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| <H3>SCENE I. Cyprus. Before the castle.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter OTHELLO and IAGO</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>Will you think so?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=2> Think so, Iago!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=3>What,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>To kiss in private?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech4><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=5>An unauthorized kiss.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=6>Or to be naked with her friend in bed</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>An hour or more, not meaning any harm?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=8>Naked in bed, Iago, and not mean harm!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>It is hypocrisy against the devil:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>They that mean virtuously, and yet do so,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>The devil their virtue tempts, and they tempt heaven.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=12>So they do nothing, 'tis a venial slip:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>But if I give my wife a handkerchief,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=14>What then?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=15>Why, then, 'tis hers, my lord; and, being hers,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>She may, I think, bestow't on any man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=17>She is protectress of her honour too:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>May she give that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=19>Her honour is an essence that's not seen;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>They have it very oft that have it not:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>But, for the handkerchief,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=22>By heaven, I would most gladly have forgot it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>Thou said'st, it comes o'er my memory,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>As doth the raven o'er the infected house,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>Boding to all--he had my handkerchief.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=26>Ay, what of that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=27> That's not so good now.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=28>What,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>If I had said I had seen him do you wrong?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>Or heard him say,--as knaves be such abroad,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>Who having, by their own importunate suit,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>Or voluntary dotage of some mistress,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>Convinced or supplied them, cannot choose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>But they must blab--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>Hath he said any thing?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>He hath, my lord; but be you well assured,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>No more than he'll unswear.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=38>What hath he said?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39>'Faith, that he did--I know not what he did.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>What? what?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=41>Lie--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=42> With her?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=43>With her, on her; what you will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=44>Lie with her! lie on her! We say lie on her, when</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>they belie her. Lie with her! that's fulsome.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>--Handkerchief--confessions--handkerchief!--To</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>confess, and be hanged for his labour;--first, to be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>hanged, and then to confess.--I tremble at it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>passion without some instruction. It is not words</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>--Is't possible?--Confess--handkerchief!--O devil!--</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Falls in a trance</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>Work on,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>All guiltless, meet reproach. What, ho! my lord!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>My lord, I say! Othello!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter CASSIO</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=58>How now, Cassio!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=59>What's the matter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60>My lord is fall'n into an epilepsy:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>This is his second fit; he had one yesterday.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=62>Rub him about the temples.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>No, forbear;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>The lethargy must have his quiet course:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>If not, he foams at mouth and by and by</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>Breaks out to savage madness. Look he stirs:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>Do you withdraw yourself a little while,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>He will recover straight: when he is gone,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>I would on great occasion speak with you.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit CASSIO</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=70>How is it, general? have you not hurt your head?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>Dost thou mock me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=72> I mock you! no, by heaven.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>Would you would bear your fortune like a man!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>A horned man's a monster and a beast.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=75>There's many a beast then in a populous city,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>And many a civil monster.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=77>Did he confess it?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=78> Good sir, be a man;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>Think every bearded fellow that's but yoked</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>May draw with you: there's millions now alive</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>That nightly lie in those unproper beds</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>Which they dare swear peculiar: your case is better.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>O, 'tis the spite of hell, the fiend's arch-mock,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>To lip a wanton in a secure couch,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>And to suppose her chaste! No, let me know;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>And knowing what I am, I know what she shall be.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>O, thou art wise; 'tis certain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=88>Stand you awhile apart;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>Confine yourself but in a patient list.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>Whilst you were here o'erwhelmed with your grief--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>A passion most unsuiting such a man--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>Cassio came hither: I shifted him away,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=93>And laid good 'scuse upon your ecstasy,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>Bade him anon return and here speak with me;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>The which he promised. Do but encave yourself,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>That dwell in every region of his face;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>For I will make him tell the tale anew,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>He hath, and is again to cope your wife:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>I say, but mark his gesture. Marry, patience;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>Or I shall say you are all in all in spleen,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>And nothing of a man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104>Dost thou hear, Iago?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>I will be found most cunning in my patience;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>But--dost thou hear?--most bloody.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=107>That's not amiss;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>But yet keep time in all. Will you withdraw?</A><br> | |
| <p><i>OTHELLO retires</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=109>Now will I question Cassio of Bianca,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>A housewife that by selling her desires</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>Buys herself bread and clothes: it is a creature</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>That dotes on Cassio; as 'tis the strumpet's plague</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>To beguile many and be beguiled by one:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>From the excess of laughter. Here he comes:</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter CASSIO</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=116>As he shall smile, Othello shall go mad;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>And his unbookish jealousy must construe</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Poor Cassio's smiles, gestures and light behavior,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>Quite in the wrong. How do you now, lieutenant?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=120>The worser that you give me the addition</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>Whose want even kills me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>Ply Desdemona well, and you are sure on't.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Speaking lower</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=123>Now, if this suit lay in Bianco's power,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>How quickly should you speed!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=125>Alas, poor caitiff!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>Look, how he laughs already!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=127>I never knew woman love man so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>Alas, poor rogue! I think, i' faith, she loves me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>Now he denies it faintly, and laughs it out.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>Do you hear, Cassio?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=131>Now he importunes him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>To tell it o'er: go to; well said, well said.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=133>She gives it out that you shall marry hey:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>Do you intend it?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=135>Ha, ha, ha!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=136>Do you triumph, Roman? do you triumph?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>I marry her! what? a customer! Prithee, bear some</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>charity to my wit: do not think it so unwholesome.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>Ha, ha, ha!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=140>So, so, so, so: they laugh that win.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=141>'Faith, the cry goes that you shall marry her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=142>Prithee, say true.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=143>I am a very villain else.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=144>Have you scored me? Well.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=145>This is the monkey's own giving out: she is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>persuaded I will marry her, out of her own love and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>flattery, not out of my promise.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>Iago beckons me; now he begins the story.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=149>She was here even now; she haunts me in every place.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>I was the other day talking on the sea-bank with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>certain Venetians; and thither comes the bauble,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>and, by this hand, she falls me thus about my neck--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=153>Crying 'O dear Cassio!' as it were: his gesture</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>imports it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=155>So hangs, and lolls, and weeps upon me; so hales,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>and pulls me: ha, ha, ha!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>Now he tells how she plucked him to my chamber. O,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>I see that nose of yours, but not that dog I shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>throw it to.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=160>Well, I must leave her company.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>Before me! look, where she comes.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=162>'Tis such another fitchew! marry a perfumed one.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter BIANCA</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=163>What do you mean by this haunting of me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>BIANCA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=164>Let the devil and his dam haunt you! What did you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>mean by that same handkerchief you gave me even now?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>I was a fine fool to take it. I must take out the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>work?--A likely piece of work, that you should find</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>it in your chamber, and not know who left it there!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>This is some minx's token, and I must take out the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>work? There; give it your hobby-horse: wheresoever</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>you had it, I'll take out no work on't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=172>How now, my sweet Bianca! how now! how now!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=173>By heaven, that should be my handkerchief!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>BIANCA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>An you'll come to supper to-night, you may; an you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=175>will not, come when you are next prepared for.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=176>After her, after her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=177>'Faith, I must; she'll rail in the street else.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>Will you sup there?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>'Faith, I intend so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=180>Well, I may chance to see you; for I would very fain</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>speak with you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>Prithee, come; will you?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=183>Go to; say no more.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit CASSIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=184>[Advancing] How shall I murder him, Iago?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=185>Did you perceive how he laughed at his vice?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>O Iago!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=187>And did you see the handkerchief?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Was that mine?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>Yours by this hand: and to see how he prizes the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>foolish woman your wife! she gave it him, and he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>hath given it his whore.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>I would have him nine years a-killing.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>A fine woman! a fair woman! a sweet woman!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=194>Nay, you must forget that.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=195>Ay, let her rot, and perish, and be damned to-night;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>for she shall not live: no, my heart is turned to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>stone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand. O, the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>world hath not a sweeter creature: she might lie by</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>an emperor's side and command him tasks.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=200>Nay, that's not your way.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=201>Hang her! I do but say what she is: so delicate</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>with her needle: an admirable musician: O! she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=203>will sing the savageness out of a bear: of so high</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>and plenteous wit and invention:--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=205>She's the worse for all this.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech90><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=206>O, a thousand thousand times: and then, of so</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>gentle a condition!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech91><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=208>Ay, too gentle.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech92><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=209>Nay, that's certain: but yet the pity of it, Iago!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>O Iago, the pity of it, Iago!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech93><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=211>If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>patent to offend; for, if it touch not you, it comes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>near nobody.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech94><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>I will chop her into messes: cuckold me!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech95><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>O, 'tis foul in her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech96><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=216>With mine officer!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech97><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=217>That's fouler.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech98><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=218>Get me some poison, Iago; this night: I'll not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=220>unprovide my mind again: this night, Iago.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech99><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=221>Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed, even</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>the bed she hath contaminated.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech100><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=223>Good, good: the justice of it pleases: very good.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech101><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=224>And for Cassio, let me be his undertaker: you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=225>shall hear more by midnight.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech102><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=226>Excellent good.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>A trumpet within</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=227>What trumpet is that same?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech103><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=228>Something from Venice, sure. 'Tis Lodovico</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>Come from the duke: and, see, your wife is with him.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter LODOVICO, DESDEMONA, and Attendants</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech104><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>Save you, worthy general!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech105><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=231>With all my heart, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech106><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=232>The duke and senators of Venice greet you.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Gives him a letter</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech107><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=233>I kiss the instrument of their pleasures.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Opens the letter, and reads</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech108><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>And what's the news, good cousin Lodovico?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech109><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=235>I am very glad to see you, signior</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>Welcome to Cyprus.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech110><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=237>I thank you. How does Lieutenant Cassio?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech111><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=238>Lives, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech112><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=239>Cousin, there's fall'n between him and my lord</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>An unkind breach: but you shall make all well.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech113><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=241>Are you sure of that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech114><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=242>My lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech115><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=243>[Reads] 'This fail you not to do, as you will--'</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech116><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=244>He did not call; he's busy in the paper.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=245>Is there division 'twixt my lord and Cassio?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech117><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=246>A most unhappy one: I would do much</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech118><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=248>Fire and brimstone!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech119><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=249>My lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech120><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=250> Are you wise?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech121><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=251>What, is he angry?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech122><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=252> May be the letter moved him;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=253>For, as I think, they do command him home,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=254>Deputing Cassio in his government.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech123><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=255>Trust me, I am glad on't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech124><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=256>Indeed!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech125><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=257>My lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech126><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=258>I am glad to see you mad.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech127><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=259>Why, sweet Othello,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech128><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=260>[Striking her] Devil!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech129><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=261>I have not deserved this.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech130><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262>My lord, this would not be believed in Venice,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=263>Though I should swear I saw't: 'tis very much:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=264>Make her amends; she weeps.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech131><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=265>O devil, devil!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=266>If that the earth could teem with woman's tears,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=267>Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=268>Out of my sight!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech132><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=269>I will not stay to offend you.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Going</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech133><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=270>Truly, an obedient lady:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=271>I do beseech your lordship, call her back.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech134><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=272>Mistress!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech135><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=273> My lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech136><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=274>What would you with her, sir?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech137><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=275>Who, I, my lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech138><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=276>Ay; you did wish that I would make her turn:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=277>Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=278>And turn again; and she can weep, sir, weep;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=279>And she's obedient, as you say, obedient,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=280>Very obedient. Proceed you in your tears.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=281>Concerning this, sir,--O well-painted passion!--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=282>I am commanded home. Get you away;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=283>I'll send for you anon. Sir, I obey the mandate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=284>And will return to Venice. Hence, avaunt!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit DESDEMONA</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=285>Cassio shall have my place. And, sir, tonight,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=286>I do entreat that we may sup together:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=287>You are welcome, sir, to Cyprus.--Goats and monkeys!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech139><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=288>Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=289>Call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=290>Whom passion could not shake? whose solid virtue</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=291>The shot of accident, nor dart of chance,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=292>Could neither graze nor pierce?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech140><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=293>He is much changed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech141><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=294>Are his wits safe? is he not light of brain?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech142><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=295>He's that he is: I may not breathe my censure</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=296>What he might be: if what he might he is not,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=297>I would to heaven he were!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech143><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=298>What, strike his wife!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech144><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=299>'Faith, that was not so well; yet would I knew</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=300>That stroke would prove the worst!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech145><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=301>Is it his use?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=302>Or did the letters work upon his blood,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=303>And new-create this fault?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech146><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=304>Alas, alas!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=305>It is not honesty in me to speak</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=306>What I have seen and known. You shall observe him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=307>And his own courses will denote him so</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=308>That I may save my speech: do but go after,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=309>And mark how he continues.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech147><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=310>I am sorry that I am deceived in him.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
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