He tells an imaginary story or adventure, such as that which Chrysalus invents of the pursuit of his vessel by a piratical craft- Ubi portu eximus, homines remigio sequi, Neque aves neque venti citius, etc.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Then if spark of life remained in his mutilated body, they would direct, amid murmured aves, that his eyes be burned from their sockets in order that he might look upon heresy no more.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
"'To them,'" read Anthony, "'that before this image of pity devoutly say five paternosters, five aves and a credo, piteously beholding these arms of Christ's Passion, are granted thirty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty-five years of pardon.
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson