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The Thessalians were always, of course, born traitors, and Philip finds them
today just what everyone has found them in the past. They have formally resolved
to demand the restitution of Pagasae
and have hindered him from fortifying Magnesia. I have also been informed that they will no longer
hand over to him the profits of their harbors and markets, on the ground that
this sum ought to be applied to the government of Thessaly and not find its way into Philip's coffers. Now if he
is deprived of this source of revenue, he will be hard put to it to pay for the
maintenance of his mercenaries.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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