Plautus's comedies ... made English, with critical remarks upon each play.
Plautus, Titus Maccius., Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.
Scene the Third.
Pag. 181. l. 4. Pluck out his Eyes, and make Cats Meat of 'em.] Iube oculos elidere, itidem ut sep•…s faciant coqui. That is, Pluck out his Eyes, as Cooks do those of Cuttle-Fishes. This relates to a Custom of those Times which, perhaps we know nothing of; and consequently unfit for a close Translation.
