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...despotic power. All the people were indebted to the rich; and either they tilled their land for their creditors, paying them a sixth part of the increase,...creditors ; but the most part and the bravest of them began to combine together and encourage one another to stand to it, to choose a leader, to liberate...

...despotic power. All the people were indebted to the rich ; and either they tilled their land for their creditors, paying them a sixth part of the increase, and were, therefore, called Heclemorii and Thetes, or else they engaged their body for the debt, and might be seized, and either...

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...creditors, paying them a sixth part of the increase mid "were, therefore, called Hectpinorii and Tlietes, or else they engaged their body for the debt, and...into slavery at home, or sold to strangers ; some (tor no Jaw forbade it) were forced to sell their children, or fly their country to avoid the cruelty...

...creditors, paying them a sixth part of the increase, and were, therefore, called Hectemori and Thctes, or else they engaged their body for the debt, and...forbade it) were forced to sell their children, or fly the country to avoid the cruelty of their creditors." 2 From a comparison of the two passages it appears...

...creditors, paying them a sixth part of the increase, and were, therefore, called Hectemori and TAetes, or else they engaged their body for the debt, and...forbade it) were forced to sell their children, or fly the country to avoid the cruelty of their creditors." 2 From a comparison of the two passages it appears...

...despotic power. All the people were indebted to the rich; and either they tilled the land for their creditors, paying them a sixth part of the increase, and were, therefore, called Hectemori and Thetes, or else they engaged their body for the debt, and might be seized, and either...