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σὺ δ᾽ ἀντὶ τοῦ πολλοὺς μάρτυρας τούτων ποιεῖσθαι πάντας ἀνθρώπους λανθάνειν ἐπειρῶ, ὥσπερ ἀδικῶν τι. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐμοὶ τῷ δανείσαντι ἀπεδίδους, οὐδὲν ἂν ἔδει μαρτύρων: τὴν γὰρ συγγραφὴν ἀνελόμενος ἀπήλλαξο ἂν τοῦ συμβολαίου: νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐμοί, ἀλλ᾽ ἑτέρῳ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἀποδιδούς, καὶ οὐκ Ἀθήνησιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν Βοσπόρῳ, καὶ τῆς συγγραφῆς σοι κειμένης Ἀθήνησι καὶ πρὸς ἐμέ, καὶ ᾧ τὸ χρυσίον ἀπεδίδους ὄντος θνητοῦ καὶ πέλαγος τοσοῦτον μέλλοντος πλεῖν, μάρτυρα οὐδένα ἐποιήσω, οὔτε δοῦλον οὔτ᾽ ἐλεύθερον.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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