Note 17 — NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY. (continued 2)
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For her own sake, as is pleaded, and in obedience to the laws,
Σέ τ’ ὠφελεῖν θέλουσα, καὶ νόμοις βροτῶν Ξυλλαμβάνουσα, δρᾷν σ’ ἀπεννέπω τάδε. v. 812.
which shews, that the other murders were not against the spirit of the laws, whatever became of the letter of them.