Έφαγε λοιπόν τέσσερις χιλιάδες ξυλιές, που απ' το σβέρκο ως τον πισινό του ξεγύμνωσαν όλα τα ποντίκια και τα νεύρα.
He had gone through his discipline twice, and the regiment being composed of 2,000 men, they composed for him exactly 4,000 strokes, which laid bare all his muscles and nerves from the nape of his neck to his stern.