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But no sooner had
the news of the battle reached us than you ignored all your protests, and
confessed, or rather claimed, that you were Philip's friend and Philip's
guest—a euphemism for Philip's hired servant; for with what show of
equality or honesty could Philip possibly be the host or the friend or even the
acquaintance of Aeschines, son of Glaucothea the tambourinist ? I cannot see:
but the truth is, you took his pay to injure the interests of your countrymen.
And yet you, a traitor publicly convicted on information laid by yourself after
the fact, vilify and reproach me for misfortunes for which you will find I am
less responsible than any other man.
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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