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Ah,
but he was well provided with funds, so that it was open to him to proceed
against me later on, and at the moment he had no time, as he was about to put to
sea! On the contrary, he was in such straits that he had lost all his effects,
and had sold his ship. And, if there really had been anything to prevent his
immediately bringing suit against me, why, when he was in town last year, did he
not dare, I will not say to bring suit, but even to make a demand? It was surely
the proper course for him, if judgement had been given against Parmeno in his
favour, and if I was the latter's surety, to come to me himself accompanied by
witnesses, and to demand the amount guaranteed, if not the year before last, at
any rate in the year just past; and then, if I proffered payment, to take his
money, and, if I did not, to bring suit.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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