Question

помогите, что означает в тексте слово "crown":
1) a massage
2) a pressent
3)money
4)a copy of a book

He seldom gave anything to the servants of those who sent him presents. But once he received a lesson from a boy who vary often carried things for him. One day the boy arrived with a heavy basket containing fish, fruit, and game. He knocked at the door, and the writer by chance opened it himself. “here”, said the boy, “my master has sent you a basket full of things”. Swift, feeling displeased at the boy’s rude manner, said to him: “Come here, my boy, and I will teach you how to deliver a massage a little more politely; come, imagine yourself Jonathan Swift, and I will be the boy.” Then taking off his hat very politely, and addressing himself to the boy, he said: “Sir my master send you a little present and begs you will do him the honor to accept it”. “Oh, very well my boy” replied the boy “tell your master I am much obliged to him and there is half a crown for yourself” Swift laughed heartily and gave the boy a crown for his wit. 

Answer 1

1) a massage-сообщение
2) a present-подарок
3)money- деньги
4) crown- крон( денежная единица)
He seldom gave anything to the servants of those who sent him presents. But once he received a lesson from a boy who vary often carried things for him. One day the boy arrived with a heavy basket containing fish, fruit, and game. He knocked at the door, and the writer by chance opened it himself. “here”, said the boy, “my master has sent you a basket full of things”. Swift, feeling displeased at the boy’s rude manner, said to him: “Come here, my boy, and I will teach you how to deliver a massage a little more politely; come, imagine yourself Jonathan Swift, and I will be the boy.” Then taking off his hat very politely, and addressing himself to the boy, he said: “Sir my master send you a little present and begs you will do him the honor to accept it”. “Oh, very well my boy” replied the boy “tell your master I am much obliged to him and there is half a crown for yourself” Swift laughed heartily and gave the boy a crown for his wit.