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εἰ μὲν τοίνυν μὴ προσεμαρτύρουν τῇ προκλήσει τὴν διαθήκην οὗτοι, λόγον εἶχέ τιν᾽ ἂν τὸ φεύγειν ἔμ᾽ ἀνοίγειν τὸ γραμματεῖον: προσμαρτυρούντων δὲ τούτων καὶ τῶν δικαστῶν ὁμοίως ἀκουσομένων, τί ἦν μοι κέρδος τὸ μὴ 'θέλειν; οὐδὲ ἓν δήπου. αὐτὸ γὰρ τοὐναντίον, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, κἂν εἰ μηδὲν προὐκαλοῦνθ᾽ οὗτοι, λόγῳ δ᾽ ἐχρῶντο μόνον, καὶ παρεῖχέν τις αὐτοῖς γραμματεῖον ὡς διαθήκην,
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1931.
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