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All the
evidence which I had to offer to prove that the slaves belong to Arethusius, I
have laid before you. I wish, however, to speak also about the challenge which
these men tendered me, and which I also tendered them. They challenged me at the
preliminary hearing, stating that they were ready to deliver up the slaves, that
I myself might put them to the torture, their wish being that this offer should
serve as a sort of evidence for their side.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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