Note 228 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
The echineis, a fish which by adhering to the bottoms of ships, was supposed to retard their course. So Lucan, lib. vi. v. 674—
"Puppim retinens, Euro tendente rudentes, In mediis echineis aquis."
—Steevens.
Reading edition
The echineis, a fish which by adhering to the bottoms of ships, was supposed to retard their course. So Lucan, lib. vi. v. 674—
"Puppim retinens, Euro tendente rudentes, In mediis echineis aquis."
—Steevens.