1The Angrivarii and Chamavi are closed in behind by the Dulgubnii and Chasuarii and other peoples not so often mentioned, and in front the Frisii succeed them. 1The Greater and Lesser Frisii have their names from the measure of their strength. 1Both tribes are bordered by the Rhine right down to the Ocean, and they also encompass immense lakes that have been sailed by Roman fleets. 2We have even attempted the Ocean itself in that quarter; 2and rumour has spread that pillars of Hercules still exist there, whether Hercules went there, or whether we have agreed to attribute whatever is magnificent anywhere to his renown. 3Nor did Drusus Germanicus lack daring, but the Ocean prevented inquiry into itself and into Hercules alike.
3Afterwards no one attempted it, and it seemed more pious and reverent to believe in the deeds of the gods than to know them.