, filled me with horror; and I thought of nothing then but the hill falling upon my tent and all my household goods, and burying all at once; and this sunk my very soul within me a second time.
Lo strepito nondimeno dello scheggione di roccia caduto nell’onde mi scosse, ma togliendomi dal mio stato di stupidezza diede luogo in me ai pensieri i più orridi e spaventosi. Vidi che sarebbe bastato un nulla a far cadere il monte su la mia tenda e le mie sostanze in essa raccolte, a seppellire tutte queste cose in un colpo; ed ecco che il mio spirito tornò una seconda volta ad avvilirsi.