[141] Then the people of
Orchomenus
were in exceeding fear, and had begged for peace, on condition that their lives should be spared and they be allowed to go forth from
Boeotia
;
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when the Theban ambassadors were standing by, and when it was plain that Philip was threatened with the hostility of the Thebans and Thessalians: then it was that the cause was lost not from any fault of mine, but thanks to your treachery, Demosthenes, and your hired service to
Thebes
. Of this I think I can furnish important confirmation from what has actually happened.
On the Embassy. Aeschines. Charles Darwin Adams (Translator). London. 1919.
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