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tanagra_n which_o hitherto_o be_v defend_v by_o hypatadorus_n and_o his_o man_n the_o lacedaemonian_a ally_n and_o retreat_v to_o the_o left_a of_o the_o town_n the_o theban_n come_v upon_o he_o draw_v up_o in_o batallia_n at_o a_o place_n call_v the_o old_a woman_n breast_n have_v secure_v their_o rear_n with_o a_o ditch_n and_o palisado_n suppose_v they_o may_v easy_o hazard_v a_o battle_n there_o because_o the_o place_n be_v very_o narrow_a and_o not_o easy_o accessible_a agesilaus_n see_v this_o do_v not_o attack_v they_o but_o march_v a_o contrary_a way_n towards_o thebes_n the_o theban_n be_v in_o pain_n for_o their_o city_n because_o it_o be_v naked_a leave_v the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v draw_v up_o and_o hasten_v thither_o with_o diligence_n by_o the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o potniae_n that_o be_v the_o secure_a this_o be_v esteem_v a_o neat_a stratagem_n for_o agesilaus_n by_o retire_v a_o good_a distance_n from_o the_o enemy_n oblige_v they_o also_o to_o retreat_v 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