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Another street. Enter OTHELLO, IAGO, and Attendants with torches
IAGO
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Though^in | the trade | of war | I have / slain
men,
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Yet do I | hold it | very | stuff of the |
conscience
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To do | no contrived | murder:| I lack | ini|quity
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Sometimes to do | me serv|ice. nine,| or ten |
times (hex with prev?)
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I had || thought to | have yerked
| him here | under
| the ribs.
OTHELLO
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'Tis bet|ter as | it is.
IAGO
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Nay but he | prated,
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And spoke | such scur/vy, and | provok|ing terms
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Against | your hon|or, that | with the little
| godliness | I have
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I did | full hard | forbear | him. But | I pray | you
sir, (hex with prev)
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Are you | fast mar/ried? Be | assured | of this,
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That the | magnif|ico | is much | beloved,
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And hath | in his | effect | a voice |
poten||tial
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As doub|le as | the duke's:| he will di|vorce
you.
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Or put | upon | you, what | restraint | and griev||ance,
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The law |(with all | his might,| to enforce | it
on)
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Will give | him cab|le.
OTHELLO
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Let | him do | his spite;
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My serv|ices,| which I have | done the
sig|niory
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Shall out-|tongue his | complaints.| 'Tis yet | to
know,
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Which when | I know,| that boast|ing is an
hon|or,
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I || shall prom|ulgate.| I fetch | my life |
and being,
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From men | of roy|al siege,| and my | demerits
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May speak |(unbon|neted)| to as proud | a
for||tune
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As this | that I | have reached.| for know | Ia||go,
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But | that I love | the gent|le Des|demon||a,
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I | would not | my unhoused | free con|dition
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Put in|to cir|cumscrip|tion, and / confine,
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For the / sea's worth.| But look,| what lights |
come yond?
IAGO
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Those are | the rais|ed fath|er, and | his friends:
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You were best | go in.
OTHELLO
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Not I:| I must | be found.
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My parts,| my tit|le, and | my per|fect soul
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Shall man|ifest | me right|ly. Is | it they?
IAGO
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By Jan|us, I / think no. \\
[Enter CASSIO, and certain Officers with torches]
OTHELLO
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The serv|ants of | the
duke?
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And my lieu|tenant?
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The good|ness of
| the night | upon | you (friends)
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What is the | news?
CASSIO
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The | duke does | greet you |(general)
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And he re|quires your | haste, post-haste |
appear||ance,
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Even | on the inst|ant.
OTHELLO
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What | is the mat|ter, think || you?
CASSIO
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Some|thing from Cyp|rus, as | I may | divine:
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It is | a bus|iness of / some heat.| The
gal||leys
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Have sent | a doz|en se|quent mes|sengers
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This ve|ry night,| at one | anoth|er's heels:
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And ma|ny of | the cons|uls, raised | and met,
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Are at the duke's | alrea|dy. You | have been
hot|ly called || for,
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When | being not | at your lod|ging to | be
found,
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The sen|ate hath sent | about three seve|ral guests,
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To search | you out.
OTHELLO
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'Tis well | I am found | by you:
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I will | but spend | a word | here in | the
house,
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And go | with you.
[Exit]
CASSIO
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Ancient,| what makes | he here?
IAGO
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Faith, he | tonight | hath board|ed a land |
carack,
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If it / prove law|ful prize,| he's made | for
ever.
CASSIO
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I do | not^und|erstand.
IAGO
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He's mar|ried.
CASSIO
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To who?
[Enter OTHELLO]
IAGO
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Marry | to-- Come | captain,| will you go?
OTHELLO
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Have with you. ??
CASSIO
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Here comes | anoth|er troop | to seek | for you.
IAGO
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It is | Braban|tio. Gene|ral be | advised,
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He comes | to bad | intent. \\
[Enter BRABANTIO, RODERIGO, and Officers with torches and weapons]
OTHELLO
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Holla,| stand there*.
RODERIGO
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Signior,| it is | the Moor.
BRABANTIO
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Down with him,| thief. \\
[They draw on both sides]
IAGO
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You, Ro|deri|go? Come | sir, I | am for you.
OTHELLO
Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. Good signior, you shall more command with years,
than with your weapons.
BRABANTIO
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O thou | foul thief,
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Where | hast thou stowed |
my daught||er?
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Damned | as thou art,| thou hast | enchant|ed her
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For I'll | refer | me to / all things | of sense,
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(If she | in chains | of mag|ic were / not bound)
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Whether a | maid, so | tender,| fair, and | happy,
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So op|posite | to mar|riage, that | she shunned
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The wealth|y curl|ed dar|lings of | our na||tion,
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Would ev|er have |(to incur | a gene|ral mock)
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Run from her | guardage | to the | sooty | bosom,
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Of such | a thing | as thou:| to fear,| not to
delight? ??
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Judge me | the world,| if 'tis | not gross | in
sense,
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That thou | hast prac|ticed on | her with / foul
charms,
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Abused | her del|icate youth,| with drugs | or
min||erals, ??
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That weaken | motion.| I'll have it | dispu|ted on,
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'Tis pro|bable,| and pal/pable to
| thinking: ??
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I there|fore ap|prehend | and do at|tach thee,
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For an abus|er of | the world,| a prac|ticer
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Of arts | inhib|ited,| and out | of warrant;
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Lay hold upon | him, if | he do | resist
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Subdue | him, at | his per|il.
OTHELLO
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Hold | your hands
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Both^you | of my | inclin|ing, and | the rest.
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Were it | my cue | to fight,| I should | have
known it
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Without | a prompt|er. Where | will you | that I go
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To ans|wer this | your charge?
BRABANTIO
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To pris|on, till / fit time (tri with
prev)
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Of law,| and course | of di/rect ses|sion
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Call thee | to ans|wer.
OTHELLO
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What | if I do | obey?
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How may | the duke | be there|with sat|isfied,
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Whose mes|sengers | are here | about | my side,
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Upon | some pres|ent bus|iness of | the state,
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To bring | me to | him.
FIRST OFFICER
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'Tis true | most worth|y signior,
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The duke's | in coun|cil, and | your nob|le self,
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I am sure | is sent | for.
BRABANTIO
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How?| The duke | in coun||cil?
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In this time | of the night?| Bring him | away;
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Mine's not^|an id|le cause.| The duke | himself,
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Or an|y of | my broth|ers of | the state,
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Cannot | but feel | this wrong,| as 'twere |
their own:
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For if | such^ac|tions may | have pas|sage free,
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Bond-slaves, and pag|ans shall | our states|men
be.
[Exeunt]