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then you in astonishment cried, How ‘a man and a woman,’ what are you talking about? after a little he went on: Don’ t you understand, said he, what I mean? The man is our friend Hegesandrus there, a man now, though he too used to be a woman, Laodamas’ s woman; as for the woman, she is Timarchus yonder. How the money is being stolen I will tell you. He then proceeded to give a full account of the matter, and in a way that showed that there was no guesswork about it. After he had given you this information, What is it, fellow citizens, said he, that I advise? If the senate sustains the charge against this man and expels him, and then hands him over to the courts, give the senate the usual testimonial;At the close of their year of office the senate had become accustomed to expect a vote of the popular assembly bestowing a crown (garland) as a testimonial for their services. but if they fail to punish him, refuse to give it, and lay up this thing against them for that day.