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A Criminal sentenced to Death, was bailed out of Prison by one of his Friends, who remained Prisoner till the other had settled some Business, which assoon as he had done he surrendred himself again; Dionysius the Tyrant surprized at the Assurance of the one, and the Faithfulness of the other, pardoned the Malefactor: And in requital of my Pardon, said he, I beseech you to admit me as a third into your Friendship.
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Un Criminel condamné à la Mort, sur le cautionnement d’un de ses Amis qui demeura en sa place sortit de Prison pour aller regler quelques Affaires, & revint aussi-tôt qu’il les eût achevées: Denis le Tyran surpris de l’asseurance de l’un, & de la fidelité de l’autre, pardonna au Criminel: En reconnoissance, dit-il, de ma grace, je vous conjure de me recevoir pour troisiéme en vôtre amitié.