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But if the truth is otherwise, if they
spoke handsomely of Philip and told you that he was the friend of Athens, that he would deliver the Phocians,
that he would curb the arrogance of the Thebans, that he would bestow on you
many boons of more value than Amphipolis, and would restore Euboea and Oropus, if only he got his peace,—if, I
say, by such assertions and such promises they have deceived and deluded you,
and wellnigh stripped you of all Attica, find him guilty, and do not reinforce the outrages, for I
can find no better word,—that you have endured, by returning to your
homes laden with the curse and the guilt of perjury, for the sake of the bribes
that they have pocketed.
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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