<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 n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg010.perseus-eng2" type="translation" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="17"><p><label>Law</label><quote>He shall vow by Apollo and give security. If he dreads the course of justice, let him flee.</quote><milestone ed="P" unit="para"/>Here to <q type="mentioned">vow</q> is to <q type="emph">swear,</q> and <q type="mentioned">flee</q> is what we now call <q type="mentioned">run away.</q> <quote>Whosoever debars with his door, when the thief is within,</quote>—Here to <q type="mentioned">debar</q> is taken to be <q type="emph">shut out</q>; no dispute, now, on that score! </p></div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="18"><p><quote>Money shall be placed out at whatever rate the lender may choose.</quote><q type="mentioned">Placed out</q> here, my fine fellow, is not a case of placing in the balance, but of drawing interest to such amount as one may choose. Once more, read the final clause of this same law. </p></div></div></body></text></TEI>