If a flogging be compared to an imposition, it is nothing.
A flogging is a fly-blow, or at least a flea-blow to the boy, and a task only to the master; whereas an imposition is a task to the boy, and very often a verse task.
Verbs of giving and of restoring govern a dative case, as
Learius unicuique filiarum dimidium coronæ dedit:
Lear gave his daughters half-a-crown a-piece.
Hence we are enabled to gain some notion of the great value of money in the time of the Ancient Britons.
Verbs of promising and of paying govern a dative case; as
Menelaus Paridi fustuarium promisit:
Menelaus promised Paris a drubbing.
