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And, whereas he was bound to
purchase at Athens a cargo worth one
hundred and fifteen minae,1 if he
was to perform for all his creditors what was written in their agreements, he
purchased only a cargo worth five thousand five hundred drachmae, including the
provisions; while his debts were seventy-five minae. This was the beginning of
his fraud, men of Athens; he neither
furnished security, nor put the goods on board the ship, although the agreement
absolutely bade him do so.Take the agreement,
please.“
Agreement
”Now take also the entry made by the
customs-officers and the depositions.“
Entry of the Customs
”“
Depositions
”
1 If the loans were all made on the same basis （i.e. on the security of goods of a value twice as great as the loan） we should have to read one hundred and fifty instead of one hundred and fifteen, as the combined loans amounted to seventy-five minae. It is possible, however, that Theodorus and Lampis, whose loans were for the outward voyage only, and who sailed with Phormio, accepted a lower rate than that demanded by Chrysippus and his partner, who remained in Athens.
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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