[3162] o'] Theobald. a Ff.

[3163] lady: if ... me,] lady. If ... me, Johnson. lady, if ... me: Ff.

[3164] befriend] defend Rowe (ed. 2).

[3165] Why ... him?] Printed as prose in Ff.

harm's] harm Pope.

[3166] None ... chance] One line in Pope, omitting may chance. Two lines in Ff.

much ... chance] much, fear, will chance Seymour conj.

[3167] I must ... thing] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.

Ay] Aye Ff. ah Johnson.

[3168] Brutus,] Brutus! Brutus! Pope.