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The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 4 (of 5)

Note 823 — SCENE III.

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the hogs which Scaliger cites] An allusion, perhaps, to the following passage: “Pinguescit autem longe magis sus: adeoque pinguescit, ut pene totus immobilis reddatur. Neque enim fabulosum est, in eorum clunibus excavare sibi mures foveas; non equidem ut nidificent, sed ut saginentur.” J. C. Scaliger De Subtilitate ad Cardanum, Exer.. cxcix. 2. p. 610, ed. 1634.

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