[V.126] of a good respect: of good reputation, well-esteemed. Cf. [I, ii, 59].
[V.127] smatch: smack, taste. "With the forms 'smack' for the verb and 'smatch' for the noun, compare 'ake' and 'ache' as used in the First Folio of Shakespeare."—Clar. Cf. 2 Henry IV, I, ii, 111.
[V.128] "Scarcely any of those who were accessory to his murder survived him more than three years, or died a natural death. They were all condemned by the Senate: some were taken off by one accident, some by another. Part of them perished at sea, others fell in battle; and some slew themselves with the same poniard with which they had stabbed Cæsar."—Suetonius, Julius Cæsar.
[V.129] [Runs ...] | Ff omit.
[V.130] Scene IX Pope.
[V.131] will entertain them: will take them into my service.
[V.132] prefer: recommend. Cf. The Merchant of Venice, II, ii, 155.
[V.133] my master F1 | my Lord F3.
[V.134] Cf. Antony's soliloquy on Cæsar, [III, i, 257-258].
[V.135] "Antonius spake ... that of all them that had slain Cæsar, there was none but Brutus only that was moved ... thinking the act commendable of itself; but that all the other conspirators did conspire his death for some private malice or envy that they otherwise did bear unto him."—Plutarch, Marcus Brutus.