[V.116] See [quotation from Plutarch, Marcus Brutus, p. 163].
[V.117] prithee | prethee Ff.
[V.118] sword-hilts | Sword Hilts F1F2 | Swords Hilt F3F4.
[V.119] whilst | whilest F1F2 | while F3F4.
[V.120] thee, too, Strato. Countrymen, Theobald | thee, to Strato, Countrymen: Ff.
[V.121] in F1 | F2F3F4 omit.
[V.122] losing Rowe | loosing Ff.
[V.123] life's Rowe | lives Ff.
[V.124] "Amongst the rest, one of them said, there was no tarrying for them there, but that they must needs fly. Then Brutus, rising up, 'We must fly indeed,' said he, 'but it must be with our hands, not with our feet.' Then, taking every man by the hand, he said these words unto them with a cheerful countenance: 'It rejoiceth my heart, that not one of my friends hath failed me at my need, and I do not complain of my fortune, but only for my country's sake: for, as for me, I think myself happier than they that have overcome, considering that I leave a perpetual fame of virtue and honesty, the which our enemies the conquerors shall never attain unto by force or money.' Having so said, he prayed every man to shift for himself, and then he went a little aside with two or three only, among the which Strato was one, with whom he came first acquainted by the study of rhetoric. Strato, at his request, held the sword in his hand, and turned his head aside, and Brutus fell down upon it, and so ran himself through ... and died presently."—Plutarch, Marcus Brutus.
[V.125] [Exeunt Clitus ...] Capell | Ff omit.