Further, they ought to take care that the rains from heaven flow off easily, and of any other matters which may have to be administered either within or without the city.

The guardians of the law shall pass any further enactments which their experience may show to be necessary, and supply any other points in which the law may be deficient.

And now that these matters, and the buildings about the agora, and the gymnasia, and places of instruction, and theatres, are all ready and waiting for scholars and spectators, let us proceed to the subjects which follow marriage in the order of legislation.
CLEINIAS: By all means.
ATHENIAN: Assuming that marriages exist already, Cleinias, the mode of life during the year after marriage, before children are born, will follow next in order.

In what way bride and bridegroom ought to live in a city which is to be superior to other cities, is a matter not at all easy for us to determine.

There have been many difficulties already, but this will be the greatest of them, and the most disagreeable to the many.