Midas demanded that whatever he should touch might be turned into gold. […] In vain Jason threw his spear, praying that Diana might guide his arm. […] There were also contrivances by which a portion of the interior might be exposed to view. […] Each one asked what this exclamation might mean, and what had the cranes to do with him. […] During the ceremony they implored the Lord, that the holy drops might wash away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world, so that the child might be born anew.