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 1     II, X|    same as that of the Cretan Cosmi, the only difference being
 2     II, X|      the Ephors are five, the Cosmi are ten in number. The elders,
 3     II, X|    but was abolished, and the Cosmi have now the duty of leading
 4     II, X| decrees of the elders and the Cosmi.~The common meals of Crete
 5     II, X|        On the other hand, the Cosmi are even a worse institution
 6     II, X|   permanent. But in Crete the Cosmi are elected out of certain
 7     II, X|    out of those who have been Cosmi.~The same criticism may
 8     II, X|        unlike the Ephors, the Cosmi, being in an island, are
 9     II, X| constitutional state. For the Cosmi are often expelled by a
10     II, X|   suspension of the office of Cosmi, a device to which the nobles