Scene the First.
Pag. 59. l. ult. Mercy upo' me! What shall I do? I've seen so many Prodigies within.] The Poet had a particular Occasion for Bromia's appearing at this time; therefore he has found a very fair Pretext for bringing of her there, to wit, the great Fright she was in within Doors, which Reason she more particularly alledges in the next Scene.
Pag. 60. l. 6, &c. What Voices and Noises, what Clashes and Flashes? How suddenly, how frequently, how terribly it thunder'd!] Strepitus, crepitus, sonitus, tonitrus; ut su∣bi•…•…, ut properè, ut validè tonuit? It seems, among the Ancients, whene'er Iupiter appear'd like a God, it was always with Thunder and Lightning. Since this is a sort of a rumbling Passage in the Original, I have also made it so in my Translation.
Ibid. l. 24. My Lord!] Here ends the first Scene. Now if any shou'd blame me for making a Distinction of Scenes when the same Persons are still upon the Stage; I reply, That the very same Thing that made the Distinction of Acts, as Amphitryon's Condition did, must undoubt∣edly make the Distinction of Scenes.