Note 236 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
God’s-santy] “See a note on The Merchant of Venice, vol. iii. p. 157, edit. 1778, [where Steevens says, ‘Perhaps it was once customary to swear by the santé, i. e. health, of the Supreme Being,’ &c.] Perhaps, however, God’s-santy is only a corruption of God’s sanctity, or God’s saints.“ Steevens.