nec vana praedictio exstitit: nam Midas cunctorum paene regum opes abundantia pecuniae antecessit, infantiaeque incunabula vili deorum munere donata onustis auro atque argento gazis pensavit.
Nor did their prophecy prove idle, for Midas excelled the wealth of almost all kings in the abundance of his money and balanced the cradle of his infancy, dowered by the cheap gift of the gods, with treasuries laden with gold and silver.
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