[1616] Orat 50. I take the date given by Förster.
[1617] For such properties see cod Th X 3.
[1618] φιλανθρωπότατε βασιλεῦ.
[1619] § 36 γράμμασι, which I take to be = indictiones.
[1620] In cod Th the title XI 24 is de patrociniis vicorum, and the laws range from 360 to 415. Cod Just XI 54 shews that the evil was still in existence in 468.
[1621] Orat 47 §§ 8-10. Zulueta (see below) points out that the protection given by the patrons was exerted quite as much by improper influence on judges as by use of force.
[1622] § 6 τοῦτο καὶ λῃστὰς γεωργοὺς ἑποίησε.
[1623] § 11 ἀλλὰ καὶ οἷς εἷς ὁ δεσπότης.
[1624] §§ 19-21.
[1625] § 24 ὦν εἰσιν (οἱ γεωργοί).