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The garden of the castle. Enter DESDEMONA, CASSIO, and EMILIA
DESDEMONA
, ,
, , 2
,
Be thou | assured |(good Cas/sio)| I will do
,
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All my | abil|ities | in thy | behalf.
EMILIA
, ,
Good* mad|am do:
x ,
, 2->
I warrant | it grieves | my hus||band
, ,
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As if | the case | were his.
DESDEMONA
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2
Oh that's | an hon||est fel|low. Do
/ not doubt,| Cassio
, ,
, ,
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But I | will have | my lord,| and you | again
,
, ,
As friend|ly as | you were.
CASSIO
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Bounteous | madam,
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, , 2
Whatever | shall be|come of | Michael | Cassio,
, , 2
, , ,
He's nev|er an|ything but / your true | servant.
DESDEMONA
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, ,
I know it:| I thank | you. You | do love | my
lord:
2
, ,
, ,
,
You have known | him long,| and be | you well |
assured
, ,
, ,
,
He shall | in strange|ness stand | no furth|er
off,
, 2
, ,
Than in | a polite | distance.
CASSIO
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,
Aye, but | lady,
, ,
, , ,
That pol|icy | may eith|er last | so long,
, ,
, , 2
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Or feed | upon | such nice | and wat|erish diet,
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Or breed | itself | so^out | of cir|cumstance,
, 2 ,
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That I | being abs|ent, and | my place | supplied,
, ,
, ,
, 2->
My gene|ral will | forget | my love,| and serv||ice.
DESDEMONA
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, , 2 ,
Do not | doubt that:| before | Emi|lia here,
, x
2 ,
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I give | thee warrant | of thy place.| Assure |
thee,
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If || I do | vow a | friendship,| I'll per|form
it
2 ,
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To the last | article.| my lord | shall nev|er
rest,
, ,
,
x
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I'll watch | him tame,| and talk | him out of |
patience;
, ,
, ,
,
His bed | shall seem | a school,| his board | a
shrift,
, , ,
, ,
I'll int|erming|le eve|ry thing | he does
, 2
, , 2 ,
, 2
With Cas|sio's suit:| therefore be | merry |
Cassio,
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, ,
For thy | soli|citor | shall rath|er die,
, ,
,
Than give | thy cause | away.
EMILIA
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,
Madam,| here comes | my lord.
CASSIO
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,
Madam,| I'll take | my leave.
DESDEMONA
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,
Why stay,| and hear | me speak. (tri with
prev three)
CASSIO
Tx T T
2 , , ,
Madam, not now:| I am ve||ry ill | at ease,
, ,
, , oo
Unfit | for mine / own pur|poses.|
DESDEMONA
, ,
, oo
Well, do / your dis|cretion.|
[Exit CASSIO. Enter OTHELLO and IAGO]
IAGO
, T T T
Ha? I | like not that.
OTHELLO
, ,
What dost | thou say?
IAGO
,
, , ,
,
Nothing | my lord;| or if--| I know | not what.
OTHELLO
, , 2 ,
, ,
Was not | that Cas|sio part|ed from | my wife?
IAGO
, 2 ,
, ,
x
Cassio | my lord?| No sure,| I can|not think it
, ,
, , ,
That he | would steal | away | so guil|ty-like,
,
, 2
Seeing | you com|ing.
OTHELLO
,
, ,
I do | believe | 'twas he.
DESDEMONA
,
,
How now | my lord? \\
,
, , ,
,
I have | been talk|ing with | a suit|or here,
, , ,
, ,
2->
A man | that lan|guishes | in your |
displeas||ure.
OTHELLO
x
,
Who is it | you mean? \\
DESDEMONA
,
, , 2 ,
,
Why your | lieuten|ant Cas|sio: Good | my lord,
, 2 ,
, x
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If I have | any | grace, or | power to | move you,
,
, , ,
,
His pres|ent rec|oncil|ia|tion take.
, 2 , , ,
,
For if he | be not | one, that | truly | loves
you,
,
, , ,
, ->
That errs | in ig|norance,| and not | in
cun||ning,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
I | have no judg|ment in | an hon|est face:
,
, ,
I prith|ee call | him back. \\
OTHELLO
T T T
,
Went he hence | now?
DESDEMONA
,
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Aye*| sooth; so | humbled,
, , ,
2 , ,
That he | hath left | part of his | grief with |
me
x ,
T T T ,
To suffer | with him.| Good love, call | him
back.
OTHELLO
,
, , 2 , ,
Not^now |(sweet^Des|demo|na) some^oth|er time.
DESDEMONA
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2
But shall it | be short||ly?
OTHELLO
, ,
,
The soon|er
(sweet)| for you.
DESDEMONA
2
, ,
x
Shall it be | tonight | at supper?
OTHELLO
T T . T
No, not tonight.
DESDEMONA
, ,
,
Tomor|row din|ner then?
OTHELLO
, , ,
I shall | not dine | at home: (tri
with prev)
, , , , ,
I meet | the cap|tains at | the cit|adel.
DESDEMONA
, ,
, , ,
Why then | tomor|row night,| on Tues|day morn,
, ,
, ,
,
On Tues|day* noon,| or night;| on Wednes|day morn.
, , ,
, ,
I prith|ee name | the time,| but let | it not
,
T T . T , ,
Exceed | three days. In faith | he's pen|itent:
, ,
, 2 ,
,
And yet | his tres|pass, in our | common | reason
, 2
, ,
, ,
(Save that they | say the | wars must | make
ex|amples)
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, , , ,
Out of | their best,| is not | almost | a fault
2 , , ,
, ,
To incur | a priv|ate check.| When shall | he come?
, 2
, ,
, ,
Tell me O|thello.| I wond|er in | my soul
, 2
,
, 2 ,
What you would | ask me,| that I | should deny
<- , ,
2 , __ ,
, 2
Or stand || so mam|mering on?| What?| Michael |
Cassio,
,
, 2 ,
2 , 2 ,
That came | a-woo|ing with you?| And so ma|ny a
time
, ,
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(When I | have spoke | of you | disprais|ingly)
, ,
, , ,
Hath tane | your part,| to have | so much | to do
, ,
, ,
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To bring | him in?| Trust me,| I could | do much.
OTHELLO
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, , ,
,
Prithee | no more:| let him | come when | he
will:
3 3 ,
, 2
I will deny | thee noth|ing.
DESDEMONA
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,
Why*, this | is not | a boon:
,
, ,
, ,
'Tis as | I should | entreat | you wear | your
gloves,
,
, 2 ,
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Or feed | on nour|ishing dish|es, or keep | you
warm, ??
,
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, 2 x
Or sue | to you | to do | a pecul|iar profit
, ,
, 2 ,
,
To your / own pers|on. Nay,| when I have | a suit
,
, ,
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Wherein | I mean | to touch | your love | indeed,
, ,
, , 2 ,
It shall | be full | of poise,| and dif|ficult
weight,
, 3
3 , 2
And fear|ful to be grant|ed.
OTHELLO
, , , ->
I will | deny | thee noth||ing.
??
, 2 ,
, ,
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Where|on, I do | beseech | thee, grant | me this,
??
, ,
, ,
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To leave | me but | a lit|tle to | myself.
DESDEMONA
, ,
, ,
,
Shall^I | deny | you? No:| farewell | my lord.
OTHELLO
, ,
, , ,
,
Farewell my Desdemona, I'll come to thee
straight.
DESDEMONA
, 2 ,
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,
Emil|ia come;| Be as your | fancies | teach you:
, T
T T 2 , ,
Whatere | you be, I | am obe|dient.
[Exeunt DESDEMONA and EMILIA]
OTHELLO
, ,
, , ,
Excel|lent wretch: Perdi|tion catch | my soul,
, ,
, 2 ,
,
But I | do love | thee: and | when I love | thee
not,
, ,
,
Chaos | is come | again.
IAGO
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My nob|le lord.
OTHELLO
, ,
x 2
What dost | thou say,| Iago?
IAGO
, ,
2
Did
| Michael | Cassio
,
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,
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When you | wooed my | lady,| know of | your love?
OTHELLO
, , ,
He did,| from first | to last:
, ,
Why dost | thou
ask?
IAGO
,
, , ,
,
But for | a sat|isfac|tion of | my thought,
,
,
No furth|er harm.
OTHELLO
, ,
x
Why of | thy thought,| Iago?
IAGO
2 , ,
2 , ,
,
I did not | think he had | been ac|quainted |
with her.
OTHELLO
, ,
, ,
,
O yes,| and went | between | us ve|ry oft.
IAGO
,
Indeed? \\
OTHELLO
, ___
, , ,
, ->
Indeed?| Aye | indeed.| Discernst
| thou aught || in that?
, 2 ,
Is he not^|honest? ??
IAGO
, ,
Honest, my lord?
OTHELLO
, ___
,
Honest?| Aye,| honest.
IAGO
, ,
, ->
My lord,| for aught || I know.
OTHELLO
, ,
What dost | thou think?
IAGO
___
,
Think,| my lord?
OTHELLO
___
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Think,| my lord?| Alas,| thou ech|ost me;
, ,
, ,
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As if | there* were | some monst|er in | his
thought
, 2 , , 2
, ,
Too hid|eous to | be shown.| Thou dost mean |
something:
, ,
2 , ,
,
I heard | thee say | even now,| thou likedst |
not^that,
, 2
, , , ,
When Cas|sio left | my wife.| What didst | not^like?
, 2
, 2 ,
x
And when I | told thee,| he was of | my counsel,
2 , ,
, ,
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In my whole | course of | wooing,| thou
criedst,| Indeed?
, ,
, ,
, 2->
And didst | contract,| and purse | thy brow |
togeth||er,
, , ,
, ,
As if | thou then | hadst shut | up in | thy
brain
, ,
, , 2
,
Some hor|rible | conceit.| If thou dost | love
me,
, 2
,
Show me thy | thought. \\
IAGO
, ,
, 2
My lord,| you know | I love | you.
OTHELLO
, ,
I think | thou dost:
, 2
, 2 , ,
, 2
And for I | know thou art | full of | love, and
| honesty,
,
, ,
, ,
And weighst | thy words | before | thou givst |
them breath,
,
,
, , ,
Therefore | these stops | of thine,| fright me | the more:
, ,
, , ,
For such | things in | a false | disloy|al knave
, ,
, 2 , ,
Are tricks | of cust|om: but | in a man | that's
just,
, , , ,
,
They're close | dela|tions, work|ing from | the
heart,
,
x ,
That pas|sion cannot | rule.
IAGO
,
,
For | Michael | Cassio,
, ,
, , ,
2->
I dare | be sworn,| I think | that he | is
hon||est.
OTHELLO
, ,
I think | so too.
IAGO
, , ,
Men should | be what | they seem.
,
, , ,
,
Or those | that be / not, would | they might |
seem^none.
OTHELLO
,
T T T ,
,
Certain,| men should be | what they | seem.
IAGO
<- ,
, , ,
,
Why || then I | think Cas/sio's | an hon|est
man.
OTHELLO
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T , oo
Nay,| yet there's more | in this?|
,
, , , ,
o
I prith|ee speak | to me,| as to | thy think|ings,
, ,
, ,
, ,
As thou | dost rum|inate,| and give | thy
worst | of thoughts (hex with prev)
, ,
The worst | of words.
IAGO
, , ,
Good my | lord pard/on me,
, 2
, , ,
,
Though I am | bound to | every | act of | duty,
, ,
, , ,
I am / not bound | to that:| all* slaves | are
free:
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Utter | my thoughts?| Why say,| they are wild,|
and false?
,
, ,
, ,
As where's | that pal|ace, where|into*/ foul things
,
, , ,
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->
Sometimes^|intrude | not? Who / has that | breast
so || pure,
,
, , ,
Where|in unc|leanly | appre|hensions
T T
. T
, , ,
Keep leets, and law-|days, and | in ses|sion sit
, ,
,
With med|ita|tions law|ful? \\
OTHELLO
,
, ,
, x
Thou dost | conspire | against | thy friend |(Iago)
, ,
, ,
,
If thou | but thinkst | him wronged,| and makst |
his ear
,
, ,
A strang|er to | thy thoughts.
IAGO
, 2 ,
I do be|seech you,
,
, ,
, ,
Though I | perchance | am vic|ious in | my guess
,
, ,
, ,
(As I | confess | it is | my na|ture's plague
, , 2
, , ,
->
To spy | into ab|uses,| and oft | my jea||lousy /
,
, 2 , ,
,
Shapes faults | that are not)| that your | wisdom
, ,
, , ,
From one,| that so | imper|fectly | conceits,
,
x , ,
x
Would take | no* notice,| nor build | yourself | a
trouble ??
, 2
x
, ,
,
Out of his | scattering,| and un|sure ob|servance:
,
, , ,
,
It were | not for | your qui|et, nor | your good,
2 , ,
, , ,
Nor for my | manhood*,| hone|sty, or | wisdom,
, ,
,
To let | you know | my thoughts.
OTHELLO
, ,
What dost | thou mean?
IAGO
, ,
, ,
,
Good* name | in man,| and wom|an (dear | my lord)
, ,
2 , ,
,
Is the | immed|iate je|wel of | their souls;
, ,
,
Who steals | my purse,| steals^trash:
, ,
2->
'Tis
some|thing, noth||ing;
, , ,
2 , ,
'Twas mine,| 'tis his,| and has been | slave to |
thousands:
, , 2 , T T
T
But he | that filch|es from me | my good name,
,
, , ,
,
Robs me | of that,| which not | enrich|es him,
, ,
,
And makes | me poor | indeed.
OTHELLO
x ,
,
By heaven,| I'll know | thy thoughts. (tri
with prev)
IAGO
, ,
, ,
,
You can|not, if | my heart | were in | your hand,
,
, , 2
,
Nor shall | not, whilst | 'tis in my | custo|dy.
OTHELLO
,
Ha?
IAGO
, T T T , ,
Oh, be|ware my lord,| of jeal|ousy,
, 2 T
T T ,
,
It is the | green-eyed monst|er, which | doth mock
x
, ,
, ,
The meat it | feeds on.| That cuck|old lives
| in bliss,
,
2 , ,
,
,
Who* cert|ain of his / fate, loves | not his |
wronger:
, ,
, ,
,
But oh,| what damn|ed min|utes tells | he ore,
, ,
, ,
,
Who dotes,| yet doubts:| suspects,| yet strong|ly loves?
OTHELLO
, ,
O mis|ery. \\
IAGO
,
, ,
, ,
Poor, and | content,| is rich,| and rich |
enough,
, ,
x , ,
But rich|es fine|less, is as | poor as | winter,
,
, , ,
,
To him | that ev|er fears | he shall | be poor:
x ,
, ,
,
Good* heaven,| the souls | of all | my tribe | defend
, ,
From jeal|ousy.
OTHELLO
___ T T T
Why?| Why is this?
,
, ,
, ,
Thinkst thou,| I'd make | a lie | of jeal|ousy;
,
, , ,
,
To fol|low still | the chan|ges of | the moon
,
, , 2 ,
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With fresh | suspi|cions? No:| to be once | in doubt,
2 , ,
, ,
,
Is to be | resolved:| exchange | me for | a
goat,
, ,
, ,
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When I | shall turn | the bus|iness of | my soul
,
, , ,
x
To such | exsuf|flicate,| and blown | surmises,
??
, 2 ,
, , ,
2->
Matching thy | inference.| 'Tis not | to make
| me jeal||ous, ??
, ,
, T T
T , 2
To say | my wife | is fair,| feeds well, loves || company,
, . T T
T x
Is free | of speech, sings, plays,| and
dances: ??
, ,
, , ,
Where vir|tue is,| these are | more vir/tuous.
,
, T Tx T
,
Nor from | mine^own | weak merits, will | I draw
,
, ,
, ,
The smal|lest fear,| or doubt | of her | revolt,
, ,
, , x
For she | had eyes,| and chose | me. No |
Iago,
, ,
, , ,
I'll see | before | I doubt;| when I / doubt,
prove;
,
, , ,
,
And on | the proof,| there is | no more | but
this,
,
, , ,
,
Away | at once | with love,| or jeal|ousy.
IAGO
2 ,
, ,
, x
I am glad | of this:| for now | I shall | have
reason
, ,
, ,
, 2->
To show | the love | and du|ty that | I bear || you
,
x , ,
,
With frank|er spirit.| therefore |(as I | am
bound)
x
, , ,
,
Receive it | from me.| I speak | not^yet | of
proof:
, 2
, ,
, , 2
Look to your | wife, ob|serve her | well with |
Cassio,
, ,
, , ,
Wear* your / eyes, thus:| not jeal|ous, nor |
secure:
, , ,
x ,
I would | not have | your free,| and noble | nature,
, , , , ,
Out of | self-bount/y, be | abused:| look to it:
,
, , ,
,
I know | our count|ry dis|posi|tion well:
x
, , ,
,
In Venice,| they do | let heav|en see | the
pranks
, ,
,
They dare | not show | their hus|bands.
, , 2->
Their /
best cons||cience, ??
, x , , ,
Is not | to leave it | undone,| but kept | unknown.
OTHELLO
, ,
Dost thou | say so? \\
IAGO
, , , ,
2 ,
She did | deceive | her fath|er, mar|rying you,
, ,
, , ,
And when | she seemed | to shake,| and fear |
your looks,
, ,
She loved | them most.
OTHELLO
, ,
And so | she did.
IAGO
, ,
Why go | to then: (di with prev
two)
, 2
, , ,
,
She that so | young could | give out*| such a | seeming
, , ,
, ,
To seal | her fath|er's eyes | up, close | as
oak,
, , ___
He thought |'twas witch|craft.
, ,
,
But I | am much | to blame: (tri with prev)
, ,
, ,
x
I humb|ly do | beseech | you of | your pardon
, ,
,
For too | much^lov|ing you.
OTHELLO
2 ,
, x
I am bound | to thee | for ever. (tri with
prev)
IAGO
, ,
x , ,
I see | this hath | a little | dashed your
| spirits:
OTHELLO
T . T T ,
Not a jot, not | a jot.
IAGO
, ,
,
Trust me,| I fear | it has: (tri with prev)
, , , ,
,
I hope | you will | consid|er what | is spoke
,
,
Comes from | my love.
,
, ,
But I | do see | you're moved:
, ,
, ,
,
I am | to pray | you, not | to strain | my speech
, , ,
, ,
To gros|ser is|sues, nor | to larg|er reach,
, ,
,
Than to | suspi|cion. \\
OTHELLO
T T T
I will not.
IAGO
,
, ,
Should you | do so |(my lord)
, , , ,
,
My speech | should fall | into / such vile | success,
, T
T T
Which my | thoughts aimed not.
, 2
, ,
Cassio's | my worth|y friend:
, , ,
My lord,| I see | you're moved.
OTHELLO
__ T T
T
No,| not much moved: (tri with prev
three)
, ,
, , , ->
I do | not think | but Des|demo|na's hon||est.
IAGO
, T T T
Long | live she so; \\
. T
T T ,
And long live you | to
think | so. \\
OTHELLO
, , , ,
,
And yet | how na|ture er|ring from | itself.
IAGO
, ,
Aye there's | the point:
, ,
,
As (to | be bold |
with you)
, ,
, , ,
Not to | affect | many | proposed | matches
, ,
, ,
,
Of her / own clime,| complex|ion, and | degree,
, 2 ,
T T T ,
Whereto we | see in | all things, na|ture tends:
,
, ,
. T
T T
Foh, one*| may smell | in such,| a will most rank,
, ,
, , ,
Foul dis|propor|tions, thoughts | unna/tural.
??
, ,
, , 2 ,
But (pard|on me)| I do | not in po|sition
,
, , ,
,
Distinct|ly speak | of her,| though^I | may fear
,
, ,
x ,
Her will,| recoil|ing to | her better | judgment,
,
, , ,
,
May fall | to match | you with | her count|ry
forms,
, ,
,
And hap|pily | repent.
OTHELLO
, ,
Farewell,| farewell:
, ,
, , ,
If more | thou dost | perceive,| let me /
know more:
, , 2
,
Set on | thy wife | to observe.
, x
Leave me | Iago.
IAGO
, , ,
My lord,| I take | my leave. \\
OTHELLO
, 2
,
Why did I | marry?
x ,
,
This honest | creature|
(doubtless)
T . T T
, , ,
Sees, and knows more,| much more / than he |
unfolds.
IAGO
, ,
, ,
x
My lord,| I would | I might | entreat | your honor
, ,
, , 2 ,
To scan | this^thing | no* furth|er: leave | it to
time,
,
, , 2 ,
,
Though it | be fit | that Cas|sio have | his
place;
,
, , ,
, 2 ->
For sure | he fills | it up | with great |
abil||ity;
, 2
, ,
, ,
Yet | if you please,| to hold | him off | awhile:
, ,
, ,
,
You shall | by that | perceive | him, and | his means:
, 2
, ,
, ,
Note if your | lady | strain his | enter|tainment
, 2
, , 2
, , 2
With any | strong, or | vehement | impor|tunity,
, ,
, ,
,
Much will | be seen | in that:| In the / meantime,
,
, , ,
,
Let^me | be thought | too bu/sy in | my fears,
,
, , ,
,
(As worth|y cause | I have | to fear | I am)
, , , 2
, ,
And hold | her free,| I do be|seech your | honor.
OTHELLO
T T T ,
2
Fear not my | government.
IAGO
, ,
,
I once | more* take | my leave. (tri
with prev)
[Exit]
OTHELLO
, ,
, , ,
This fel|low's of | exceed|ing hon|esty,
. T T T
, 2 ,
x
And knows all qual|ities | with a learn|ed spirit
, ,
x ,
, ->
Of hum|an deal|ings. If I | do prove | her
hag||gard,
,
2 ,
, , ,
Though | that her jes|ses were my // dear
heartstrings,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
I'd whis|tle her off,| and let | her down | the
wind
,
, ,
, 2 ,
To prey | at for|tune. Hap|ly, for | I am black,
2 ,
, , ,
,
And have not | those soft | parts of | conver|sation
, 2 ,
, , ,
That chamb|erers have:| or for | I am | declined
, , ,
, ,
Into | the vale | of years |(yet that's | not*
much)
,
, , ,
,
She's gone.| I am | abused,| and my | relief
, 2
, ,
,
Must be to | loathe her.| Oh curse | of
mar|riage!
<- , 2
, , 2 ,
,
That || we can call | these del|icate creat|ures ours,
<- , ,
, 2 ,
, ,
And not || their ap|petites?| I had rath|er be
| a toad,
, x ,
, ,
And live | upon the | vapor | of a | dungeon,
, ,
3 3 ,
,
Than keep | a corn|er in the thing | I love
<- , ,
, 2 ,
, __
For oth||ers' us|es. Yet | 'tis the plague | of
great | ones,
, ,
, , ,
Prerog|atived | are they | less than | the
base,
, ,
, , ,
'Tis dest|iny | unshun|nable,/ like death:
2 , ,
, ,
x
Even then,| this fork|ed plague | is fat|ed to us,
, ,
, , ___
When we | do quick|en. Look | where she | comes:
,
, ,
, __
If she | be false,| Heaven | mocks it|self:
,
x
I'll not | believe it.
[Enter DESDEMONA and EMILIA]
DESDEMONA
, ,
, ->
How now,| my dear | Othel||lo?
, ,
, , 2 , 2
Your | dinner,| and the | generous | islanders
, , ,
, ,
->
By you | invit|ed, do | attend | your pre||sence.
OTHELLO
, 2 ,
I | am to blame. \\
DESDEMONA
, 2 , ,
Why do you | speak so | faintly?
,
,
Are you
/ not well?
OTHELLO
, , ,
, ,
I have | a pain | upon | my fore|head, here.
DESDEMONA
, ,
, ,
,
Why that's | with watch|ing. 'Twill | away |
again.
,
, ,
, ,
Let me | but bind | it hard,| within | this hour
,
,
It will | be well.
OTHELLO
,
, x
Your nap|kin is / too little:
, ,
, ,
,
Let it | alone:| come, I'll | go in | with you.
DESDEMONA
, , ,
, 2 ,
I am | very | sorry | that you | are not well.
??
[Exeunt OTHELLO and DESDEMONA]
EMILIA
, , ,
, o
I am | glad I | have found | this nap|kin:
,
, , ,
,
This was | her first | remem|brance from |
the Moor,
, ,
, ,
,
My way|ward hus|band hath | a hund|red times
, 2
, 2 ,
, ,
Wooed me to | steal it.| But she so | loves the |
token,
2 , ,
, , ,
(For he con|jured her,| she should | ever | keep
it)
, x
, ,
,
That she | reserves it | ever|more a|bout her,
, , ,
2 , ,
To kiss,| and talk | to. I'll | have the work | tane^out,
x
x
, ,
,
And give it | Iago:| what he | will do | with
it
,
T T T
Heaven | knows, not I: \\
, ,
, , ,
I noth/ing, but | to please | his fant|asy.
[Enter Iago]
IAGO
, oo , ,
,
How now?| | What do | you here | alone?
EMILIA
,
, , ,
,
Do not | you chide:| I have | a thing | for you.
IAGO
,
,
A thing | for me?
, ,
,
It is | a com|mon thing--
EMILIA
__
Ha?
IAGO
, , ,
oo
To have | a fool|ish wife.|
EMILIA
T . T T , ,
,
Oh, is that all?| What will | you give | me now
, , ,
For that / same hand|kerchief. \\
IAGO
, ,
What hand/kerchief*?
EMILIA
, ,
What hand/kerchief*? (di with prev)
, 2
T T
T . , ,
Why that the | Moor first gave to
| Desde|mona, ??
, , ,
, ,
That which | so^of|ten you | did bid | me steal.
IAGO
x ,
Hast stolen | it from | her? \\
EMILIA
,
, , , ,
No: but | she let | it drop | by neg|ligence,
, 2 ,
, 2 ,
2 ,
And to the | advant|age, I | being here,| took
it up.
T T T
Look, here 'tis.
IAGO
, ,
,
A good | wench, give / it me.
EMILIA
, 2
, 2 ,
2 , ,
What will you | do with it,| that you have | been so |
earnest
,
x
To have | me filch it?
IAGO
,
, ,
Why, what | is that | to you?
EMILIA
, ,
, ,
2 ,
If it | be not | for some | purpose of | import,
T . T Tx
,
, ,
Give it me again:| poor* la|dy, she'll / run mad
??
,
x
When she | shall lack it.
IAGO
, ,
,
Be not | acknown | on it:
, T T .
T , oo
I have | use for it. Go,| leave me.|
[Exit EMILIA]
, 2 , 2 ,
, ,
I will in | Cassio's | lodging | lose this |
napkin,
, , , ,
,
And let | him find | it. Trif|les light | as air,
, , , ,
,
Are to | the jeal|ous, con|firma|tions strong,
, ,
, ,
, o
As proofs | of ho|ly writ.| This may | do some|thing.
, ,
, , ,
o
The Moor | alrea|dy chan|ges with | my pois|on:
(hex with prev)
, 2
, ,
2 ,
,
Dangerous | conceits,| are in their | natures
| poisons,
, , ,
, ,
Which at | the first | are scarce | found to |
distaste:
,
, , ,
,
But with | a lit|tle act | upon | the blood,
T T
. T ,
x
,
Burn like the mines | of Sulph|ur. I did | say
so. ??
,
2 , ,
, , 2
Look where he | comes: Not | poppy,| nor
man|dragora,
, ,
, ,
,
Nor^all | the drow|sy sy|rups of | the world
, ,
2 , , ,
Shall ev|er med|icine thee | to that / sweet
sleep
, ,
,
Which thou / owedst yest|erday.
OTHELLO
, ,
Ha ha,| false to me?
IAGO
T T T ,
, ,
Why how now | general?| No more | of that.
OTHELLO
, , 2 ,
, ,
Avaunt,| be gone:| thou hast set | me on | the
rack:
, ,
, ,
,
I swear |'tis bet|ter to | be much | abused,
, x
x
Than but | to know it | a little.
IAGO
,
,
How now,| my lord?
OTHELLO
,
,
x , ,
What sense | had I,| in her / stolen hours | of
lust?
x
, , . T
T T
I saw it | not, thought | it not:| it harmed not me:
, , , ,
, ,
, ,
I slept the next night well, fed well, was
free, and merry. ????
, , 2 , ,
,
I found | not Cas|sio's kis|ses on | her lips:
, 2 T T
T , x
He that is | robbed, not want|ing what | is stolen,
2 ,
, ,
, ,
Let^him not | know it,| and he's | not robbed |
at all.
IAGO
, ,
2 ,
I am | sorry to | hear this? \\
OTHELLO
, ,
, ,
,
I had | been hap|py, if | the gene|ral camp,
, 2 , , 2 , ,
Pioners | and all,| had tast|ed her sweet | body,
,
, ,
, x
So I | had noth|ing known.| Oh now,| for ever
, ,
, , ,
Farewell | the tran|quil mind;| farewell |
content;
, ,
,
, ,
Farewell | the plum|ed troops,| and the / big
wars,
,
, ,
, ,
That makes | ambi|tion, vir|tue! Oh | farewell,
, ,
,
, ,
Farewell | the neigh|ing steed,| and the / shrill trump,
x
, T . T T ,
The spirit-|stirring | drum, the ear-pierc|ing
fife,
, ,
, , ,
The roy|al ban|ner, and / all qual|ity,
T T .
T , , 2
,
Pride, pomp, and cir|cumstance | of glor|ious
war:
,
, , , ,
And O | you mort|al en|gines, whose / rude
throats
2 , ,
T Tx T ,
The immort|al Jove's | dread clamors,
count|erfeit,
, ,
, ,
,
Farewell:| Othel|lo's oc|cupa|tion's gone.
IAGO
2 , ,
,
Is it pos|sible | my lord? \\
OTHELLO
, ,
, , ,
Villain,| be sure | thou prove | my love | a
whore;
, , ,
, 2 ,
Be sure | of it:| give me | the oc|ular proof,
, ,
, , ,
Or by | the worth | of man's | etern|al soul,
, , , , ,
Thou hadst | been bet|ter have | been born | a
dog
, , ,
Than ans|wer my / waked wrath.
IAGO
2 , ,
Is it come | to this?
OTHELLO
,
x , 2
, ,
Make me | to see it:| or (at the | least) so |
prove it,
, 2
, , ,
,
That the pro|bation | bear no | hinge, nor | loop,
x ,
, , ,
To hang a | doubt on:| or woe | upon | thy
life.
IAGO
, ,
My nob|le lord. \\
OTHELLO
, ,
, ,
,
If thou | dost sland|er her,| and tor|ture me,
Tx T T ,
, ,
Never pray more:| aband|on all | remorse
,
, , ,
,
On hor|ror's head,| horrors | accum|ulate:
,
2 , , ,
,
Do deeds | to make^heav|en weep,| all^earth |
amazed; ??
,
, , ,
,
For noth|ing canst | thou to | damna|tion add,
, 2
,
Greater than | that.
IAGO
, x
,
O | grace! O | heaven for|give me!
, ,
, , ,
Are you | a man?| Have you | a soul?| Or sense?
,
, x , ,
God^by | you: take | mine^office.| Oh wretch|ed
fool,
, ,
, , ,
That lovst | to make | thine^hon|esty,| a vice!
, ,
, , ,
O monst|rous world!| Take^note,| take^note |(O
world)
, ,
, , ,
To be | direct | and hon|est, is / not safe.
, ,
, ,
,
I thank | you for | this prof|it, and | from hence
, , ,
, ,
I'll love | no friend,| sith love | breeds^such |
offense.
OTHELLO
___ __ ,
, o
Nay | stay:| thou shouldst | be hon|est.
IAGO
, , , ,
,
I should | be wise,| for hon|esty's | a fool,
, , ,
And los|es that | it works | for.
OTHELLO
, ,
By | the world,
, , ,
, ,
,
I think | my wife | be hon|est, and | think she |
is not:
, , ,
T T T
,
I think | that thou | art just,| and think thou
| art not: (hex with prev)
, ,
, ,
,
I'll have | some proof.| My name | that was | as
fresh
, ,
2 , ,
As Di|an's vis|age, is now | begrimed | and black
, ,
, , ,
As mine^/own face.| If there | be cords,| or knives,
, ,
, ,
,
Poison,| or fire,| or suf|foca|ting streams,
,
x
, , ,
I'll not | endure it.| Would I | were
sat|isfied.
IAGO
, , ,
, ,
I see | you are | eaten | up with | passion:
,
, , 2
, ,
I do | repent | me, that I | put it | to you.
,
, ,
You would | be sat|isfied?
OTHELLO
___ ,
,
Would?| Nay, and | I will. (tri with
prev)
IAGO
,
,
, ,
,
And may:| but how?| How* sat|isfied,| my lord?
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Would you the | super|vision | grossly | gape on?
, ,
Behold | her topped?
OTHELLO
, , ,
Death, and | damna|tion. Oh!
IAGO
, , 2
, , 2 ,
It were | a ted|ious dif|ficu|lty, I think,
, ,
, , ,
To bring | them to / that pro|spect: damn | them
then,
, ,
, ,
, ->
If ev|er mort|al eyes | do see | them bol||ster
,
2 , T
T T o
More | than their own.| What then? How | then?
,
2 T T T ,
,
What shall I | say? Where's sat|isfac|tion?
, , , ,
,
It is | impos|sible | you should | see this,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Were they as | prime as | goats, as | hot as |
monkeys,
, ,
, ,
,
As salt | as wolves | in pride,| and fools | as
gross
, ,
, , ,
As ig|norance,| made^drunk.| But yet,| I say,
, , 2
, , ,
If imp|uta|tion, and strong | circum|stances,
, ,
, ,
,
Which lead | direct|ly to | the door | of truth,
,
, ,
, x
Will give | you sat|isfac|tion, you | may have it.
OTHELLO
, 2
, ,
, ,
Give me a | living | reason | she's dis|loyal.
IAGO
, ,
,
I do | not like | the of|fice. \\
, 2 ,
, , ,
But sith | I am ent|ered in | this cause | so far
, 2 ,
, , ,
(Pricked to it | by fool|ish hon|esty,| and love)
, 2 ,
, , 2 ,
I will go | on. I | lay with | Cassio | lately,
,
, , ,
,
And be|ing troub|led with | a rag|ing tooth,
, ,
, ,
,
I could | not* sleep.| There are | a kind | of men,
, ,
, 2 , ,
So loose | of soul,| that in their | sleeps will
| mutter
, ,
, ,
, 2
Their af|fairs: One / of this | kind is | Cassio:
, ,
, , ,
->
In sleep | I heard | him say,|
sweet^Des|demo||na,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Let | us be wa|ry, let | us hide | our loves,
, ,
, ,
,
And then |(sir) would | he gripe,| and wring
| my hand:
T T T
, ,
,
Cry, oh sweet | creature:| then kiss | me hard,
, . T T T , ,
As if | he plucked up kis|ses by | the roots,
,
, , ,
,
, ->
That grew | upon | my lips,| laid his | leg ore
|| my thigh,
, ,
, , , ->
And sigh,| and kiss,| and then / cry curs||ed
Fate,
, , ,
oo
That gave | thee to | the Moor.|
OTHELLO
, ,
O monst|rous! monst|rous!
IAGO
, 2 ,
,
Nay,| this was but | his dream.
OTHELLO
, ,
2 , , ,
But this | denot|ed a fore|gone con|clusion,
, ,
, , ,
'Tis a / shrewd doubt,| though it | be but | a
dream.
IAGO
, ,
, , ,
And this | may help | to thick|en oth|er proofs,
T T T ,
,
That do dem|onstrate | thinly. \\
OTHELLO
,
, ,
I'll tear | her all | to pie|ces. \\
IAGO
,
, ,
, ,
Nay^yet | be wise:| yet^we | see noth|ing done,
,
, , ,
,
She may | be hon|est yet:| Tell me | but this,
, , ,
, ,
Have you | not some|times^seen | a hand|kerchief
,
, ,
, ,
Spotted | with straw|berries,| in your / wife's
hand?
OTHELLO
, , ,
, ,
I gave | her such | a one:| 'twas my / first
gift.
IAGO
, , ,
, ,
I know | not that:| but such | a hand|kerchief
2 ,
, , ,
,
(I am sure | it was | your wife's)| did I | today
, 2
, ,
2
See Cas|sio wipe | his beard | with.
OTHELLO
,
,
If it | be that.
IAGO
, , , ,
,
If it | be that,| or an|y, it | was hers.
, ,
, ,
,
It speaks | against | her with | the oth|er
proofs.
OTHELLO
, ,
, ,
,
O that | the slave | had for|ty thous|and lives:
,
, ,
, ,
One is | too* poor,| too^weak | for my | revenge.
, ,
, ,
x
Now do | I see |'tis true.| Look^here | Iago,
, ,
, ,
, , ,
All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven. 'Tis gone.
??
,
, , , ,
Arise | black venge/ance, from | the hol|low
hell.
, , ,
, ,
Yield^up |(O* love)| thy crown,| and heart|ed
throne
, 2 ,
, ,
,
To tyr|annous hate.| Swell bos/om with | thy fraught,
, ,
,
For 'tis | of as|pics' tongues.
IAGO
, ,
Yet be | content.
OTHELLO
,
___ ___ oo
Oh blood,| blood,| blood.|
IAGO
,
, ,
, ,
Patience | I say:| your mind | perhaps | may
change.
OTHELLO
, x
, ,
,
Never | Iago.| Like to | the Pont|ic sea,
, ,
, ,
,
Whose^ic|y cur|rent, and | compuls|ive course,
T T . T , ,
,
Nere feels retir|ing ebb,| but keeps | due^on
, ,
, ,
,
To the | Propont|ic, and | the Hel|lespont:
2 ,
, , , 2
,
Even so | my bloo|dy thoughts,| with vi|olent
pace
, ,
, ,
,
Shall nere | look* back,| nere^ebb | to hum|ble love,
,
, , ,
,
Till that | a cap|able,| and wide | revenge
,
, ,
, x
Swallow | them up.| Now by | yond marb|le heaven,
, , ,
, ,
In the / due reve|rence of | a sac|red vow,
, ,
,
I here | engage | my words.
IAGO
, ,
Do not / rise yet:
,
, , ,
,
Witness | you ev|er-burn|ing lights | above,
, ,
, , ,
You el|ements,| that clip | us round | about,
,
, , ,
,
Witness | that here | Ia|go doth | give up
, ,
2 , T T
T
The ex|ecu|tion of his | wit, hands, heart,
, ,
, ,
2 ,
To wronged | Othel|lo's serv|ice. Let | him
command,
,
, , ,
,
And to | obey | shall be | in me | remorse,
, ,
, 2
What bloo|dy bus|iness ev|er.
OTHELLO
, ,
I greet | thy love,
,
, , 2 ,
, 2
Not with / vain thanks,| but with ac|ceptance |
bounteous,
, ,
, ,
x
And will | upon | the inst|ant put | thee to it.
, T T
T 2 ,
,
Within | these three days | let me hear | thee say,
, 2
, ,
That Cas|sio's not | alive.
IAGO
, ,
My friend | is dead:
,
, ,
'Tis done | at your | request.
. T T T
But^let her
live. ??
OTHELLO
,
T T
Damn her | lewd minx:
T ,
,
O | damn her,| damn her.
,
, , ,
,
Come go | with me | apart,| I will | withdraw
, ,
, , ,
To furn|ish me | with some / swift means | of
death
2 ,
x
For the fair | devil.
, ,
,
Now^|art thou | my
lieu|tenant.
IAGO
,
, ,
I am | your own | for ev|er. \\
[Exeunt]