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<H3>SCENE III. The garden of the castle.</h3>
<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter DESDEMONA, CASSIO, and EMILIA</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=1>Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do</A><br>
<A NAME=2>All my abilities in thy behalf.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=3>Good madam, do: I warrant it grieves my husband,</A><br>
<A NAME=4>As if the case were his.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=5>O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Cassio,</A><br>
<A NAME=6>But I will have my lord and you again</A><br>
<A NAME=7>As friendly as you were.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>CASSIO</b></a>
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<A NAME=8>Bounteous madam,</A><br>
<A NAME=9>Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio,</A><br>
<A NAME=10>He's never any thing but your true servant.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=11>I know't; I thank you. You do love my lord:</A><br>
<A NAME=12>You have known him long; and be you well assured</A><br>
<A NAME=13>He shall in strangeness stand no further off</A><br>
<A NAME=14>Than in a polite distance.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>CASSIO</b></a>
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<A NAME=15>Ay, but, lady,</A><br>
<A NAME=16>That policy may either last so long,</A><br>
<A NAME=17>Or feed upon such nice and waterish diet,</A><br>
<A NAME=18>Or breed itself so out of circumstance,</A><br>
<A NAME=19>That, I being absent and my place supplied,</A><br>
<A NAME=20>My general will forget my love and service.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=21>Do not doubt that; before Emilia here</A><br>
<A NAME=22>I give thee warrant of thy place: assure thee,</A><br>
<A NAME=23>If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it</A><br>
<A NAME=24>To the last article: my lord shall never rest;</A><br>
<A NAME=25>I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience;</A><br>
<A NAME=26>His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift;</A><br>
<A NAME=27>I'll intermingle every thing he does</A><br>
<A NAME=28>With Cassio's suit: therefore be merry, Cassio;</A><br>
<A NAME=29>For thy solicitor shall rather die</A><br>
<A NAME=30>Than give thy cause away.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=31>Madam, here comes my lord.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>CASSIO</b></a>
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<A NAME=32>Madam, I'll take my leave.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech10><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=33>Why, stay, and hear me speak.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech11><b>CASSIO</b></a>
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<A NAME=34>Madam, not now: I am very ill at ease,</A><br>
<A NAME=35>Unfit for mine own purposes.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=36>Well, do your discretion.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit CASSIO</i></p>
<p><i>Enter OTHELLO and IAGO</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>IAGO</b></a>
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<A NAME=37>Ha! I like not that.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=38>What dost thou say?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=39>Nothing, my lord: or if--I know not what.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
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<A NAME=40>Was not that Cassio parted from my wife?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>IAGO</b></a>
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<A NAME=41>Cassio, my lord! No, sure, I cannot think it,</A><br>
<A NAME=42>That he would steal away so guilty-like,</A><br>
<A NAME=43>Seeing you coming.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
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<A NAME=44> I do believe 'twas he.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=45>How now, my lord!</A><br>
<A NAME=46>I have been talking with a suitor here,</A><br>
<A NAME=47>A man that languishes in your displeasure.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech20><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
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<A NAME=48>Who is't you mean?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech21><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=49>Why, your lieutenant, Cassio. Good my lord,</A><br>
<A NAME=50>If I have any grace or power to move you,</A><br>
<A NAME=51>His present reconciliation take;</A><br>
<A NAME=52>For if he be not one that truly loves you,</A><br>
<A NAME=53>That errs in ignorance and not in cunning,</A><br>
<A NAME=54>I have no judgment in an honest face:</A><br>
<A NAME=55>I prithee, call him back.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=56>Went he hence now?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech23><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=57>Ay, sooth; so humbled</A><br>
<A NAME=58>That he hath left part of his grief with me,</A><br>
<A NAME=59>To suffer with him. Good love, call him back.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech24><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
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<A NAME=60>Not now, sweet Desdemona; some other time.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech25><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=61>But shall't be shortly?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech26><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
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<A NAME=62>The sooner, sweet, for you.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech27><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=63>Shall't be to-night at supper?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech28><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
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<A NAME=64>No, not to-night.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech29><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=65>To-morrow dinner, then?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech30><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=66>I shall not dine at home;</A><br>
<A NAME=67>I meet the captains at the citadel.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech31><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=68>Why, then, to-morrow night; or Tuesday morn;</A><br>
<A NAME=69>On Tuesday noon, or night; on Wednesday morn:</A><br>
<A NAME=70>I prithee, name the time, but let it not</A><br>
<A NAME=71>Exceed three days: in faith, he's penitent;</A><br>
<A NAME=72>And yet his trespass, in our common reason--</A><br>
<A NAME=73>Save that, they say, the wars must make examples</A><br>
<A NAME=74>Out of their best--is not almost a fault</A><br>
<A NAME=75>To incur a private cheque. When shall he come?</A><br>
<A NAME=76>Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul,</A><br>
<A NAME=77>What you would ask me, that I should deny,</A><br>
<A NAME=78>Or stand so mammering on. What! Michael Cassio,</A><br>
<A NAME=79>That came a-wooing with you, and so many a time,</A><br>
<A NAME=80>When I have spoke of you dispraisingly,</A><br>
<A NAME=81>Hath ta'en your part; to have so much to do</A><br>
<A NAME=82>To bring him in! Trust me, I could do much,--</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech32><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=83>Prithee, no more: let him come when he will;</A><br>
<A NAME=84>I will deny thee nothing.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech33><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=85>Why, this is not a boon;</A><br>
<A NAME=86>'Tis as I should entreat you wear your gloves,</A><br>
<A NAME=87>Or feed on nourishing dishes, or keep you warm,</A><br>
<A NAME=88>Or sue to you to do a peculiar profit</A><br>
<A NAME=89>To your own person: nay, when I have a suit</A><br>
<A NAME=90>Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed,</A><br>
<A NAME=91>It shall be full of poise and difficult weight</A><br>
<A NAME=92>And fearful to be granted.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech34><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=93>I will deny thee nothing:</A><br>
<A NAME=94>Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this,</A><br>
<A NAME=95>To leave me but a little to myself.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech35><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=96>Shall I deny you? no: farewell, my lord.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech36><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=97>Farewell, my Desdemona: I'll come to thee straight.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech37><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=98>Emilia, come. Be as your fancies teach you;</A><br>
<A NAME=99>Whate'er you be, I am obedient.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt DESDEMONA and EMILIA</i></p>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech38><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=100>Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,</A><br>
<A NAME=101>But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,</A><br>
<A NAME=102>Chaos is come again.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech39><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=103>My noble lord--</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech40><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=104> What dost thou say, Iago?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech41><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=105>Did Michael Cassio, when you woo'd my lady,</A><br>
<A NAME=106>Know of your love?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech42><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=107>He did, from first to last: why dost thou ask?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech43><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=108>But for a satisfaction of my thought;</A><br>
<A NAME=109>No further harm.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech44><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=110> Why of thy thought, Iago?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech45><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=111>I did not think he had been acquainted with her.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech46><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=112>O, yes; and went between us very oft.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech47><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=113>Indeed!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech48><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=114>Indeed! ay, indeed: discern'st thou aught in that?</A><br>
<A NAME=115>Is he not honest?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech49><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=116>Honest, my lord!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech50><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=117> Honest! ay, honest.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech51><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=118>My lord, for aught I know.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech52><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=119>What dost thou think?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech53><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=120>Think, my lord!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech54><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=121>Think, my lord!</A><br>
<A NAME=122>By heaven, he echoes me,</A><br>
<A NAME=123>As if there were some monster in his thought</A><br>
<A NAME=124>Too hideous to be shown. Thou dost mean something:</A><br>
<A NAME=125>I heard thee say even now, thou likedst not that,</A><br>
<A NAME=126>When Cassio left my wife: what didst not like?</A><br>
<A NAME=127>And when I told thee he was of my counsel</A><br>
<A NAME=128>In my whole course of wooing, thou criedst 'Indeed!'</A><br>
<A NAME=129>And didst contract and purse thy brow together,</A><br>
<A NAME=130>As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain</A><br>
<A NAME=131>Some horrible conceit: if thou dost love me,</A><br>
<A NAME=132>Show me thy thought.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech55><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=133>My lord, you know I love you.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech56><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=134>I think thou dost;</A><br>
<A NAME=135>And, for I know thou'rt full of love and honesty,</A><br>
<A NAME=136>And weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath,</A><br>
<A NAME=137>Therefore these stops of thine fright me the more:</A><br>
<A NAME=138>For such things in a false disloyal knave</A><br>
<A NAME=139>Are tricks of custom, but in a man that's just</A><br>
<A NAME=140>They are close delations, working from the heart</A><br>
<A NAME=141>That passion cannot rule.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech57><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=142>For Michael Cassio,</A><br>
<A NAME=143>I dare be sworn I think that he is honest.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech58><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=144>I think so too.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech59><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=145> Men should be what they seem;</A><br>
<A NAME=146>Or those that be not, would they might seem none!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech60><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=147>Certain, men should be what they seem.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech61><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=148>Why, then, I think Cassio's an honest man.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech62><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=149>Nay, yet there's more in this:</A><br>
<A NAME=150>I prithee, speak to me as to thy thinkings,</A><br>
<A NAME=151>As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts</A><br>
<A NAME=152>The worst of words.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech63><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=153>Good my lord, pardon me:</A><br>
<A NAME=154>Though I am bound to every act of duty,</A><br>
<A NAME=155>I am not bound to that all slaves are free to.</A><br>
<A NAME=156>Utter my thoughts? Why, say they are vile and false;</A><br>
<A NAME=157>As where's that palace whereinto foul things</A><br>
<A NAME=158>Sometimes intrude not? who has a breast so pure,</A><br>
<A NAME=159>But some uncleanly apprehensions</A><br>
<A NAME=160>Keep leets and law-days and in session sit</A><br>
<A NAME=161>With meditations lawful?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech64><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=162>Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,</A><br>
<A NAME=163>If thou but think'st him wrong'd and makest his ear</A><br>
<A NAME=164>A stranger to thy thoughts.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech65><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=165>I do beseech you--</A><br>
<A NAME=166>Though I perchance am vicious in my guess,</A><br>
<A NAME=167>As, I confess, it is my nature's plague</A><br>
<A NAME=168>To spy into abuses, and oft my jealousy</A><br>
<A NAME=169>Shapes faults that are not--that your wisdom yet,</A><br>
<A NAME=170>From one that so imperfectly conceits,</A><br>
<A NAME=171>Would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble</A><br>
<A NAME=172>Out of his scattering and unsure observance.</A><br>
<A NAME=173>It were not for your quiet nor your good,</A><br>
<A NAME=174>Nor for my manhood, honesty, or wisdom,</A><br>
<A NAME=175>To let you know my thoughts.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech66><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=176>What dost thou mean?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech67><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=177>Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,</A><br>
<A NAME=178>Is the immediate jewel of their souls:</A><br>
<A NAME=179>Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;</A><br>
<A NAME=180>'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands:</A><br>
<A NAME=181>But he that filches from me my good name</A><br>
<A NAME=182>Robs me of that which not enriches him</A><br>
<A NAME=183>And makes me poor indeed.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech68><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=184>By heaven, I'll know thy thoughts.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech69><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=185>You cannot, if my heart were in your hand;</A><br>
<A NAME=186>Nor shall not, whilst 'tis in my custody.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech70><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=187>Ha!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech71><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=188>O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;</A><br>
<A NAME=189>It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock</A><br>
<A NAME=190>The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in bliss</A><br>
<A NAME=191>Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;</A><br>
<A NAME=192>But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er</A><br>
<A NAME=193>Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech72><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=194>O misery!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech73><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=195>Poor and content is rich and rich enough,</A><br>
<A NAME=196>But riches fineless is as poor as winter</A><br>
<A NAME=197>To him that ever fears he shall be poor.</A><br>
<A NAME=198>Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defend</A><br>
<A NAME=199>From jealousy!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech74><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=200> Why, why is this?</A><br>
<A NAME=201>Think'st thou I'ld make a lie of jealousy,</A><br>
<A NAME=202>To follow still the changes of the moon</A><br>
<A NAME=203>With fresh suspicions? No; to be once in doubt</A><br>
<A NAME=204>Is once to be resolved: exchange me for a goat,</A><br>
<A NAME=205>When I shall turn the business of my soul</A><br>
<A NAME=206>To such exsufflicate and blown surmises,</A><br>
<A NAME=207>Matching thy inference. 'Tis not to make me jealous</A><br>
<A NAME=208>To say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company,</A><br>
<A NAME=209>Is free of speech, sings, plays and dances well;</A><br>
<A NAME=210>Where virtue is, these are more virtuous:</A><br>
<A NAME=211>Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw</A><br>
<A NAME=212>The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt;</A><br>
<A NAME=213>For she had eyes, and chose me. No, Iago;</A><br>
<A NAME=214>I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove;</A><br>
<A NAME=215>And on the proof, there is no more but this,--</A><br>
<A NAME=216>Away at once with love or jealousy!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech75><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=217>I am glad of it; for now I shall have reason</A><br>
<A NAME=218>To show the love and duty that I bear you</A><br>
<A NAME=219>With franker spirit: therefore, as I am bound,</A><br>
<A NAME=220>Receive it from me. I speak not yet of proof.</A><br>
<A NAME=221>Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio;</A><br>
<A NAME=222>Wear your eye thus, not jealous nor secure:</A><br>
<A NAME=223>I would not have your free and noble nature,</A><br>
<A NAME=224>Out of self-bounty, be abused; look to't:</A><br>
<A NAME=225>I know our country disposition well;</A><br>
<A NAME=226>In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks</A><br>
<A NAME=227>They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience</A><br>
<A NAME=228>Is not to leave't undone, but keep't unknown.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech76><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=229>Dost thou say so?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech77><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=230>She did deceive her father, marrying you;</A><br>
<A NAME=231>And when she seem'd to shake and fear your looks,</A><br>
<A NAME=232>She loved them most.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech78><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=233>And so she did.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech79><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=234>Why, go to then;</A><br>
<A NAME=235>She that, so young, could give out such a seeming,</A><br>
<A NAME=236>To seal her father's eyes up close as oak-</A><br>
<A NAME=237>He thought 'twas witchcraft--but I am much to blame;</A><br>
<A NAME=238>I humbly do beseech you of your pardon</A><br>
<A NAME=239>For too much loving you.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech80><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=240>I am bound to thee for ever.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech81><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=241>I see this hath a little dash'd your spirits.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech82><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=242>Not a jot, not a jot.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech83><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=243>I' faith, I fear it has.</A><br>
<A NAME=244>I hope you will consider what is spoke</A><br>
<A NAME=245>Comes from my love. But I do see you're moved:</A><br>
<A NAME=246>I am to pray you not to strain my speech</A><br>
<A NAME=247>To grosser issues nor to larger reach</A><br>
<A NAME=248>Than to suspicion.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech84><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=249>I will not.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech85><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=250> Should you do so, my lord,</A><br>
<A NAME=251>My speech should fall into such vile success</A><br>
<A NAME=252>As my thoughts aim not at. Cassio's my worthy friend--</A><br>
<A NAME=253>My lord, I see you're moved.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech86><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=254>No, not much moved:</A><br>
<A NAME=255>I do not think but Desdemona's honest.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech87><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=256>Long live she so! and long live you to think so!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech88><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=257>And yet, how nature erring from itself,--</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech89><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=258>Ay, there's the point: as--to be bold with you--</A><br>
<A NAME=259>Not to affect many proposed matches</A><br>
<A NAME=260>Of her own clime, complexion, and degree,</A><br>
<A NAME=261>Whereto we see in all things nature tends--</A><br>
<A NAME=262>Foh! one may smell in such a will most rank,</A><br>
<A NAME=263>Foul disproportion thoughts unnatural.</A><br>
<A NAME=264>But pardon me; I do not in position</A><br>
<A NAME=265>Distinctly speak of her; though I may fear</A><br>
<A NAME=266>Her will, recoiling to her better judgment,</A><br>
<A NAME=267>May fall to match you with her country forms</A><br>
<A NAME=268>And happily repent.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech90><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=269>Farewell, farewell:</A><br>
<A NAME=270>If more thou dost perceive, let me know more;</A><br>
<A NAME=271>Set on thy wife to observe: leave me, Iago:</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech91><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=272>[Going] My lord, I take my leave.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech92><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=273>Why did I marry? This honest creature doubtless</A><br>
<A NAME=274>Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech93><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=275>[Returning] My lord, I would I might entreat</A><br>
<A NAME=276>your honour</A><br>
<A NAME=277>To scan this thing no further; leave it to time:</A><br>
<A NAME=278>Though it be fit that Cassio have his place,</A><br>
<A NAME=279>For sure, he fills it up with great ability,</A><br>
<A NAME=280>Yet, if you please to hold him off awhile,</A><br>
<A NAME=281>You shall by that perceive him and his means:</A><br>
<A NAME=282>Note, if your lady strain his entertainment</A><br>
<A NAME=283>With any strong or vehement importunity;</A><br>
<A NAME=284>Much will be seen in that. In the mean time,</A><br>
<A NAME=285>Let me be thought too busy in my fears--</A><br>
<A NAME=286>As worthy cause I have to fear I am--</A><br>
<A NAME=287>And hold her free, I do beseech your honour.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech94><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=288>Fear not my government.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech95><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=289>I once more take my leave.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit</i></p>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech96><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=290>This fellow's of exceeding honesty,</A><br>
<A NAME=291>And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit,</A><br>
<A NAME=292>Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard,</A><br>
<A NAME=293>Though that her jesses were my dear heartstrings,</A><br>
<A NAME=294>I'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind,</A><br>
<A NAME=295>To pray at fortune. Haply, for I am black</A><br>
<A NAME=296>And have not those soft parts of conversation</A><br>
<A NAME=297>That chamberers have, or for I am declined</A><br>
<A NAME=298>Into the vale of years,--yet that's not much--</A><br>
<A NAME=299>She's gone. I am abused; and my relief</A><br>
<A NAME=300>Must be to loathe her. O curse of marriage,</A><br>
<A NAME=301>That we can call these delicate creatures ours,</A><br>
<A NAME=302>And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad,</A><br>
<A NAME=303>And live upon the vapour of a dungeon,</A><br>
<A NAME=304>Than keep a corner in the thing I love</A><br>
<A NAME=305>For others' uses. Yet, 'tis the plague of great ones;</A><br>
<A NAME=306>Prerogatived are they less than the base;</A><br>
<A NAME=307>'Tis destiny unshunnable, like death:</A><br>
<A NAME=308>Even then this forked plague is fated to us</A><br>
<A NAME=309>When we do quicken. Desdemona comes:</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter DESDEMONA and EMILIA</i></p>
<A NAME=310>If she be false, O, then heaven mocks itself!</A><br>
<A NAME=311>I'll not believe't.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech97><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=312>How now, my dear Othello!</A><br>
<A NAME=313>Your dinner, and the generous islanders</A><br>
<A NAME=314>By you invited, do attend your presence.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech98><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=315>I am to blame.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech99><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=316> Why do you speak so faintly?</A><br>
<A NAME=317>Are you not well?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech100><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=318>I have a pain upon my forehead here.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech101><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=319>'Faith, that's with watching; 'twill away again:</A><br>
<A NAME=320>Let me but bind it hard, within this hour</A><br>
<A NAME=321>It will be well.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech102><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=322> Your napkin is too little:</A><br>
<p><i>He puts the handkerchief from him; and it drops</i></p>
<A NAME=323>Let it alone. Come, I'll go in with you.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech103><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=324>I am very sorry that you are not well.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt OTHELLO and DESDEMONA</i></p>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech104><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=325>I am glad I have found this napkin:</A><br>
<A NAME=326>This was her first remembrance from the Moor:</A><br>
<A NAME=327>My wayward husband hath a hundred times</A><br>
<A NAME=328>Woo'd me to steal it; but she so loves the token,</A><br>
<A NAME=329>For he conjured her she should ever keep it,</A><br>
<A NAME=330>That she reserves it evermore about her</A><br>
<A NAME=331>To kiss and talk to. I'll have the work ta'en out,</A><br>
<A NAME=332>And give't Iago: what he will do with it</A><br>
<A NAME=333>Heaven knows, not I;</A><br>
<A NAME=334>I nothing but to please his fantasy.</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter Iago</i></p>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech105><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=335>How now! what do you here alone?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech106><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=336>Do not you chide; I have a thing for you.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech107><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=337>A thing for me? it is a common thing--</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech108><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=338>Ha!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech109><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=339>To have a foolish wife.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech110><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=340>O, is that all? What will you give me now</A><br>
<A NAME=341>For the same handkerchief?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech111><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=342>What handkerchief?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech112><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=343>What handkerchief?</A><br>
<A NAME=344>Why, that the Moor first gave to Desdemona;</A><br>
<A NAME=345>That which so often you did bid me steal.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech113><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=346>Hast stol'n it from her?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech114><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=347>No, 'faith; she let it drop by negligence.</A><br>
<A NAME=348>And, to the advantage, I, being here, took't up.</A><br>
<A NAME=349>Look, here it is.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech115><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=350> A good wench; give it me.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech116><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=351>What will you do with 't, that you have been</A><br>
<A NAME=352>so earnest</A><br>
<A NAME=353>To have me filch it?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech117><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=354>[Snatching it] Why, what's that to you?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech118><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=355>If it be not for some purpose of import,</A><br>
<A NAME=356>Give't me again: poor lady, she'll run mad</A><br>
<A NAME=357>When she shall lack it.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech119><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=358>Be not acknown on 't; I have use for it.</A><br>
<A NAME=359>Go, leave me.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit EMILIA</i></p>
<A NAME=360>I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin,</A><br>
<A NAME=361>And let him find it. Trifles light as air</A><br>
<A NAME=362>Are to the jealous confirmations strong</A><br>
<A NAME=363>As proofs of holy writ: this may do something.</A><br>
<A NAME=364>The Moor already changes with my poison:</A><br>
<A NAME=365>Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons.</A><br>
<A NAME=366>Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,</A><br>
<A NAME=367>But with a little act upon the blood.</A><br>
<A NAME=368>Burn like the mines of Sulphur. I did say so:</A><br>
<A NAME=369>Look, where he comes!</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter OTHELLO</i></p>
<A NAME=370>Not poppy, nor mandragora,</A><br>
<A NAME=371>Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,</A><br>
<A NAME=372>Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep</A><br>
<A NAME=373>Which thou owedst yesterday.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech120><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=374>Ha! ha! false to me?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech121><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=375>Why, how now, general! no more of that.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech122><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=376>Avaunt! be gone! thou hast set me on the rack:</A><br>
<A NAME=377>I swear 'tis better to be much abused</A><br>
<A NAME=378>Than but to know't a little.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech123><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=379>How now, my lord!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech124><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=380>What sense had I of her stol'n hours of lust?</A><br>
<A NAME=381>I saw't not, thought it not, it harm'd not me:</A><br>
<A NAME=382>I slept the next night well, was free and merry;</A><br>
<A NAME=383>I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips:</A><br>
<A NAME=384>He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n,</A><br>
<A NAME=385>Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech125><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=386>I am sorry to hear this.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech126><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=387>I had been happy, if the general camp,</A><br>
<A NAME=388>Pioners and all, had tasted her sweet body,</A><br>
<A NAME=389>So I had nothing known. O, now, for ever</A><br>
<A NAME=390>Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!</A><br>
<A NAME=391>Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars,</A><br>
<A NAME=392>That make ambition virtue! O, farewell!</A><br>
<A NAME=393>Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump,</A><br>
<A NAME=394>The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,</A><br>
<A NAME=395>The royal banner, and all quality,</A><br>
<A NAME=396>Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!</A><br>
<A NAME=397>And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats</A><br>
<A NAME=398>The immortal Jove's dead clamours counterfeit,</A><br>
<A NAME=399>Farewell! Othello's occupation's gone!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech127><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=400>Is't possible, my lord?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech128><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=401>Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,</A><br>
<A NAME=402>Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof:</A><br>
<A NAME=403>Or by the worth of man's eternal soul,</A><br>
<A NAME=404>Thou hadst been better have been born a dog</A><br>
<A NAME=405>Than answer my waked wrath!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech129><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=406>Is't come to this?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech130><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=407>Make me to see't; or, at the least, so prove it,</A><br>
<A NAME=408>That the probation bear no hinge nor loop</A><br>
<A NAME=409>To hang a doubt on; or woe upon thy life!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech131><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=410>My noble lord,--</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech132><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=411>If thou dost slander her and torture me,</A><br>
<A NAME=412>Never pray more; abandon all remorse;</A><br>
<A NAME=413>On horror's head horrors accumulate;</A><br>
<A NAME=414>Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed;</A><br>
<A NAME=415>For nothing canst thou to damnation add</A><br>
<A NAME=416>Greater than that.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech133><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=417> O grace! O heaven forgive me!</A><br>
<A NAME=418>Are you a man? have you a soul or sense?</A><br>
<A NAME=419>God be wi' you; take mine office. O wretched fool.</A><br>
<A NAME=420>That livest to make thine honesty a vice!</A><br>
<A NAME=421>O monstrous world! Take note, take note, O world,</A><br>
<A NAME=422>To be direct and honest is not safe.</A><br>
<A NAME=423>I thank you for this profit; and from hence</A><br>
<A NAME=424>I'll love no friend, sith love breeds such offence.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech134><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=425>Nay, stay: thou shouldst be honest.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech135><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=426>I should be wise, for honesty's a fool</A><br>
<A NAME=427>And loses that it works for.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech136><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=428>By the world,</A><br>
<A NAME=429>I think my wife be honest and think she is not;</A><br>
<A NAME=430>I think that thou art just and think thou art not.</A><br>
<A NAME=431>I'll have some proof. Her name, that was as fresh</A><br>
<A NAME=432>As Dian's visage, is now begrimed and black</A><br>
<A NAME=433>As mine own face. If there be cords, or knives,</A><br>
<A NAME=434>Poison, or fire, or suffocating streams,</A><br>
<A NAME=435>I'll not endure it. Would I were satisfied!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech137><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=436>I see, sir, you are eaten up with passion:</A><br>
<A NAME=437>I do repent me that I put it to you.</A><br>
<A NAME=438>You would be satisfied?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech138><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=439>Would! nay, I will.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech139><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=440>And may: but, how? how satisfied, my lord?</A><br>
<A NAME=441>Would you, the supervisor, grossly gape on--</A><br>
<A NAME=442>Behold her topp'd?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech140><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=443> Death and damnation! O!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech141><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=444>It were a tedious difficulty, I think,</A><br>
<A NAME=445>To bring them to that prospect: damn them then,</A><br>
<A NAME=446>If ever mortal eyes do see them bolster</A><br>
<A NAME=447>More than their own! What then? how then?</A><br>
<A NAME=448>What shall I say? Where's satisfaction?</A><br>
<A NAME=449>It is impossible you should see this,</A><br>
<A NAME=450>Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys,</A><br>
<A NAME=451>As salt as wolves in pride, and fools as gross</A><br>
<A NAME=452>As ignorance made drunk. But yet, I say,</A><br>
<A NAME=453>If imputation and strong circumstances,</A><br>
<A NAME=454>Which lead directly to the door of truth,</A><br>
<A NAME=455>Will give you satisfaction, you may have't.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech142><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=456>Give me a living reason she's disloyal.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech143><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=457>I do not like the office:</A><br>
<A NAME=458>But, sith I am enter'd in this cause so far,</A><br>
<A NAME=459>Prick'd to't by foolish honesty and love,</A><br>
<A NAME=460>I will go on. I lay with Cassio lately;</A><br>
<A NAME=461>And, being troubled with a raging tooth,</A><br>
<A NAME=462>I could not sleep.</A><br>
<A NAME=463>There are a kind of men so loose of soul,</A><br>
<A NAME=464>That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs:</A><br>
<A NAME=465>One of this kind is Cassio:</A><br>
<A NAME=466>In sleep I heard him say 'Sweet Desdemona,</A><br>
<A NAME=467>Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;'</A><br>
<A NAME=468>And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand,</A><br>
<A NAME=469>Cry 'O sweet creature!' and then kiss me hard,</A><br>
<A NAME=470>As if he pluck'd up kisses by the roots</A><br>
<A NAME=471>That grew upon my lips: then laid his leg</A><br>
<A NAME=472>Over my thigh, and sigh'd, and kiss'd; and then</A><br>
<A NAME=473>Cried 'Cursed fate that gave thee to the Moor!'</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech144><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=474>O monstrous! monstrous!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech145><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=475>Nay, this was but his dream.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech146><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=476>But this denoted a foregone conclusion:</A><br>
<A NAME=477>'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech147><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=478>And this may help to thicken other proofs</A><br>
<A NAME=479>That do demonstrate thinly.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech148><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=480>I'll tear her all to pieces.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech149><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=481>Nay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done;</A><br>
<A NAME=482>She may be honest yet. Tell me but this,</A><br>
<A NAME=483>Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief</A><br>
<A NAME=484>Spotted with strawberries in your wife's hand?</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech150><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=485>I gave her such a one; 'twas my first gift.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech151><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=486>I know not that; but such a handkerchief--</A><br>
<A NAME=487>I am sure it was your wife's--did I to-day</A><br>
<A NAME=488>See Cassio wipe his beard with.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech152><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=489>If it be that--</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech153><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=490>If it be that, or any that was hers,</A><br>
<A NAME=491>It speaks against her with the other proofs.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech154><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=492>O, that the slave had forty thousand lives!</A><br>
<A NAME=493>One is too poor, too weak for my revenge.</A><br>
<A NAME=494>Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, Iago;</A><br>
<A NAME=495>All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven.</A><br>
<A NAME=496>'Tis gone.</A><br>
<A NAME=497>Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell!</A><br>
<A NAME=498>Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne</A><br>
<A NAME=499>To tyrannous hate! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught,</A><br>
<A NAME=500>For 'tis of aspics' tongues!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech155><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=501>Yet be content.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech156><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=502>O, blood, blood, blood!</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech157><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=503>Patience, I say; your mind perhaps may change.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech158><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=504>Never, Iago: Like to the Pontic sea,</A><br>
<A NAME=505>Whose icy current and compulsive course</A><br>
<A NAME=506>Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on</A><br>
<A NAME=507>To the Propontic and the Hellespont,</A><br>
<A NAME=508>Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace,</A><br>
<A NAME=509>Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love,</A><br>
<A NAME=510>Till that a capable and wide revenge</A><br>
<A NAME=511>Swallow them up. Now, by yond marble heaven,</A><br>
<p><i>Kneels</i></p>
<A NAME=512>In the due reverence of a sacred vow</A><br>
<A NAME=513>I here engage my words.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech159><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=514>Do not rise yet.</A><br>
<p><i>Kneels</i></p>
<A NAME=515>Witness, you ever-burning lights above,</A><br>
<A NAME=516>You elements that clip us round about,</A><br>
<A NAME=517>Witness that here Iago doth give up</A><br>
<A NAME=518>The execution of his wit, hands, heart,</A><br>
<A NAME=519>To wrong'd Othello's service! Let him command,</A><br>
<A NAME=520>And to obey shall be in me remorse,</A><br>
<A NAME=521>What bloody business ever.</A><br>
<p><i>They rise</i></p>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech160><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=522>I greet thy love,</A><br>
<A NAME=523>Not with vain thanks, but with acceptance bounteous,</A><br>
<A NAME=524>And will upon the instant put thee to't:</A><br>
<A NAME=525>Within these three days let me hear thee say</A><br>
<A NAME=526>That Cassio's not alive.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech161><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=527>My friend is dead; 'tis done at your request:</A><br>
<A NAME=528>But let her live.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech162><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=529>Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her!</A><br>
<A NAME=530>Come, go with me apart; I will withdraw,</A><br>
<A NAME=531>To furnish me with some swift means of death</A><br>
<A NAME=532>For the fair devil. Now art thou my lieutenant.</A><br>
</blockquote>
<A NAME=speech163><b>IAGO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=533>I am your own for ever.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
</blockquote>
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