(To the AUDIENCE.) And as I see my affairs successfully managed, yours likewiseYours likewise: There has been some doubt as to the meaning of this and the next two lines; but, on examination, it is clear that they have an indecent signification. would I successfully manage. I’ll caress you in reality. If you are disposed to be doing anything, take care, will you, and let me know at once. For the sake of Venus, applaud; this Play is in her honor. Spectators, kindly farewell; grant applause, and then rise upThen rise up: Cicero, in his Treatise On Old Age, informs us that this Play was a favourite one of Plautus. It is difficult to see for what reason, as, compared with many of the others, it seems to be deficient in plot, and the Churl from whom it takes its name has scarcely, any part in the business of it..
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