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ἐπιστολὴν ὁ τοῦ Πύρρου ἰατρὸς, ἐπαγγελλόμενος, ἐὰν κελεύῃ, φαρμάκοις τὸν Πύρρον ἀποκτενεῖν ὁ δὲ Φαβρίκιος τὴν ἐπιστολὴν πρὸς Πύρρον ἔπεμψεν, αἰσθέσθαι κελεύσας δι᾽ ὅ τι καὶ φίλων κάκιστός ἐστι κριτὴς καὶ πολεμίων.
ἐπεὶ δὲ φωράσας τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν ὁ Πύρρος τὸν μὲν ἰατρὸν ἐκρέμασε, τῷ δὲ Φαβρικίῳ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ἄνευ λύτρων ἀπέδωκεν, οὐκ ἐδέξατο δωρεὰν ἀλλ᾽ ἴσους ἀντέδωκε, μὴ δόξῃ λαμβάνειν μισθὸν οὐδὲ γὰρ χάριτι Πύρρου μεμηνυκέναι τὴν [p. 158] ἐπιβουλήν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως μὴ δοκῶσι Ῥωμαῖοι δόλῳ κτείνειν, ὡς φανερῶς νικᾶν οὐ δυνάμενοι.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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