At the conclusion of this speech the unanimous feeling was in favour of the Romans. Damocritus, the chief magistrate of the A was currently have been bribed by refused to support
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so fatal to wise counsels as F} }_omg things in a hurry. followed by quick repentance which, however. is too late. and quite unavailing; cannot be recalled, nor can the而schief be undone." He thought that an interval ought to be allowed for mature deliberation, and the time could be fixed there and then. As they were forbidden by law to discuss auestions of Deace and war anvwhere but in the Pan-Aetolian Council. thev ought at once to pass a decree exempting the_ chief m吵trate细m all penalties, it he summoned a council when he thought the tune had come to submit the question of peace and war, and the decrees of that. council should have the same force and validity as though they had been passed in a regular Pan-Aetolian Council. After the matter was adjourned the envoys were dismissed, and Damocritus said that the decision come to WaS in the highest degree favourable to the nation, for whichever side had the better fortune in the war, that side they would be able to join. Such were the proceedings in the Pan-Aetolian Council.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Damocritus — a candidate entry
The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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