Note 408 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
Shrewd application] “The ‘shrewd application’ meant is, I conceive, to that perpetual jest of the age, the cuckold’s horns; which Lollio supposes might raise Alibius’s head above his wife’s.” Editor of 1816.
Reading edition
Shrewd application] “The ‘shrewd application’ meant is, I conceive, to that perpetual jest of the age, the cuckold’s horns; which Lollio supposes might raise Alibius’s head above his wife’s.” Editor of 1816.