Against Boeotus I

You will say it is I; I shall say it is you.[*](That is, each of them would seek to shift the burden of the required service, so that the other would have to bear it.) Well, suppose that after this the Archon summons us, or any other magistrate, before whom the case is called. We do not obey the summons; we do not undertake the service. Which of us is liable to the penalties provided by law? And in what manner will the generals enter our names, if they are listing names for a tax-company? or if they are appointing a trierarch? Or, if there be a military expedition, how will it be made clear which of us is on the muster-roll?