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.
Mivel pedig a hadsereg kétezer emberből állott, ez négyezer ütést jelentett számára, amik nyakszirtjétől faráig záporként hullottak rá.