A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10

Note 409 — ACTUS IV., SCÆNA 1.

Reading edition

i.e., Respectful. So, in "The Second Part of Amonio and Mellida," act iii. sc. 4—

"I give the noble duke respective thankes."

In "Every Man out of his Humour," act v. sc. 4—

"I am bound to pledge it respectively, sir,"

and in "Cynthia's Revels"—

"Methinks he did not this respectively enough."