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Various Pythagoreans; tr. Thomas Taylor · 1822

An oval ink stamp on the left side of the page reading "REESE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA".
Αβαπτιστος ειμι φελλος ως
υπερ ερκος αλμας.
Original Greek: "Αβαπτιστος ειμι φελλος ως / υπερ ερκος αλμας." (I am like a cork, un-sunk, floating above the barrier of the salt sea.)PIND. PYTH. OD. 2.
Just like a cork unmerged I keep
On the broad barrier of the deep.