Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks / Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain

by Edward Wortley Montagu

[77] Plut. Vit. Alcib. p. 197. lit. C.

[78] Thucyd. lib. 5. p. 339. sect. 35, 42.

[79] Thucyd. lib. 5. p. 350. sect. 52.

[80] Thucyd. lib. 6. p. 383. sect. 8.

[81] Thucyd. lib. 6. p. 381. sect. 6.

[82] Plut. in Vita Alcibid. Item. Thucyd. in orat. Alcib. ad Lacedæm. lib. 6. p. 436. sect. 90.

[83] Thucyd. lib. 6. 395, 396. sect. 28, 29.

[84] Thucyd. The terms were statues of Mercury, placed at the doors of their houses, made of square stones of a cubical form.

[85] A similar measure was taken in the latter end of queen Anne’s reign.

[86] Plut. in Vit. Alcib. p. 200. lit. D.