<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.tlg016.perseus-eng2" type="translation" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="14"><p><label>Testimony</label><milestone ed="P" unit="para"/>Now, when the townsmen had assembled together before their setting out, as I knew that some among them, though true and ardent patriots, lacked means for expenses of service, I said that the well-to-do ought to provide what was necessary for those in needy circumstances. Not only did I recommend this to the others, but I myself gave thirty drachmae each to two men; not as being a person of great possessions, but to set a good example to the others. Come forward, please.  </p></div></div></body></text></TEI>