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When I heard him, thinking this fellow a most impious wretch
because of his attempt, I set about considering how I might myself get free from
my guaranty to the bank, and how the foreigner1 might avoid the loss of the
money he had lent this fellow through me. After stationing men to guard the ship
I told the whole story to the sureties of the bank and turned the security over
to them, telling them that the foreigner had a lien of ten minae on the ship.
Having arranged this, I attached the slaves, in order that, if any shortage
occurred, the deficiency might be made up by the proceeds of their sale.
1 The foreigner is, of course, Parmeno.
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