"If it be urged that your reception of us will be a breach of the treaty existing between you and Lacedaemon, the answer is that we are a neutral state, and that one of the express provisions of that treaty is that it shall be competent for any Hellenic state that is neutral to join whichever side it pleases.
35. "Inolaz ere ez duzue apurtuko lazedemondarrekin duzuen ituna, ez bando baten ez besteren aliatu ez garenok onartzen bagaituzue, zeren itun horretan heleniar hiriez xedatzen dena zera da: