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he got this judgement for non-appearance
set aside, entitling himself Boeotus. And yet he ought in the first place to
have allowed me to get my suit finished as against Boeotus, if that name did
not, in fact, pertain to him at all, and not subsequently be found getting the
judgement for non-appearance set aside under this name. When, a man has thus
given judgement against himself that he is properly Boeotus, what verdict can he
demand that you sworn jurors shall give? To prove that I am speaking the truth
in this, take the decision setting aside the judgement for non-appearance and
this complaint.“
Decision
”“
Complaint
”
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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