Scene the First.

It ought to be observ'd, that the whole time of this Scene's acting, Amphitryon, Socia, and the Prisoners, are moving towards the Front of the Stage, and Amphitryon's Door; which may well enough be, considering the Vastness of the Roman Stage, being 180 Foot in the Front. This Scene cannot be represented with nigh the Probability upon our small Stage.

Pag. 28. l. 23. The Fellow's bewitch'd, and fallen into some ill hands.] Huic homini nescio quid est mali malâ obje∣ctum man•…. Our Phrase, Ill Hands, has the same mean∣ing that Malâ manu has here, which signifies those of Witches, or Sorcerers; therefore Socia's Jest, immediately following, is as effectual in the Translation as in the Original. I added the Word Bewitch'd, to make it still more clear.