you paid to the first man under your guarantee—that half being nine and three eighths. The total is thus thirty-four and three eighths,” as we have stated. Once he has recovered this amount from him, he is left bearing fifteen and five eighths of what he paid under his guarantee. He recovers this from the sixth man, from whom the first recovered six and a quarter, when he encounters him, thereby recovering the full amount he paid on their behalf under his guarantee.

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If the third man, from whom the first recovered one hundred and twenty-five and the second recovered eighty-seven and a half, then encounters the fourth man, from whom the first recovered fifty and the second recovered sixty-two and a half, he recovers fifty from him, saying: “I have borne two hundred and twelve and a half in payments to the first and second men. Of this, one hundred was on my own behalf, which I cannot recover from anyone, while the remaining one hundred and twelve and a half was paid on your behalf and on behalf of your two absent fellow purchasers—thirty-seven and a half for you and seventy-five for your two fellow purchasers. You have already paid twenty-five to the first man and twenty-five to the second under your guarantee. Pay me, therefore, the thirty-seven and a half I paid on your own behalf, together with half of what remains of the seventy-five I paid under my guarantee on behalf of your two fellow purchasers, after deducting the fifty you too paid under your guarantee—that is, twelve and a half. The total is thus fifty,” as we have stated. Once he has recovered this amount from him, he is left bearing sixty-two and a half of what he paid under his guarantee.

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If he then encounters the fifth man, from whom the first recovered eighteen and three quarters,