[I.75] passion. Shakespeare uses 'passion' for any feeling, sentiment, or emotion, whether painful or pleasant. So in Henry V, II, ii. 132: "Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger."
[I.76] By means whereof: and because of my mistaking it. 'Means' was sometimes used in the sense of 'cause.'
[I.77] itself | it selfe F1 | himselfe F2 | himself, F3 | himself: F4.
[I.78] by some Ff | from some Pope.
[I.79] ll. 52-53 Three irregular lines in Ff.
[I.80] Except by an image or 'shadow' (l. 68; cf. Venus and Adonis, 162) reflected from a mirror, or from water, or some polished surface. Cf. Troilus and Cressida, III, iii, 105-111.
[I.81] 'Tis just: that's so, exactly so. Cf. All's Well that Ends Well, II, iii, 21; As You Like It, III, ii, 281; 2 Henry IV, III, ii, 89.
[I.82] l. 58 Two lines in Ff.
[I.83] Where. The adverb is here used of occasion, not of place.
[I.84] of the best respect: held in the highest estimation.