<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-eng2" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="part" n="Proof"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" xml:base="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-eng2" n="79"><p><quote type="decree" rend="center; merge">shall one and all have their names everywhere cancelled by the Superintendents of Revenue and by the Council in accordance with the foregoing, wherever any public record of their offence be found; and any copies of such records which anywhere exist shall be produced by the Thesmothetae and other magistrates. This shall be done within three days after the consent of the People has been given. And no one shall secretly retain a copy of those records which it has been decided to cancel, nor shall he at any time make malicious reference to the past. He who does so shall be liable to the punishment of fugitives from the court of the Areopagus<note resp="Loeb" anchored="true">i.e. be put to death, if he is ever apprehended within the dominions of 
<placeName key="perseus,Athens">Athens</placeName>.</note>: to the end that the Athenians may live in all security both now and hereafter.</quote></p></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>