Cle。Stranger，IthinkthatIseehowaproofoftheirvaluemaybeobtained。Thisdiscussionofoursappearstometohavebeensingularlyfortunate，andjustwhatIatthismomentwant；mostauspiciouslyhaveyouandmyfriendMegilluscomeinmyway。ForI
willtellyouwhathashappenedtome；andIregardthecoincidenceasasortofomen。ThegreaterpartofCreteisgoingtosendoutacolony，andtheyhaveentrustedthemanagementoftheaffairtotheCnosians；andtheCnosiangovernmenttomeandnineothers。Andtheydesireustogivethemanylawswhichweplease，whethertakenfromtheCretanmodelorfromanyother；andtheydonotmindabouttheirbeingforeigniftheyarebetter。Grantmethenthisfavour，whichwillalsobeagaintoyourselves：-Letusmakeaselectionfromwhathasbeensaid，andthenletusimagineaStateofwhichwewillsupposeourselvestobetheoriginalfounders。Thusweshallproceedwithourenquiry，and，atthesametime，Imayhavetheuseoftheframeworkwhichyouareconstructing，forthecitywhichisincontemplation。
Ath。Goodnews，Cleinias；ifMegillushasnoobjection，youmaybesurethatIwilldoallinmypowertopleaseyou。
Cle。Thankyou。
Meg。AndsowillI。