<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text xml:lang="eng"><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg014.perseus-eng4" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" xml:base="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg014.perseus-eng4:" n="1"><p>Seventh Pyanepsion.</p><p>Court of the Seven Vowels.</p><p>Action for assault with robbery.</p><p>Sigma v. Tau.</p><p>Plaintiff’s case—that the words in -ττ- are wrongfully withheld from him.
</p></div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" xml:base="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg014.perseus-eng4:" n="2"><p>Vowels of the jury.—For some time this Mr. Tau’s trespasses and encroachments on my property were of minor importance;
I made no claim for damages, and affected unconsciousness of what I heard; my conciliatory temper both you and the other letters have reason to know. His covetousness and folly, however, have now so puffed him up, that he is no longer content with my habitual concessions, but insists on more; I accordingly find myself compelled to get the matter settled by you who know both sides of it. The fact is, I am in bodily fear, owing to the crushing to which I am subjected. This evergrowing aggression will end by ousting me completely from

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my own; I shall be almost dumb, lose my rank as a letter, and be degraded to a mere noise.

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