Note 431 — ACT II.
Reading edition
The passage is very corrupt. Old eds. read:—
“’Tis requisite, the parts [ed. 2. partes] with piety, And soft [ed. 2. and some copies of ed. 1. loft] respect forbeares, be closely dogg’d,” &c.
Dyce’s emendation is:—
“’Tis requisite the parties with piety And soft respect ever be closely dogg’d.”
W. N. Lettsom proposed:—
“It must be so, for where Great states revenge, ’tis requisite the parties With spy of close respect be closely dogg’d.”