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show me the
decree and tell me who were my accusers after the report was made. Compare the
present case, where you have both: a decree which authorized the council's
inquiry, and accusers, elected by the people, who are now giving the jury an
account of the crimes. If your story is true, I am prepared to die. But if you
claim that the council took the initiative in reporting me, produce the
Areopagites as witnesses, just as I myself shall produce them to show that I was
not reported,
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