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And that these things were done in this manner, you may know, O
judges, both from the public documents of the cities, and from their public
testimonies; in all which you will find nothing false, nothing invented as suited to
the times. Everything which we speak of is entered in the returns and made up in a
regular manner, without any interpolations or irregularities being foisted into the
people's accounts, but while they are all made up with deliberation and accuracy.
Read the accounts of the people of Halesa. To whom does he say that money was paid?
Speak, speak, I say, a little louder. “To Volcatius, to Timarchides, to
Maevius.”
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