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When Philip had sworn to the peace, having first
secured Thrace because of their
disobedience to my decree, he bribed them to postpone our departure from
Macedonia until he had made ready
for his expedition against the Phocians. He was afraid that, if we reported that
he intended and was already preparing to march, you would turn out and sail
round with your fleet to Thermopylae, and block the passage, as you did before; and his
object was that you should not receive our report until he had reached this side
of Thermopylae and you were
powerless.
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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