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But their actions now are shown to be
the very opposite of the language which they then used with such insistence; for
I am unable to get the woman for examination despite repeated demands, as has
been stated to you by witnesses. Since, therefore, they refuse to deliver up the
woman, whom they themselves declare that I was challenged to receive, I desire
to call before you the witnesses who saw Theophemus deal me the first blow. And
this is what constitutes assault, when a man commits the first act of violence,
especially when he strikes one who is seeking to exact payment in accordance
with the laws and your decrees.Please read the
decrees and the deposition.“
Decrees
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Deposition
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Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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