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<H3>SCENE III. Another room In the castle.</h3>

<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter OTHELLO, LODOVICO, DESDEMONA, EMILIA and Attendants</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>LODOVICO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=1>I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech2><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=2>O, pardon me: 'twill do me good to walk.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>LODOVICO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=3>Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech4><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=4>Your honour is most welcome.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=5>Will you walk, sir?</A><br>
<A NAME=6>O,--Desdemona,--</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=7>My lord?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>OTHELLO</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=8>Get you to bed on the instant; I will be returned</A><br>
<A NAME=9>forthwith: dismiss your attendant there: look it be done.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=10>I will, my lord.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt OTHELLO, LODOVICO, and Attendants</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=11>How goes it now? he looks gentler than he did.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech10><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=12>He says he will return incontinent:</A><br>
<A NAME=13>He hath commanded me to go to bed,</A><br>
<A NAME=14>And bade me to dismiss you.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech11><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=15>Dismiss me!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=16>It was his bidding: therefore, good Emilia,.</A><br>
<A NAME=17>Give me my nightly wearing, and adieu:</A><br>
<A NAME=18>We must not now displease him.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=19>I would you had never seen him!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=20>So would not I	my love doth so approve him,</A><br>
<A NAME=21>That even his stubbornness, his cheques, his frowns--</A><br>
<A NAME=22>Prithee, unpin me,--have grace and favour in them.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=23>I have laid those sheets you bade me on the bed.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=24>All's one. Good faith, how foolish are our minds!</A><br>
<A NAME=25>If I do die before thee prithee, shroud me</A><br>
<A NAME=26>In one of those same sheets.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=27>Come, come you talk.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=28>My mother had a maid call'd Barbara:</A><br>
<A NAME=29>She was in love, and he she loved proved mad</A><br>
<A NAME=30>And did forsake her: she had a song of 'willow;'</A><br>
<A NAME=31>An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune,</A><br>
<A NAME=32>And she died singing it: that song to-night</A><br>
<A NAME=33>Will not go from my mind; I have much to do,</A><br>
<A NAME=34>But to go hang my head all at one side,</A><br>
<A NAME=35>And sing it like poor Barbara. Prithee, dispatch.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=36>Shall I go fetch your night-gown?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech20><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=37>No, unpin me here.</A><br>
<A NAME=38>This Lodovico is a proper man.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech21><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=39>A very handsome man.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=40>He speaks well.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech23><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=41>I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot</A><br>
<A NAME=42>to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech24><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=43>[Singing]  The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,</A><br>
<A NAME=44>Sing all a green willow:</A><br>
<A NAME=45>Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,</A><br>
<A NAME=46>Sing willow, willow, willow:</A><br>
<A NAME=47>The fresh streams ran by her, and murmur'd her moans;</A><br>
<A NAME=48>Sing willow, willow, willow;</A><br>
<A NAME=49>Her salt tears fell from her, and soften'd the stones;</A><br>
<A NAME=50>Lay by these:--</A><br>
<p><i>Singing</i></p>
<A NAME=51>Sing willow, willow, willow;</A><br>
<A NAME=52>Prithee, hie thee; he'll come anon:--</A><br>
<p><i>Singing</i></p>
<A NAME=53>Sing all a green willow must be my garland.</A><br>
<A NAME=54>Let nobody blame him; his scorn I approve,-</A><br>
<A NAME=55>Nay, that's not next.--Hark! who is't that knocks?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech25><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=56>It's the wind.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech26><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=57>[Singing]  I call'd my love false love; but what</A><br>
<A NAME=58>said he then?</A><br>
<A NAME=59>Sing willow, willow, willow:</A><br>
<A NAME=60>If I court moe women, you'll couch with moe men!</A><br>
<A NAME=61>So, get thee gone; good night Ate eyes do itch;</A><br>
<A NAME=62>Doth that bode weeping?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech27><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=63>'Tis neither here nor there.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech28><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=64>I have heard it said so. O, these men, these men!</A><br>
<A NAME=65>Dost thou in conscience think,--tell me, Emilia,--</A><br>
<A NAME=66>That there be women do abuse their husbands</A><br>
<A NAME=67>In such gross kind?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech29><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=68>There be some such, no question.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech30><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=69>Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech31><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=70>Why, would not you?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech32><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=71>No, by this heavenly light!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech33><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=72>Nor I neither by this heavenly light;</A><br>
<A NAME=73>I might do't as well i' the dark.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech34><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=74>Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech35><b>EMILIA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=75>The world's a huge thing: it is a great price.</A><br>
<A NAME=76>For a small vice.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech36><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=77>In troth, I think thou wouldst not.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech37><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=78>In troth, I think I should; and undo't when I had</A><br>
<A NAME=79>done. Marry, I would not do such a thing for a</A><br>
<A NAME=80>joint-ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for</A><br>
<A NAME=81>gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any petty</A><br>
<A NAME=82>exhibition; but for the whole world,--why, who would</A><br>
<A NAME=83>not make her husband a cuckold to make him a</A><br>
<A NAME=84>monarch? I should venture purgatory for't.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech38><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=85>Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong</A><br>
<A NAME=86>For the whole world.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech39><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=87>Why the wrong is but a wrong i' the world: and</A><br>
<A NAME=88>having the world for your labour, tis a wrong in your</A><br>
<A NAME=89>own world, and you might quickly make it right.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech40><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
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<A NAME=90>I do not think there is any such woman.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech41><b>EMILIA</b></a>
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<A NAME=91>Yes, a dozen; and as many to the vantage as would</A><br>
<A NAME=92>store the world they played for.</A><br>
<A NAME=93>But I do think it is their husbands' faults</A><br>
<A NAME=94>If wives do fall: say that they slack their duties,</A><br>
<A NAME=95>And pour our treasures into foreign laps,</A><br>
<A NAME=96>Or else break out in peevish jealousies,</A><br>
<A NAME=97>Throwing restraint upon us; or say they strike us,</A><br>
<A NAME=98>Or scant our former having in despite;</A><br>
<A NAME=99>Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace,</A><br>
<A NAME=100>Yet have we some revenge. Let husbands know</A><br>
<A NAME=101>Their wives have sense like them: they see and smell</A><br>
<A NAME=102>And have their palates both for sweet and sour,</A><br>
<A NAME=103>As husbands have. What is it that they do</A><br>
<A NAME=104>When they change us for others? Is it sport?</A><br>
<A NAME=105>I think it is: and doth affection breed it?</A><br>
<A NAME=106>I think it doth: is't frailty that thus errs?</A><br>
<A NAME=107>It is so too: and have not we affections,</A><br>
<A NAME=108>Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have?</A><br>
<A NAME=109>Then let them use us well: else let them know,</A><br>
<A NAME=110>The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech42><b>DESDEMONA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=111>Good night, good night: heaven me such uses send,</A><br>
<A NAME=112>Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend!</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
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