Odium merita Septimuleii avaritia, Ptolomaei autem, regis Cypriorum, risu prosequenda: nam cum anxiis sordibus magnas opes corripuisset, propterque eas periturum se videret et ideo omni pecunia imposita navibus in altum processisset, ut classe perforata suo arbitrio periret et hostes praeda carerent, non sustinuit mergere aurum et argentum, sed futurum necis suae praemium domum revexit.
Septimuleius avarice deserved hatred, that of Ptolemy, king of the Cypriots, was laughable. With anxious cheeseparings he had amassed great wealth and saw that on account of it he was likely to perish. He therefore placed all his money on ships and put out to sea, intending to scuttle his fleet and perish at his own will, depriving his enemies of their plunder. But he did not have the heart to sink the gold and silver, and so brought home the future reward of his own death.
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