of you. Pay me, therefore, the fifty I paid on your behalf, together with half of the one hundred and fifty I paid on behalf of your fellow purchasers, since you share with me the guarantee for them.” Once he has recovered this amount from him, he is left bearing one hundred and seventy-five of what he paid.

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If he then also encounters the fourth man, he recovers fifty from him, saying: “I am still bearing seventy-five of what I paid under my guarantee on your behalf and on behalf of your two absent fellow purchasers—twenty-five for each of you. Pay me, therefore, the twenty-five I paid on your behalf, together with half of the fifty I paid under my guarantee on behalf of your two fellow purchasers, since you share with me the guarantee for them.” Once he has recovered this amount from him, he is left bearing twenty-five of what he paid under his guarantee.

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If he then encounters the fifth man, he recovers eighteen and three quarters from him, saying: “I am still bearing twenty-five of what I paid under my guarantee on your behalf and on behalf of your absent fellow purchaser—twelve and a half for each of you. Pay me, therefore, the twelve and a half I paid on your own behalf, together with half of the twelve and a half I paid on behalf of your absent fellow purchaser, since you share with me the guarantee for him.” Once he has recovered this amount from him, he is left bearing six and a quarter of what he paid under his guarantee. He recovers this from the sixth man when he encounters him, thereby recovering everything due to him for what he paid under his guarantee.

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If the second man, from whom the first recovered three hundred, encounters the third man, from whom the first recovered one hundred and twenty-five, he recovers eighty-seven and a half from him, saying: “I paid the first man three hundred. Of this, one hundred was my own liability, for which I have no recourse against anyone, while the other two hundred I paid to him