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| <H3>SCENE II. A bedchamber in the castle: DESDEMONA in bed asleep;</H3> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>a light burning.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter OTHELLO</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=2>It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul,--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars!--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>And smooth as monumental alabaster.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>Put out the light, and then put out the light:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>I can again thy former light restore,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>Should I repent me: but once put out thy light,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>I know not where is that Promethean heat</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>That can thy light relume. When I have pluck'd the rose,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>I cannot give it vital growth again.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>It must needs wither: I'll smell it on the tree.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Kissing her</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=17>Ah balmy breath, that dost almost persuade</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>Justice to break her sword! One more, one more.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>Be thus when thou art dead, and I will kill thee,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>And love thee after. One more, and this the last:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>So sweet was ne'er so fatal. I must weep,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>But they are cruel tears: this sorrow's heavenly;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>It strikes where it doth love. She wakes.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=24>Who's there? Othello?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=25>Ay. Desdemona.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=26>Will you come to bed, my lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=27>Have you pray'd to-night, Desdemona?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=28>Ay, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=29>If you bethink yourself of any crime</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>Unreconciled as yet to heaven and grace,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>Solicit for it straight.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=32>Alas, my lord, what do you mean by that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=33>Well, do it, and be brief; I will walk by:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>I would not kill thy unprepared spirit;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>No; heaven forfend! I would not kill thy soul.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>Talk you of killing?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=37>Ay, I do.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=38>Then heaven</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>Have mercy on me!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=40> Amen, with all my heart!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=41>If you say so, I hope you will not kill me.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech15><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=42>Hum!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech16><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=43>And yet I fear you; for you are fatal then</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>When your eyes roll so: why I should fear I know not,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>Since guiltiness I know not; but yet I feel I fear.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=46>Think on thy sins.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47> They are loves I bear to you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=48>Ay, and for that thou diest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=49>That death's unnatural that kills for loving.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>Some bloody passion shakes your very frame:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=53>They do not point on me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=54>Peace, and be still!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=55>I will so. What's the matter?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech23><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=56>That handkerchief which I so loved and gave thee</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>Thou gavest to Cassio.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=58>No, by my life and soul!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>Send for the man, and ask him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60>Sweet soul, take heed,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>Take heed of perjury; thou art on thy deathbed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=62>Ay, but not yet to die.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=63>Yes, presently:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>For to deny each article with oath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>That I do groan withal. Thou art to die.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=68>Then Lord have mercy on me!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=69>I say, amen.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=70>And have you mercy too! I never did</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>But with such general warranty of heaven</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>As I might love: I never gave him token.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>By heaven, I saw my handkerchief in's hand.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>And makest me call what I intend to do</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>A murder, which I thought a sacrifice:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>I saw the handkerchief.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=79>He found it then;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>I never gave it him: send for him hither;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>Let him confess a truth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>He hath confess'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>What, my lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=84>That he hath used thee.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>How? unlawfully?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=86>Ay.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>He will not say so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=88>No, his mouth is stopp'd;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>Honest Iago hath ta'en order for't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=90>O! my fear interprets: what, is he dead?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=91>Had all his hairs been lives, my great revenge</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>Had stomach for them all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Alas! he is betray'd and I undone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=94>Out, strumpet! weep'st thou for him to my face?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=96>Down, strumpet!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=97>Kill me to-morrow: let me live to-night!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=98>Nay, if you strive--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>But half an hour!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100> Being done, there is no pause.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=101>But while I say one prayer!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>It is too late.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>He stifles her</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=103>[Within] My lord , my lord! what, ho! my lord, my lord!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104>What noise is this? Not dead? not yet quite dead?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>I that am cruel am yet merciful;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>I would not have thee linger in thy pain: So, so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=107>[Within] What, ho! my lord, my lord!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=108>Who's there?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=109>[Within] O, good my lord, I would speak a word with you!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=110>Yes: 'tis Emilia. By and by. She's dead.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>'Tis like she comes to speak of Cassio's death.--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>The noise was here. Ha! no more moving?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>Still as the grave. Shall she come in? were't good?--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>I think she stirs again:--no. What's best to do?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>My wife! my wife! what wife? I have no wife.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>O insupportable! O heavy hour!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>Should yawn at alteration.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=121>[Within] I do beseech you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>That I may speak with you, O, good my lord!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=123>I had forgot thee: O, come in, Emilia;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>Soft; by and by. Let me the curtains draw.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>Where art thou?</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Unlocks the door</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter EMILIA</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=126>What's the matter with thee now?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=127>O, my good lord, yonder's foul murders done!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>What, now?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>But now, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>It is the very error of the moon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>She comes more nearer earth than she was wont,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>And makes men mad.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=133>Cassio, my lord, hath kill'd a young Venetian</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>Call'd Roderigo.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=135> Roderigo kill'd!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>And Cassio kill'd!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>No, Cassio is not kill'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=138>Not Cassio kill'd! then murder's out of tune,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>And sweet revenge grows harsh.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=140>O, falsely, falsely murder'd!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=141>Alas, what cry is that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=142>That! what?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=143>Out, and alas! that was my lady's voice.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>Help! help, ho! help! O lady, speak again!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Sweet Desdemona! O sweet mistress, speak!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=146>A guiltless death I die.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=147>O, who hath done this deed?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>DESDEMONA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>Nobody; I myself. Farewell</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Dies</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=150>Why, how should she be murder'd?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=151>Alas, who knows?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=152>You heard her say herself, it was not I.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=153>She said so: I must needs report the truth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=154>She's, like a liar, gone to burning hell:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>'Twas I that kill'd her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=156>O, the more angel she,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>And you the blacker devil!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=158>She turn'd to folly, and she was a whore.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>Thou dost belie her, and thou art a devil.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=160>She was false as water.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>Thou art rash as fire, to say</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>That she was false: O, she was heavenly true!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=163>Cassio did top her; ask thy husband else.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>But that I did proceed upon just grounds</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>To this extremity. Thy husband knew it all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=167>My husband!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=168>Thy husband.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=169>That she was false to wedlock?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=170>Ay, with Cassio. Nay, had she been true,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>If heaven would make me such another world</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>Of one entire and Perfect chrysolite,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>I'ld not have sold her for it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech90><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>My husband!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech91><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175> Ay, 'twas he that told me first:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>An honest man he is, and hates the slime</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>That sticks on filthy deeds.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech92><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>My husband!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech93><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>What needs this iteration, woman? I say thy husband.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech94><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=180>O mistress, villany hath made mocks with love,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>My husband say that she was false!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech95><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>He, woman;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>I say thy husband: dost understand the word?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>My friend, thy husband, honest, honest Iago.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech96><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=185>If he say so, may his pernicious soul</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=186>Rot half a grain a day! he lies to the heart:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech97><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Ha!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech98><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>Do thy worst:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>Than thou wast worthy her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech99><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>Peace, you were best.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech100><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=193>Thou hast not half that power to do me harm</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>As I have to be hurt. O gull! O dolt!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>As ignorant as dirt! thou hast done a deed--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>I care not for thy sword; I'll make thee known,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>Though I lost twenty lives.--Help! help, ho! help!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>The Moor hath kill'd my mistress! Murder! murder!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter MONTANO, GRATIANO, IAGO, and others</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech101><b>MONTANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=199>What is the matter? How now, general!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech102><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=200>O, are you come, Iago? you have done well,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>That men must lay their murders on your neck.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech103><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=202>What is the matter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech104><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>Disprove this villain, if thou be'st a man:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>He says thou told'st him that his wife was false:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>I know thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>Speak, for my heart is full.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech105><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=207>I told him what I thought, and told no more</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>Than what he found himself was apt and true.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech106><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=209>But did you ever tell him she was false?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech107><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=210>I did.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech108><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=211>You told a lie, an odious, damned lie;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>She false with Cassio!--did you say with Cassio?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech109><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>With Cassio, mistress. Go to, charm your tongue.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech110><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to speak:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>My mistress here lies murder'd in her bed,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech111><b>All</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=217>O heavens forfend!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech112><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=218>And your reports have set the murder on.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech113><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=219>Nay, stare not, masters: it is true, indeed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech114><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>'Tis a strange truth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech115><b>MONTANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=221>O monstrous act!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech116><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=222> Villany, villany, villany!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>I think upon't, I think: I smell't: O villany!--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>I thought so then:--I'll kill myself for grief:--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=225>O villany, villany!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech117><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=226>What, are you mad? I charge you, get you home.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech118><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227>Good gentlemen, let me have leave to speak:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>'Tis proper I obey him, but not now.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>Perchance, Iago, I will ne'er go home.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech119><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>O! O! O!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>He falls on the bed</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech120><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=231> Nay, lay thee down and roar;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>For thou hast kill'd the sweetest innocent</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>That e'er did lift up eye.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech121><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>[Rising] O, she was foul!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>I scarce did know you, uncle: there lies your niece,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>Whose breath, indeed, these hands have newly stopp'd:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>I know this act shows horrible and grim.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech122><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=238>Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=239>Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>Shore his old thread in twain: did he live now,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>This sight would make him do a desperate turn,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>Yea, curse his better angel from his side,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=243>And fall to reprobation.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech123><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=244>'Tis pitiful; but yet Iago knows</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=245>That she with Cassio hath the act of shame</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>A thousand times committed; Cassio confess'd it:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>And she did gratify his amorous works</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=248>With that recognizance and pledge of love</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=249>Which I first gave her; I saw it in his hand:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=250>It was a handkerchief, an antique token</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>My father gave my mother.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech124><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=252>O heaven! O heavenly powers!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech125><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=253>Come, hold your peace.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech126><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=254>'Twill out, 'twill out: I peace!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=255>No, I will speak as liberal as the north:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=256>Let heaven and men and devils, let them all,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=257>All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech127><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=258>Be wise, and get you home.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech128><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=259>I will not.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>IAGO offers to stab EMILIA</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech129><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=260>Fie!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=261>Your sword upon a woman?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech130><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262>O thou dull Moor! that handkerchief thou speak'st of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=263>I found by fortune and did give my husband;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=264>For often, with a solemn earnestness,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=265>More than indeed belong'd to such a trifle,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=266>He begg'd of me to steal it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech131><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=267>Villanous whore!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech132><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=268>She give it Cassio! no, alas! I found it,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=269>And I did give't my husband.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech133><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=270>Filth, thou liest!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech134><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=271>By heaven, I do not, I do not, gentlemen.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=272>O murderous coxcomb! what should such a fool</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=273>Do with so good a woman?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech135><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=274>Are there no stones in heaven</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=275>But what serve for the thunder?--Precious villain!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>He runs at IAGO IAGO, from behind, stabs EMILIA, and exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech136><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=276>The woman falls; sure, he hath kill'd his wife.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech137><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=277>Ay, ay: O, lay me by my mistress' side.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech138><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=278>He's gone, but his wife's kill'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech139><b>MONTANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=279>'Tis a notorious villain. Take you this weapon,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=280>Which I have here recover'd from the Moor:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=281>Come, guard the door without; let him not pass,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=282>But kill him rather. I'll after that same villain,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=283>For 'tis a damned slave.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt MONTANO and GRATIANO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech140><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=284>I am not valiant neither,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=285>But ever puny whipster gets my sword:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=286>But why should honour outlive honesty?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=287>Let it go all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech141><b>EMILIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=288>What did thy song bode, lady?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=289>Hark, canst thou hear me? I will play the swan.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=290>And die in music.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Singing</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=291>Willow, willow, willow,--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=292>Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=293>So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=294>So speaking as I think, I die, I die.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Dies</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech142><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=295>I have another weapon in this chamber;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=296>It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper:--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=297>O, here it is. Uncle, I must come forth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech143><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=298>[Within] If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=299>Thou hast no weapon, and perforce must suffer.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech144><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=300>Look in upon me then and speak with me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=301>Or, naked as I am, I will assault thee.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter GRATIANO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech145><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=302>What is the matter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech146><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=303>Behold, I have a weapon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=304>A better never did itself sustain</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=305>Upon a soldier's thigh: I have seen the day,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=306>That, with this little arm and this good sword,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=307>I have made my way through more impediments</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=308>Than twenty times your stop: but, O vain boast!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=309>Who can control his fate? 'tis not so now.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=310>Be not afraid, though you do see me weapon'd;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=311>Here is my journey's end, here is my butt,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=312>And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=313>Do you go back dismay'd? 'tis a lost fear;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=314>Man but a rush against Othello's breast,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=315>And he retires. Where should Othello go?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=316>Now, how dost thou look now? O ill-starr'd wench!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=317>Pale as thy smock! when we shall meet at compt,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=318>This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=319>And fiends will snatch at it. Cold, cold, my girl!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=320>Even like thy chastity. O cursed slave!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=321>Whip me, ye devils,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=322>From the possession of this heavenly sight!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=323>Blow me about in winds! roast me in sulphur!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=324>Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=325>O Desdemona! Desdemona! dead!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=326>Oh! Oh! Oh!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter LODOVICO. MONTANO, CASSIO carried in a chair, and Officers with IAGO, prisoner</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech147><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=327>Where is this rash and most unfortunate man?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech148><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=328>That's he that was Othello: here I am.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech149><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=329>Where is that viper? bring the villain forth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech150><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=330>I look down towards his feet; but that's a fable.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=331>If that thou best a devil, I cannot kill thee.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Wounds IAGO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech151><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=332>Wrench his sword from him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech152><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=333>I bleed, sir; but not kill'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech153><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=334>I am not sorry neither: I'ld have thee live;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=335>For, in my sense, 'tis happiness to die.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech154><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=336>O thou Othello, thou wert once so good,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=337>Fall'n in the practise of a damned slave,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=338>What shall be said to thee?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech155><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=339>Why, any thing:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=340>An honourable murderer, if you will;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=341>For nought I did in hate, but all in honour.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech156><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=342>This wretch hath part confess'd his villany:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=343>Did you and he consent in Cassio's death?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech157><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=344>Ay.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech158><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=345>Dear general, I never gave you cause.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech159><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=346>I do believe it, and I ask your pardon.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=347>Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=348>Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech160><b>IAGO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=349>Demand me nothing: what you know, you know:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=350>From this time forth I never will speak word.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech161><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=351>What, not to pray?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech162><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=352> Torments will ope your lips.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech163><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=353>Well, thou dost best.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech164><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=354>Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=355>Which, as I think, you know not. Here is a letter</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=356>Found in the pocket of the slain Roderigo;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=357>And here another: the one of them imports</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=358>The death of Cassio to be undertook</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=359>By Roderigo.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech165><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=360>O villain!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech166><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=361>Most heathenish and most gross!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech167><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=362>Now here's another discontented paper,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=363>Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=364>Roderigo meant to have sent this damned villain;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=365>But that belike Iago in the interim</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=366>Came in and satisfied him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech168><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=367>O the pernicious caitiff!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=368>How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=369>That was my wife's?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech169><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=370>I found it in my chamber:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=371>And he himself confess'd but even now</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=372>That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=373>Which wrought to his desire.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech170><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=374>O fool! fool! fool!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech171><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=375>There is besides in Roderigo's letter,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=376>How he upbraids Iago, that he made him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=377>Brave me upon the watch; whereon it came</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=378>That I was cast: and even but now he spake,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=379>After long seeming dead, Iago hurt him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=380>Iago set him on.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech172><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=381>You must forsake this room, and go with us:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=382>Your power and your command is taken off,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=383>And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=384>If there be any cunning cruelty</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=385>That can torment him much and hold him long,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=386>It shall be his. You shall close prisoner rest,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=387>Till that the nature of your fault be known</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=388>To the Venetian state. Come, bring him away.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech173><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=389>Soft you; a word or two before you go.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=390>I have done the state some service, and they know't.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=391>No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=392>When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=393>Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=394>Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=395>Of one that loved not wisely but too well;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=396>Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=397>Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=398>Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=399>Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=400>Albeit unused to the melting mood,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=401>Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=402>Their medicinal gum. Set you down this;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=403>And say besides, that in Aleppo once,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=404>Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=405>Beat a Venetian and traduced the state,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=406>I took by the throat the circumcised dog,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=407>And smote him, thus.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Stabs himself</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech174><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=408>O bloody period!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech175><b>GRATIANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=409> All that's spoke is marr'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech176><b>OTHELLO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=410>I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=411>Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Falls on the bed, and dies</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech177><b>CASSIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=412>This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=413>For he was great of heart.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech178><b>LODOVICO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=414>[To IAGO] O Spartan dog,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=415>More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=416>Look on the tragic loading of this bed;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=417>This is thy work: the object poisons sight;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=418>Let it be hid. Gratiano, keep the house,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=419>And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=420>For they succeed on you. To you, lord governor,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=421>Remains the censure of this hellish villain;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=422>The time, the place, the torture: O, enforce it!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=423>Myself will straight aboard: and to the state</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=424>This heavy act with heavy heart relate.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |