Letter 1626: If, having failed to obtain what you contested — having been decisively defeated — you now appear to be asking a...
αυ! γϑροϊρίλίυν. Οἱ νγὸ οἱ η1 βοῖγὰ δἱ ἀοοθΓα ΡΓΟ- [ 68ὲ ἰῃδοὶᾳ ἰΔΌΟΓΙΠ8, π6΄υ6 ἀΐδοῦγα ΘΟΠ Π) ροίοτῖ!, αυοὰ Ιοουηὶ ποθὴ ργαθθαὶ, υἱ δείΓα Υἱάοτὶ ιιραί. ΟΡΠΧΎΙΙ, --- ΒΕΆΕΝΟ ἸἸΑΘΟΟΝΟ. διρεγὺὶ εἰ οἰαιὶ ἀερτὶπιοπάϊ. Εἰ ὧν ἡμφιτθήτησας μὴ τυχὼν, ἀλλὰ λαμπρῶς ἡττηθεὶς, νῦν χάριν δοχεῖς αἰτεῖν, δῆλος εἶ τῷ τῆς χάριτος ὀνόματι λῦσαι τὰ χριθέντα πειρώμενος. Εἰ δὲ λέγοις καὶ παρὰ τοῦ διχάσαντος ἠδικῆσθαι (τὸ μὲν ὡς διχαίως ἡττηθεὶς, ἐάσω λέγειν), τὸ δὲ, ὡς χέχριται, λέξω. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν οὐδ᾽ οὕτω κεχριμένον ἣν, τοῦ δικχάσαντος ἀδεχάστου τυγχάνοντος, εἰ μὴ τὸ διχαίως προσῆν. Πλὴν ἀλλὰ χαὶ μετὰ τὸ νιχῆσαι τὴν χάριν δίδωμι, ὅς γε οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἡγωνισά» μην, εἴγε χαταγνοὺς σαυτοῦ συγγνώμην ἤτησας. Χρὴ γὰρ τὸ φρόνημα τῶν σφαλλομένων μὲν, μὴ οἰομένων δὲ ἐσφάλθαι, καθαιρεῖν" γνωσιμαχοῦσι δὲ συγγνώμην νέμειν.
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