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In regard,
then, to the quantity of wine which it was their duty to put on board the ship
that was what they contrived to do; and from this point they began from its very
first clause to violate the agreement and to fail to perform what it required.
The next clause that stands written in the agreement states that they pledge
these goods free from all encumbrances; that they owe nothing to anyone upon
them; and that they will not secure further loans upon them from anyone.
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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