Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules for the use of such (younger or elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin tongue the elder sort especially, with little teaching and their own industry
Milton, John, 1608-1674.

An Accusative with a Dative.

VErbs of Giving or Restoring, Promising or Paying, Commanding or Shewing, Trusting or Threatning, add to thir Accusative a Dative of the person; as Fortuna multis nimium d•… dit. Haec tibi promitto. Aes alienum mihi numeravit. Frumen∣tum imperat civitatibus. Q•…id & cui dicas, videto.

Hoc tibi suadeo. Tibi or ad te s•…ribo. Pecuniam om∣nem tibi credo. Utrique mortem minatu•… est.

To these add Verbs Active compounded with hese prepositions, prae, ad, ab, con, de, ex, ante, sub, Page  53 post, ob, in and inter; as Praecipio hoc tibi. Admo∣vit urbi 〈◊〉. Collegae suo imperium abrogavit. Sic parvis componere magna solebam.

Neuters have a dative only; as Meis majoribus virtute praeluxi. But some compounded with prae and ante may have an accusative; as Praestat inge∣nio alius alium. Multos anteit sapientia. O•…hers with a Preposition; as Quae ad ventris victum con∣ducunt. In haec studia incumbite. Cic.

Also all Verbs Active, betokening acquisition, likening, or relation, commonly englisht with to or for, have to thir accusative a dative of the per∣son; as Magnam laudem sibi peperit. Huic habeo non tibi. Se illis aequarunt. Expedi mihi hoc negotium: but mihi, tibi, sibi, somtimes are added for El•…gance, the sense not requiring; as Suo hunc sibi iugul•…t gladio. Terent Neuters a dative only; as Non omnibus dormio. Libet mihi. Tibi licet

Somtimes a Verb Transitive will have to his accusative a double dative, one of the person, another of the thing; as Do tibi vestem pignori. Verto hoc tibi vitio. Hoc tu tibi laudi du•….