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πῶς γὰρ οὐχὶ καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο δεινότατ᾽ ἂν πεπονθὼς ὁ Χαβρίας φανείη, εἰ μὴ μόνον ἐξαρκέσει τοῖς τὰ τοιαῦτα πολιτευομένοις τὸν ἐκείνου δοῦλον Λυκίδαν πρόξενον ὑμέτερον πεποιηκέναι, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ διὰ τοῦτον πάλιν καὶ τῶν ἐκείνῳ τι δοθέντων ἀφέλοιντο, καὶ ταῦτ᾽ αἰτίαν λέγοντες ψευδῆ; οὐ γάρ ἐστιν οὔθ᾽ οὗτος οὔτ᾽ ἄλλος οὐδεὶς πρόξενος ὢν ἀτελής, ὅτῳ μὴ διαρρήδην ἀτέλειαν ἔδωκεν ὁ δῆμος. τούτοις δ᾽ οὐ δέδωκεν, οὐδ᾽ ἕξουσιν οὗτοι δεικνύναι, λόγῳ δ᾽ ἂν ἀναισχυντῶσιν, οὐχὶ καλῶς ποιήσουσιν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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