Plautus's comedies ... made English, with critical remarks upon each play.
Plautus, Titus Maccius., Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.

Scene the Eleventh.

Pag. 114. l. 16. All Creatures ha' their several ways of knowing their Young.] Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues, That is to say, Puppies, and Hogs ha' better Noses. It is a Proverb taken from nature, but too gross and base for the refin'dness of our Conversation, therefore I have alter'd it a little.

Pag. 115. l. 1. I've pull'd an old House upo' my Head.] Plaustrum Perculi. This is a Proverb borrowed from Husbandmen; who seldom knew a greater Misfortune than the overthrowing of a Cart after it was well loa∣den. It seems mo•…e expressive in this Place than our English Proverb.