They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice.

Lefe had been successful, and was supposed to have amassed quite a pile, which he was very loth indeed to part with; and when he lost, if the money were not absolutely staked, would usually put off the winner with some old horse that he had fixed up for sale, or a dubious note that he had received as lanyappe, (Anglice, boot money.)

Sending the ship on a cargoless trip seemed to be a wasted opportunity.

In the spear-throwing competition, I was the victor, outhurling Phyleus.