[27]
Foreseeing that result, and appreciating
its importance, I moved that the embassy should repair to the place where they
would find Philip and swear him in without delay, in order that the oath might
be taken while your allies the Thracians were still holding the places about
which Aeschines was so sarcastic—Serrium, Myrtenum, and
Ergisce—and that Philip might not get control of Thrace by seizing the positions of advantage
and so providing himself amply with men and money for the furtherance of his
ulterior designs.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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