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Do not be surprised, men of the jury, at the eagerness of the
plaintiff or even at his having dared to bring a false charge against me now.
For in a previous instance also, when he induced his cousin to lay claim to my
land, he produced an agreement which had never been made. And now he has
obtained an award against me for default in a similar suit, entering in the
indictment the name of Callarus, one of my slaves. For in addition to their
other pieces of rascality they have devised this scheme as well—they
bring this same suit against Callarus.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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