εἰ μὴ μάλα γέ τινες ὀλίγοι ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα → apart from a very few whom I've met
(see also ἀντιπαρακαλέω): exhort in return, invite in return
vicissim excitare, to rouse up in turn, 6.86.5.