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When Theophemus had given me this answer and had extended the time of payment,
and especially because I relied upon my impeachment for false testimony and his
unwillingness to deliver up the woman, and so thought he would take no violent
measures in my affair, I despatched the trireme, and a few days later, having
got the money together, I approached him and bade him to go with me to the bank
to receive the amount of his judgement.To prove
that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions
regarding these matters.“
Depositions
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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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