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Since that time, so long as you had forces
in the Hellespont, he has continually
flattered you and cozened you; but as soon as he found the Hellespont denuded of your forces, he tried to
break and to dethrone the two kings, and to bring the whole kingdom under his
own thumb, knowing by experience that, until he had ejected them, he could not
possibly revoke any part of his agreement with you.
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