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Yet, when they are convicted of all these delinquencies, of having squandered their time, thrown away the Thracian outposts, done nothing agreeable either to your instructions or to sound policy, and sent lying dispatches to Athens, how can this man possibly find a way of escape before an intelligent and conscientious jury? However, to prove the truth of my statements, read first the decree giving directions for the administration of the oath, then Philip’s letter, and then the decree of Philocrates, and the decree of the Assembly.
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(The Letter and the several Decrees are read)
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To prove, moreover, that we should have caught Philip at the Hellespont, if my advice had been taken and your directions obeyed in the terms of the decrees, call the witnesses who were there present.
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(Evidence is given)
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Now read the other deposition testifying to the answer made by Philip to EucleidesEucleides: sent to protest against Philip’s invasion of the dominions of Cersobleptes. here, who arrived later.
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(The Deposition is read)