This invocation, says Dacier justly, is not addressed to either of the
Pisos, but to the Dramatick Writer generally.
229.---The Cloth goes down.] _Aulaea manentis._ This is translated
according to modern manners; for with the Antients, the Cloth was raised
at the Conclusion of the Play. Thus in Virgil's Georgicks;
Vel scena ut versis disceedat frontibus, atque
Purpurea intexti tollant aulaea Britanni.
Where the proud theatres disclose the scene;
Which interwoven Britons seem to _raise;_
And shew the triumph which their _shame_ displays.