nec vitiis deerant vires: non largior ulli Ausoniae populo (sic tum Fortuna fovebat) aurique argentique modus; madefacta veneno Assyrio maribus vestis medioque dierum regales epulae atque ortu convivia solis deprensa et nulla macula non illita vita.
No people of Italy possessed gold and silver in more abundance'so favoured were they then by Fortune; their garments, even those worn by men, were dyed with Assyriana purple; their princely banquets began at noon, and the rising sun found them at their revels; and their way of life was defiled by every stain.
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