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Smb or sttch a day, about sucb a time there sbould be an ajfembly
<tSch in NaT; *° consu^ sf ^sse an'^ ^s1-' *ff<sins: and this they called a^'-
•A A '^J yzttmt*.. When they were assembled, and the people puri-
SS.vid! UIp! fitd} the-decree was read ; which if the people allowed of,
in Oera. p. flood; if ndt,decay\l It was sorbidden that any mould raze
240- oat a Decree of any table. And he was brought in question
of life,who'should presume in making a decree to pretend
a fallacie« Now becaose future time might haply perceive
sbme inconveniences to arise by overfight in their Law-
giver and that as abuses mould happen , which in his days
were not discerned, so there would be a necessity of making
new ftatutes: It was ordained therefore that every yeare
there mould bcvm^iH&TovU vosxav,which hVlyian expounds
fidtrKt-fyt OjT/ thoihv <afel <%s v'o^av. a consideratio of whit
ought to be done concerning the Lawes. c The manner was
b Demosth. tj1jJ_ ]?very eleventh day of July in the assembly after the
IVsJ^Vessi. Cryer had made his prayers}as hisfamion wa?,& mall anon
Iococit. bespoken of, the Lawes were read over in order.First thole
which concerned their Senate, next the weale-publique, &
thirdly the 9. Archons, & afterwards the other Magistratesi
Then was it demanded if there were Lawes enoughfor the
Senate, and so for the Common-wealth, &c. If any of the
Lawes in force were to be abrogated,it was adjorned until
the last os the three days of the threeCovocatiOnsjon which
the Prytanes, appointed for the revising and reciting of the
Lawes, were to take the nutter in hand. The Preedri cheife
&fav\y.i-n'(ii} of the Assembly,were to d acquaint them with it. Five men
Deraosthen. at the first meeting , were chosen oue of all the Athenians,
Ulp.expsunds wj10 (hoa\d patronjze the Law to be abolished; and accor-
™e'a*^5"''ding to the judgement of the Nomotbeu, chosen out of the
Councell os five hundred3wasthe busineue carried,that the
a Conr. Ti - Lawes mould be of none effe£t, or full strength. Whosoever
mocr. p.446. mould bring in a newLaw,was to write it in aTablee^
s Demoslh. Ko>ua.,Umosthene},the forme thei'eof,and set' it up at the Sta-
... tues of theHsioss before spoken os, f«o^ W iwaw'pay,-
which
Smb or sttch a day, about sucb a time there sbould be an ajfembly
<tSch in NaT; *° consu^ sf ^sse an'^ ^s1-' *ff<sins: and this they called a^'-
•A A '^J yzttmt*.. When they were assembled, and the people puri-
SS.vid! UIp! fitd} the-decree was read ; which if the people allowed of,
in Oera. p. flood; if ndt,decay\l It was sorbidden that any mould raze
240- oat a Decree of any table. And he was brought in question
of life,who'should presume in making a decree to pretend
a fallacie« Now becaose future time might haply perceive
sbme inconveniences to arise by overfight in their Law-
giver and that as abuses mould happen , which in his days
were not discerned, so there would be a necessity of making
new ftatutes: It was ordained therefore that every yeare
there mould bcvm^iH&TovU vosxav,which hVlyian expounds
fidtrKt-fyt OjT/ thoihv <afel <%s v'o^av. a consideratio of whit
ought to be done concerning the Lawes. c The manner was
b Demosth. tj1jJ_ ]?very eleventh day of July in the assembly after the
IVsJ^Vessi. Cryer had made his prayers}as hisfamion wa?,& mall anon
Iococit. bespoken of, the Lawes were read over in order.First thole
which concerned their Senate, next the weale-publique, &
thirdly the 9. Archons, & afterwards the other Magistratesi
Then was it demanded if there were Lawes enoughfor the
Senate, and so for the Common-wealth, &c. If any of the
Lawes in force were to be abrogated,it was adjorned until
the last os the three days of the threeCovocatiOnsjon which
the Prytanes, appointed for the revising and reciting of the
Lawes, were to take the nutter in hand. The Preedri cheife
&fav\y.i-n'(ii} of the Assembly,were to d acquaint them with it. Five men
Deraosthen. at the first meeting , were chosen oue of all the Athenians,
Ulp.expsunds wj10 (hoa\d patronjze the Law to be abolished; and accor-
™e'a*^5"''ding to the judgement of the Nomotbeu, chosen out of the
Councell os five hundred3wasthe busineue carried,that the
a Conr. Ti - Lawes mould be of none effe£t, or full strength. Whosoever
mocr. p.446. mould bring in a newLaw,was to write it in aTablee^
s Demoslh. Ko>ua.,Umosthene},the forme thei'eof,and set' it up at the Sta-
... tues of theHsioss before spoken os, f«o^ W iwaw'pay,-
which