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Othello

Act V, Scene 1

Cyprus. A street. Enter IAGO and RODERIGO
 
IAGO
              ,         ,           ,
      Here; stand | behind | this bark,
                                            ,                ,     
                                        Straight will | he come:
        ,              ,   2    ,         ,         ,
      Wear thy | good rap|ier bare,| and put | it home:
        T      T      T    ,          ,    3  3       ,
      Quick, quick, fear| nothing;| I'll be at thy | elbow,
           ,          ,        ,          ,          ,
      It makes | us, or | it mars | us, think | on that,
           ,           ,         ,    ,    ,
      And fix | most firm | thy re|solu|tion.
 
RODERIGO
           ,         ,       ,        ,       x
      Be near | at hand,| I may | miscar|ry in it.
 
IAGO
        ,              ,         ,          ,          ,
      Here, at | thy hand:| be bold,| and take | thy stand.
 
RODERIGO
          ,         ,        ,       ,         ,
      I have | no great | devo|tion to | the deed,
           ,      2       x         ,     ,         x
      And yet | he hath given | me sat|isfy|ing reasons:
        ,     2     T    T     T          ,          ,
      'Tis but a | man gone. Forth,| my sword:| he dies.
 
IAGO
       2        ,            ,       ,   ,                 ,
      I have rubbed | this young | quat al/most to | the sense,
         2     ,      ,       ,      2       ,         ,  2
      And he grows | angry.| Now, whether | he kill | Cassio,
          ,   2   ,         ,         ,         ,      ->
      Or Cas|sio him,| or each | do kill | the oth||er,
       ,    2       ,          ,      ,       x
      Eve|ry way* makes | my gain.| Live Rod|erigo,
           ,         ,      ,     ,        ,
      He calls | me to | a rest|itu|tion large
           ,         ,         ,         ,           ,
      Of gold,| and jew|els, that | I bobbed | from him,
           ,         ,     ,
      As gifts | to Des|demo|na.  \\
           ,         ,       ,   2   ,       ,
      It must | not be:| if Cas|sio do | remain,
           ,       ,       ,      ,         ,
      He hath | a dai|ly beaut|y in | his life,
             ,         ,      ,        ,           ,
      That makes | me ug|ly: and | besides,| the Moor
         2    ,         x               ,              ,     x
      May unfold | me to him:| there* stand | I in / much peril:
       ,    2        ,          ,        ,         ,
      No, he must | die. But | so, I | hear him | coming.
 
[Enter CASSIO]
 
RODERIGO
          ,          ,          ,    ,               ,
      I know | his gait,| 'tis he:| Villain | thou diest.
 
CASSIO
              ,           ,          ,   ,       ,
      That thrust | had been | mine^en|emy | indeed,
            ,         ,        ,        ,            ,
      But that | my coat | is bet|ter than | thou knowst:
          ,           ,          ,
      I will | make proof | of thine.
 
RODERIGO
                                      ,           ,
                                     Oh, I | am slain.
 
CASSIO
I am maimed forever:
Help ho: murder, murder.
 
[Falls. Enter OTHELLO]
 
OTHELLO
            ,         ,   2    x      ,           ,
      The voice | of Cas|sio, Ia|go keeps | his word.
 
RODERIGO
         ,         ,       ,
      O vil|lain that | I am.
 
OTHELLO
                                       x   ,
                             It is / even so.
 
CASSIO
           ,     T    T    .  T
      Oh help | ho: light, a sur|geon.  \\
 
OTHELLO
            ,       ,      x      ,             ,
      'Tis he:| O brave | Iago,| honest,| and just,
             ,          ,       ,                 ,       ,
      That hast | such nob|le sense | of thy / friend's wrong,
             ,        ,    ,              ,           ,
      Thou teach|est me.| Minion,| your dear | lies^dead,
                  ,    ,       T    T     T      2    ,
      And your / unblessed | fate hies: strump|et I come:
           ,        ,              ,             ,          ,      o
      For of | my heart,| those charms | thine^eyes,| are blot|ted,   (hexameter)
           ,            ,                     ,      ,          ,       o
      Thy bed | lust^stained,| shall with / lust's blood | be spot|ted.
 
[Exit. Enter LODOVICO and GRATIANO]
 
CASSIO
            ,        ,         ,
      What ho?| No watch?| No pas|sage?
                                         ,       ,      2->
                                       murd|er, mur||der.
 
GRATIANO
             ,          ,          ,        ,      ,      ->
      'Tis some | mischance,| the cry | is ve|ry dire||ful.
 
CASSIO
             ,
      Oh / help.
 
LODOVICO
                  ,
                Hark.
 
RODERIGO
                         ,        ,        o
                     O wretch|ed vil|lain.
 
LODOVICO
       ,         ,     ,                ,       ,
      Two or | three groan./ it is | a hea|vy night;
        ,              ,       ,                x         ,
      These may | be count|erfeits:| let's think it | unsafe
           ,     ,           ,         ,           ,
      To come | in to | the cry,| without | more help.
 
RODERIGO
       ,        ,      ,              ,          ,
      Nobo|dy come:| then shall | I bleed | to death.
 
LODOVICO
Hark.
 
[Enter IAGO, with a light]
 
GRATIANO
         ,           ,     2        ,             ,           ,
      Here's one*| comes in his | shirt, with | light, and | weapons.
 
IAGO
              ,             ,          ,           ,         ,       2->
      Who's there?| Whose^noise | is this | that cries | on mur||der?
 
LODOVICO
          ,         ,
      We do | not know.
 
IAGO
                            ,          ,       ,
                       Did not | you hear | a cry?
 
CASSIO
       __     __         ,          ,      ,
      Here,| here:| for heav|en's^sake | help me.
 
IAGO
        ,           ,
      What's the | matter?  \\
 
GRATIANO
        ,          ,        ,         ,         x
      This is | Othel|lo's an|cient, as | I take it.
 
LODOVICO
            ,        ,       ,     ,        ,       ->
      The same | indeed,| a ve|ry val|iant fel||low.
 
IAGO
        ,       2      ,          ,         ,       ,
      What | are you here,| that cry | so griev|ously?
 
CASSIO
       x      ,  2        ,          ,        ,
      Iago?| Oh I am | spoiled, un|done by | villains:
        ,              ,
      Give me | some help.
 
IAGO
                              ,        ,       o
                           O me,| lieuten|ant!
        ,   ,                 ,
      What vil/lains have | done this?  \\
 
CASSIO
          ,           ,         ,         ,     ,
      I think | that one | of them | is here|about,
           ,         ,      ,
      And can|not make | away.
 
IAGO
                                        ,             x
                                  Oh treache|rous villains:
            ,          ,           ,         ,           ,
      What are | you there?| Come^in,| and give | some help.
 
RODERIGO
          ,         ,
      O help | me there.
 
CASSIO
              ,         ,
      That's one | of them.  (di with prev)
 
IAGO
       ,  ,             T    T  T        o
      Oh mur/derous | slave! O vil|lain!
 
RODERIGO
           ,      ,     ,      ,      ,
      O damned | Ia|go! O | inhum|an dog!
 
IAGO
        ,   ,              __
      Kill men / in the | dark?
             ,           ,         ,
      Where be | these blood|y thieves?  (tri with prev)
       ,   ,        2         ,         ,        ,
      How sil/ent is this | town? Ho | murder,| murder.
            ,         ,        ,         ,         x
      What may | you be?| Are you | of good,| or evil?
 
LODOVICO
As you shall prove us, praise us.
 
IAGO
Signior Lodovico?
 
LODOVICO
He sir.
 
IAGO
I cry you mercy: Here's Cassio hurt by villains.
 
GRATIANO
Cassio?
 
IAGO
How is it brother?
 
CASSIO
My leg is cut in two.
 
IAGO
Marry heaven forbid:
        ,     ,                 ,         ,         ,
      Light gent/lemen,| I'll bind | it with | my shirt.
 
[Enter BIANCA]
 
BIANCA
        ,            ,       ,         x            ,
      What is | the mat|ter ho?| Who is it | that cried?
 
IAGO
            x            ,
      Who is it | that cried?
 
BIANCA
                              ,        ,   ,   2
                              O my | dear Cas/sio,
      <-         ,    ,   2        ,  2     ,  2     ,  2
         My || sweet Cas/sio: O | Cassio,| Cassio,| Cassio.
 
IAGO
         ,   2     ,         ,   2    ,       2    ,
      O not|able strump|et. Cas|sio, may | you suspect
       ,                 ,       2       ,     ,
      Who they | should be,| that have thus | mangled | you?
 
CASSIO
                                                               ,
                                                              No.
 
GRATIANO
            ,    2     ,          ,
      I am sor|ry to find | you thus;
                                       2       ,         ,
                                      I have been | to seek || you.

IAGO
        ,      2   ,        ,      ,           ,
      Lend | me a gar|ter. So:--| Oh for | a chair
           ,         ,   2    ,
      To bear | him ea|sily hence.
 
BIANCA
                                     ,          ,
                                   Alas | he faints.
      _    ,  2     ,  2     ,  2    oo
      O | Cassio,| Cassio,| Cassio.|
IAGO
       ,          ,       ,       ,            ,
      Gentle|men all,| I do | suspect | this trash
          ,      ,      ,         ,    ,
      To be | a part|y in | this in|jury.
       ,            ,           ,   2     ,     __
      Patience | awhile,| good Cas|sio. Come,| come;
        ,           ,       ,              ,        ,
      Lend me | a light:| know we | this face,| or no?
        ,          ,        2     ,      ,    2
      Alas | my friend,| and my dear | countryman
      <-     ,       ,    T    T    T        2     ,
        Roderi||go? No:| yes sure: Yes,| 'tis Roderi|go.
 
GRATIANO
      <-  ,         ,
        What,|| of Ven|ice?
 
IAGO
                              x      ,        ,          ,
                             even | he sir:| did you | know him?
 
GRATIANO
        ,        ___
      Know him?| Aye.  \\
 
IAGO
       ,     2     x         ,           ,        x
      Signior Gra|tiano?| I cry | your gent|le pardon:
              ,      ,      ,      ,       ,        ,
      These blood|y ac|cidents | must ex|cuse my | manners,
            ,       ,       ,
      That so | neglec|ted you.
 
GRATIANO
                                ,        ,        ,
                                I am | glad to | see you. (hex with prev?)
 
IAGO
           ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      How do | you Cas|sio? Oh,| a chair,| a chair.
 
GRATIANO
       ,    ,
      Rode|rigo?
 
IAGO
                 __   __         ,
                 He,| he,| 'tis he:
           ,       __     __          ,     oo
      Oh that's | well | said,| the chair.|
 
GRATIANO
        T    T   T      ,          ,   2            ,
      Some good man | bear him | carefully | from hence,
        T    T    .    T          ,              ,    ,       ->
      I'll fetch the gene|ral's surg|eon. For / you Mist||ress,
        ,       2        x     ,     2        ,           ,  2
      Save | you your labor.| He that lies^|slain here | (Cassio)
                 ,     ,           ,       ,         ,         ->
      Was my / dear friend.| What mal|ice was | between || you?
 
CASSIO
        ,      2       ,     ,           ,         ,
      None | in the world:| nor do | I know | the man?
 
IAGO
        T     T   T      ,          ,          2     ,
      What? Look you | pale? Oh | bear him | o' the air.
        ,              ,     2      ,          ,     ,
      Stay you | good gent|lemen. Look | you pale,| mistress?
       ,            ,           ,        ,        ,
      Do you | perceive | the gast|ness of | her eye?
       ,              ,          ,       T    T  . T
      Nay, if | you stare,| we shall | hear more anon.
          ,          ,        ,          ,        x
      Behold | her well:| I pray | you look | upon her:
                ,   ,     2     ,      ,   2             ,
      Do you / see gent|lemen? Nay,| guiltiness | will speak
                 ,            ,        ,
      Though* tongues | were out | of use.
 
EMILIA
                                            ,      ,    2        ,
                                          Alas,| what is the || matter?
        ,            ,        ,        o
      What is | the mat|ter, hus|band?
 
IAGO
       ,  2           ,          ,     ,            ,
      Cassio | hath here | been set | on in | the dark
          ,    ,          ,         ,           ,
      By Rode|rigo,| and fel|lows that | are scaped:
            ,        ,          ,    ,      ,
      He's al|most slain,| and Rod|eri|go dead.
 
EMILIA
        ,      ,   ,             ,          ,    2  ->
      Alas | good gent/leman:| alas | good Cas||sio.
 
IAGO
        ,      2      ,          ,         ,     2  ,   2  ->
      This | is the fruit | of whor|ing. prith|ee Emi||lia,
       ,       2    ,   2    ,           ,         ,
      Go | know^of Cas|sio where | he supped | tonight.
        ,              ,          ,
      What, do | you shake | at that?  \\
 
BIANCA
            ,       2     ,      ,        ,           ,
      He supped | at my house,| but I | therefore | shake not*.
 
IAGO
         ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      O did | he so?| I charge | you go | with me.
 
EMILIA
          ,      ,            ,
      Oh fie | upon | thee strump|et.  \\
 
BIANCA
       2    ,     ,         ,         ,        ,
      I am no | strumpet,| but of | life as | honest,
          ,           ,       ,
      As you | that thus | abuse | me.  \\
 
EMILIA
         ,    ,     ,
      As I?| Fie u|pon thee.
 
IAGO
                              ,   ,
                            Kind gen/tlemen:
        T    T  T      ,   ,          ___
      Let's go see | poor Cas/sio | dressed.
        ,   ,                      ,      2  ,        ,
      Come mis/tress, you | must tell | us anoth|er tale.
        ,  2    ,     ,            ,    ,
      Emi|lia, run | you to | the cit|adel,
            ,         ,         ,       ,            ,
      And tell | my lord | and la|dy, what | hath happed:
            ,        ,      ,          ,         ,
      Will^you | go on | afore?| This^is | the night
            ,        ,          ,        ,         ,
      That eith|er makes | me, or | fordoes | me quite.
 
[Exeunt]

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