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XXIV.

O thou blossom of all the race Juventian

Not now only, but all as yet arisen,

All to flower in after-years arising;

Midas' treasury better you presented

Him that owns not a slave nor any coffer,

Ere you suffer his alien arm's presuming.

What? you fancy him all refin'd perfection?

Perfect! truly, without a slave, a coffer.

Slight, reject it, away with it; for all that

He, he owns not a slave nor any coffer.