During one of these crossings, as he remained during the night on the bridge of the ship, he saw beneath the waters two sturgeons swimming side by side.

He had very good hearing and he knew the language of fishes.

Now he heard one of the sturgeons say to the other: "The man in the moon, whom we have often seen carrying fagots on his shoulders, has fallen into the sea." And the other sturgeon said in its turn: "And in the silver disc there will be seen the image of two lovers kissing each other on the mouth." Some years later, having returned to his native country, Aegidius Aucupis found that ancient learning had been restored.

Manners had softened.

Men no longer pursued the nymphs of the fountains, of the woods, and of the mountains with their insults.