Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quæ habitat in fluminibus? aquæ in circuitu ejus; cujus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri ejus.
Art thou better than the populous Alexandria, that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the sea is its riches: the waters are its walls.
Numquid bono es Alexandria de populos, que habita in flumines? De aqua in circuitu de illo; de que divitias, mari; de aqua, muros de illo.