Chapter XXIII: Act III: SCENE I. Before the castle

_Enter_ CASSIO _and some_ Musicians.[5749]

_Cas._ Masters, play here; I will content your pains;[5750]
Something that's brief; and bid 'Good morrow, general.' [_Music._

_Enter_ Clown.[5751]

_Clo._ Why, masters, have your instruments been in[5752]
Naples, that they speak i' the nose thus?[5753]

_First Mus._ How, sir, how![5754] 5

_Clo._ Are these, I pray you, wind-instruments?[5755]

_First Mus._ Ay, marry, are they, sir.[5754]

_Clo._ O, thereby hangs a tail.[5756]

_First Mus._ Whereby hangs a tale, sir?[5757]

_Clo._ Marry, sir, by many a wind-instrument that I know. 10
But, masters, here's money for you: and the general so[5758]
likes your music, that he desires you, for love's sake, to[5759]
make no more noise with it.[5760]

_First Mus._ Well, sir, we will not.

_Clo._ If you have any music that may not be heard, 15
to 't again: but, as they say, to hear music the general
does not greatly care.

_First Mus._ We have none such, sir.[5761]

_Clo._ Then put up your pipes in your bag, for I'll away:[5762]
go; vanish into air; away! [_Exeunt Musicians._[5763] 20

_Cas._ Dost thou hear, my honest friend?[5764]

_Clo._ No, I hear not your honest friend; I hear you.[5765]

_Cas._ Prithee, keep up thy quillets. There's a poor
piece of gold for thee: if the gentlewoman that attends the
general's wife be stirring, tell her there's one Cassio entreats[5766] 25
her a little favour of speech: wilt thou do this?[5767]

_Clo._ She is stirring, sir: if she will stir hither, I shall
seem to notify unto her.[5768]

_Cas._ Do, good my friend. [_Exit Clown._[5769]

_Enter_ Iago.[5770]

In happy time, Iago.

_Iago._ You have not been a-bed, then?[5771][5772] 30

_Cas._ Why, no; the day had broke[5773]
Before we parted. I have made bold, Iago,[5772][5773][5774]
To send in to your wife: my suit to her[5773][5775]
Is, that she will to virtuous Desdemona[5773][5776]
Procure me some access.

_Iago._ I'll send her to you presently;[5777] 35
And I'll devise a mean to draw the Moor
Out of the way, that your converse and business
May be more free.

_Cas._ I humbly thank you for't. [_Exit Iago._] I never
knew[5778][5779]
A Florentine more kind and honest.[5779][5780] 40

_Enter_ EMILIA.

_Emil._ Good morrow, good lieutenant: I am sorry
For your displeasure; but all will sure be well.[5781]
The general and his wife are talking of it,
And she speaks for you stoutly: the Moor replies,
That he you hurt is of great fame in Cyprus 45
And great affinity, and that in wholesome wisdom[5782]
He might not but refuse you; but he protests he loves you,[5783]
And needs no other suitor but his likings[5784]
To take the safest occasion by the front[5785]
To bring you in again.

_Cas._ Yet, I beseech you, 50
If you think fit, or that it may be done,
Give me advantage of some brief discourse
With Desdemona alone.

_Emil._ Pray you, come in:[5786]
I will bestow you where you shall have time
To speak your bosom freely.

_Cas._ I am much bound to you. [_Exeunt._[5787] 55

SCENE II. _A room in the castle._[5788]

_Enter_ OTHELLO, IAGO, _and_ Gentlemen.

_Oth._ These letters give, Iago, to the pilot;
And by him do my duties to the senate:[5789]
That done, I will be walking on the works;[5790]
Repair there to me.

_Iago._ Well, my good lord, I'll do't.[5791]

_Oth._ This fortification, gentlemen, shall we see't? 5

_Gent._ We'll wait upon your lordship. [_Exeunt._[5792]

SCENE III. _The garden of the castle._[5793]

_Enter_ DESDEMONA, CASSIO, _and_ EMILIA.

_Des._ Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do
All my abilities in thy behalf.

_Emil._ Good madam, do: I warrant it grieves my husband[5794]
As if the case were his.[5795]

_Des._ O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Cassio,[5796] 5
But I will have my lord and you again
As friendly as you were.

_Cas._ Bounteous madam,[5797]
Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio,
He's never any thing but your true servant.

_Des._ I know't: I thank you. You do love my lord:[5798] 10
You have known him long; and be you well assured[5799]
He shall in strangeness stand no farther off[5800]
Than in a politic distance.

_Cas._ Ay, but, lady,
That policy may either last so long,[5801]
Or feed upon such nice and waterish diet, 15
Or breed itself so out of circumstance,[5802]
That, I being absent and my place supplied,
My general will forget my love and service.[5803]

_Des._ Do not doubt that; before Emilia here
I give thee warrant of thy place: assure thee,[5804] 20
If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it
To the last article: my lord shall never rest;[5805]
I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience;
His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift;
I'll intermingle every thing he does 25
With Cassio's suit: therefore be merry, Cassio;
For thy solicitor shall rather die
Than give thy cause away.[5806]

_Enter_ OTHELLO _and_ IAGO, _at a distance_.[5807]

_Emil._ Madam, here comes my lord.

_Cas._ Madam, I'll take my leave. 30

_Des._ Nay, stay and hear me speak.[5808]

_Cas._ Madam, not now: I am very ill at ease,[5809]
Unfit for mine own purposes.[5810]

_Des._ Well, do your discretion. [_Exit Cassio._[5811]

_Iago._ Ha! I like not that. 35

_Oth._ What dost thou say?

_Iago._ Nothing, my lord: or if--I know not what.[5812]

_Oth._ Was not that Cassio parted from my wife?

_Iago._ Cassio, my lord! No, sure, I cannot think it,[5813]
That he would steal away so guilty-like,[5814] 40
Seeing you coming.

_Oth._ I do believe 'twas he.[5815][5816]

_Des._ How now, my lord![5816][5817]
I have been talking with a suitor here,
A man that languishes in your displeasure.

_Oth._ Who is't you mean? 45

_Des._ Why, your lieutenant, Cassio. Good my lord,[5818]
If I have any grace or power to move you,
His present reconciliation take;[5819]
For if he be not one that truly loves you,
That errs in ignorance and not in cunning, 50
I have no judgement in an honest face:
I prithee, call him back.

_Oth._ Went he hence now?[5820]

_Des._ Ay, sooth; so humbled,[5820][5821]
That he hath left part of his grief with me,[5822]
To suffer with him. Good love, call him back.[5823] 55

_Oth._ Not now, sweet Desdemona; some other time.[5824]

_Des._ But shall't be shortly?

_Oth._ The sooner, sweet, for you.[5825]

_Des._ Shall't be to-night at supper?

_Oth._ No, not to-night.[5826]

_Des._ To-morrow dinner then?

_Oth._ I shall not dine at home;
I meet the captains at the citadel. 60

_Des._ Why then to-morrow night; or Tuesday morn;[5827]
On Tuesday noon, or night; on Wednesday morn:[5828]
I prithee, name the time; but let it not[5829]
Exceed three days: in faith, he's penitent;[5830]
And yet his trespass, in our common reason-- 65
Save that, they say, the wars must make examples[5831]
Out of their best--is not almost a fault[5832]
To incur a private check. When shall he come?
Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny,[5833] 70
Or stand so mammering on. What! Michael Cassio,[5834]
That came a-wooing with you, and so many a time[5835]
When I have spoke of you dispraisingly
Hath ta'en your part; to have so much to do
To bring him in! Trust me, I could do much--[5836] 75

_Oth._ Prithee, no more: let him come when he will;
I will deny thee nothing.

_Des._ Why, this is not a boon;
'Tis as I should entreat you wear your gloves,[5837]
Or feed on nourishing dishes, or keep you warm,[5838]
Or sue to you to do a peculiar profit[5839] 80
To your own person: nay, when I have a suit[5840]
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed,
It shall be full of poise and difficult weight,[5841]
And fearful to be granted.

_Oth._ I will deny thee nothing:
Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this, 85
To leave me but a little to myself.

_Des._ Shall I deny you? no: farewell, my lord.

_Oth._ Farewell, my Desdemona: I'll come to thee straight.[5842]

_Des._ Emilia, come. Be as your fancies teach you;[5843]
Whate'er you be, I am obedient. 90

[_Exeunt Desdemona and Emilia._[5844]

_Oth._ Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,[5845]
But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again.

_Iago._ My noble lord,--[5846]

_Oth._ What dost thou say, Iago?

_Iago._ Did Michael Cassio, when you woo'd my lady,[5847][5848] 95
Know of your love?[5847]

_Oth._ He did, from first to last: why dost thou ask?[5849]

_Iago._ But for a satisfaction of my thought;[5850]
No further harm.

_Oth._ Why of thy thought, Iago?

_Iago._ I did not think he had been acquainted with her.[5851] 100

_Oth._ O, yes, and went between us very oft.[5852]

_Iago._ Indeed!

_Oth._ Indeed! ay, indeed: discern'st thou aught in that?[5853]
Is he not honest?

_Iago._ Honest, my lord! 105

_Oth._ Honest! ay, honest.[5854]

_Iago._ My lord, for aught I know.

_Oth._ What dost thou think?

_Iago._ Think, my lord!

_Oth._ Think, my lord! By heaven, he echoes me,[5855] 110
As if there were some monster in his thought[5856]
Too hideous to be shown. Thou dost mean something:[5857]
I heard thee say even now, thou likedst not that,[5858]
When Cassio left my wife: what didst not like?
And when I told thee he was of my counsel 115
In my whole course of wooing, thou criedst 'Indeed!'[5859]
And didst contract and purse thy brow together,
As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain
Some horrible conceit: if thou dost love me,[5860]
Show me thy thought. 120

_Iago._ My lord, you know I love you.

_Oth._ I think thou dost;
And for I know thou'rt full of love and honesty[5861]
And weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath,[5862]
Therefore these stops of thine fright me the more:[5863]
For such things in a false disloyal knave 125
Are tricks of custom; but in a man that's just
They're close delations, working from the heart,[5864]
That passion cannot rule.

_Iago._ For Michael Cassio,
I dare be sworn I think that he is honest.[5865]

_Oth._ I think so too.

_Iago._ Men should be what they seem;[5866] 130
Or those that be not, would they might seem none![5867]

_Oth._ Certain, men should be what they seem.[5868]

_Iago._ Why then I think Cassio's an honest man.[5869]

_Oth._ Nay, yet there's more in this:
I prithee, speak to me as to thy thinkings,[5870] 135
As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts[5871]
The worst of words.[5872]

_Iago._ Good my lord, pardon me:
Though I am bound to every act of duty,[5873]
I am not bound to that all slaves are free to.[5874]
Utter my thoughts? Why, say they are vile and false;[5875] 140
As where's that palace whereinto foul things
Sometimes intrude not? who has a breast so pure,[5876]
But some uncleanly apprehensions[5877]
Keep leets and law-days, and in session sit[5878]
With meditations lawful? 145

_Oth._ Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,
If thou but think'st him wrong'd and makest his ear[5879]
A stranger to thy thoughts.

_Iago._ I do beseech you--[5880]
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess,[5880][5881]
As, I confess, it is my nature's plague 150
To spy into abuses, and oft my jealousy[5882][5883]
Shapes faults that are not--that your wisdom yet,[5883][5884]
From one that so imperfectly conceits,[5885]
Would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble[5886]
Out of his scattering and unsure observance.[5887] 155
It were not for your quiet nor your good,
Nor for my manhood, honesty, or wisdom,[5888]
To let you know my thoughts.

_Oth._ What dost thou mean?[5889]

_Iago._ Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,[5890]
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:[5891] 160
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;[5892]
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him[5893]
And makes me poor indeed. 165

_Oth._ By heaven, I'll know thy thoughts.[5894]

_Iago._ You cannot, if my heart were in your hand;
Nor shall not, whilst 'tis in my custody.

_Oth._ Ha!

_Iago._ O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;[5895]
It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock[5896][5897] 170
The meat it feeds on: that cuckold lives in bliss[5897][5898]
Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;[5899]
But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves![5900]

_Oth._ O misery! 175

_Iago._ Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter[5901]
To him that ever fears he shall be poor:
Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defend[5902]
From jealousy!

_Oth._ Why, why is this?[5903] 180
Think'st thou I'ld make a life of jealousy,
To follow still the changes of the moon
With fresh suspicions? No; to be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved: exchange me for a goat,[5904]
When I shall turn the business of my soul 185
To such exsufflicate and blown surmises,[5905]
Matching thy inference. 'Tis not to make me jealous[5906]
To say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company,
Is free of speech, sings, plays and dances well;[5907]
Where virtue is, these are more virtuous:[5908] 190
Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw
The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt;
For she had eyes, and chose me. No, Iago;[5909]
I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove;
And on the proof, there is no more but this, 195
Away at once with love or jealousy![5910]

_Iago._ I am glad of it; for now I shall have reason[5911][5912]
To show the love and duty that I bear you
With franker spirit: therefore, as I am bound,[5911]
Receive it from me. I speak not yet of proof.[5913] 200
Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio;
Wear your eye thus, not jealous nor secure:[5914]
I would not have your free and noble nature
Out of self-bounty be abused; look to't:
I know our country disposition well; 205
In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks[5915]
They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience[5916]
Is not to leave't undone, but keep't unknown.[5917]

_Oth._ Dost thou say so?[5918]

_Iago._ She did deceive her father, marrying you; 210
And when she seem'd to shake and fear your looks,
She loved them most.

_Oth._ And so she did.

_Iago._ Why, go to then;[5919]
She that so young could give out such a seeming,
To seel her father's eyes up close as oak--[5920]
He thought 'twas witchcraft--but I am much to blame;[5911][5921] 215
I humbly do beseech you of your pardon
For too much loving you.

_Oth._ I am bound to thee for ever.[5911][5922]

_Iago._ I see this hath a little dash'd your spirits.

_Oth._ Not a jot, not a jot.

_Iago._ I'faith, I fear it has.[5923]
I hope you will consider what is spoke 220
Comes from my love; but I do see you're moved:[5924]
I am to pray you not to strain my speech
To grosser issues nor to larger reach
Than to suspicion.

_Oth._ I will not.

_Iago._ Should you do so, my lord, 225
My speech should fall into such vile success[5925]
As my thoughts aim not at. Cassio's my worthy friend--[5926]
My lord, I see you're moved.[5927]

_Oth._ No, not much moved:
I do not think but Desdemona's honest.[5928]

_Iago._ Long live she so! and long live you to think so![5929] 230

_Oth._ And yet, how nature erring from itself--[5930]

_Iago._ Ay, there's the point: as--to be bold with you--[5931]
Not to affect many proposed matches
Of her own clime, complexion and degree,
Whereto we see in all things nature tends--[5932] 235
Foh! one may smell in such a will most rank,[5933]
Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.[5934]
But pardon me: I do not in position[5935]
Distinctly speak of her; though I may fear[5936]
Her will, recoiling to her better judgement, 240
May fall to match you with her country forms,[5937]
And happily repent.

_Oth._ Farewell, farewell:[5938]
If more thou dost perceive, let me know more;
Set on thy wife to observe: leave me, Iago.[5939]

_Iago._ [_Going_] My lord, I take my leave.[5940] 245

_Oth._ Why did I marry? This honest creature doubtless[5941]
Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds.

_Iago._ [_Returning_] My lord, I would I might entreat
your honour[5942][5943]
To scan this thing no further; leave it to time:[5943][5944]
Though it be fit that Cassio have his place,[5945] 250
For sure he fills it up with great ability,
Yet, if you please to hold him off awhile,[5946]
You shall by that perceive him and his means:
Note if your lady strain his entertainment[5947]
With any strong or vehement importunity; 255
Much will be seen in that. In the mean time,
Let me be thought too busy in my fears--
As worthy cause I have to fear I am--
And hold her free, I do beseech your honour.

_Oth._ Fear not my government. 260

_Iago._ I once more take my leave. [_Exit._[5948]

_Oth._ This fellow's of exceeding honesty,[5949]
And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit,[5950][5951]
Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard,[5951][5952]
Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, 265
I'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind[5953]
To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black[5911][5954]
And have not those soft parts of conversation
That chamberers have, or for I am declined
Into the vale of years,--yet that's not much--[5955] 270
She's gone; I am abused, and my relief[5956]
Must be to loathe her. O curse of marriage,[5957]
That we can call these delicate creatures ours,
And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad,
And live upon the vapour of a dungeon,[5958] 275
Than keep a corner in the thing I love[5959]
For others' uses. Yet, 'tis the plague of great ones;[5960]
Prerogatived are they less than the base;[5961]
'Tis destiny unshunnable, like death:[5962]
Even then this forked plague is fated to us 280
When we do quicken. Desdemona comes:

_Re-enter_ DESDEMONA _and_ EMILIA.[5963]

If she be false, O, then heaven mocks itself![5964]
I'll not believe 't.[5965]

_Des._ How now, my dear Othello!
Your dinner, and the generous islanders[5966]
By you invited, do attend your presence. 285

_Oth._ I am to blame.

_Des._ Why do you speak so faintly?[5967][5968]
Are you not well?[5968]

_Oth._ I have a pain upon my forehead here.[5969]

_Des._ Faith, that's with watching; 'twill away again:[5970]
Let me but bind it hard, within this hour[5971] 290
It will be well.

_Oth._ Your napkin is too little;

[_He puts the handkerchief from him; and she drops it._[5972]

Let it alone. Come, I'll go in with you.

_Des._ I am very sorry that you are not well.

[_Exeunt Othello and Desdemona._[5973]

_Emil._ I am glad I have found this napkin:[5974]
This was her first remembrance from the Moor: 295
My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Woo'd me to steal it; but she so loves the token,[5975]
For he conjured her she should ever keep it,
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to. I'll have the work ta'en out,[5976][5977][5978] 300
And give 't Iago: what he will do with it[5976][5978][5979]
Heaven knows, not I;[5976]
I nothing but to please his fantasy.

_Re-enter_ IAGO.[5980]

_Iago._ How now! what do you here alone?

_Emil._ Do not you chide; I have a thing for you.[5981] 305

_Iago._ A thing for me? it is a common thing--[5981][5982]

_Emil._ Ha!

_Iago._ To have a foolish wife.[5983]

_Emil._ O, is that all? What will you give me now
For that same handkerchief?

_Iago._ What handkerchief?[5984] 310

_Emil._ What handkerchief![5984]
Why, that the Moor first gave to Desdemona;
That which so often you did bid me steal.

_Iago._ Hast stol'n it from her?[5985]

_Emil._ No, faith; she let it drop by negligence,[5986] 315
And, to the advantage, I being here took 't up.[5987]
Look, here it is.[5988]

_Iago._ A good wench; give it me.

_Emil._ What will you do with 't, that you have been so
earnest[5989][5990]
To have me filch it?[5989]

_Iago._ [_Snatching it_] Why, what's that to you?[5991]

_Emil._ If 't be not for some purpose of import,[5992] 320
Give 't me again: poor lady, she'll run mad[5993]
When she shall lack it.

_Iago._ Be not acknown on 't; I have use for it.[5994][5995]
Go, leave me. [_Exit Emilia._[5994]
I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin,[5996] 325
And let him find it. Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ: this may do something.[5997]
The Moor already changes with my poison:[5998]
Dangerous conceits are in their natures poisons,[5999] 330
Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,
But with a little act upon the blood[6000]
Burn like the mines of sulphur. I did say so:[6001]
Look, where he comes!

_Re-enter_ OTHELLO.[6002]

Not poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,[6003] 335
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owedst yesterday.

_Oth._ Ha! ha! false to me?[6004]

_Iago._ Why, how now, general! no more of that.

_Oth._ Avaunt! be gone! thou hast set me on the rack:[6005]
I swear 'tis better to be much abused 340
Than but to know 't a little.

_Iago._ How now, my lord![6006]

_Oth._ What sense had I of her stol'n hours of lust?[6007]
I saw 't not, thought it not, it harm'd not me:[6008]
I slept the next night well, was free and merry;[6009]
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips: 345
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n,
Let him not know 't and he's not robb'd at all.

_Iago._ I am sorry to hear this.

_Oth._ I had been happy, if the general camp,
Pioners and all, had tasted her sweet body,[6010] 350
So I had nothing known. O, now for ever
Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars[6011]
That make ambition virtue! O, farewell,[6012]
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, 355
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,[6013]
The royal banner and all quality,
Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!
And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats[6014]
The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit,[6015] 360
Farewell! Othello's occupation's gone!

_Iago._ Is't possible, my lord?[6016]

_Oth._ Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore;[6017]
Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof;[6018]
Or, by the worth of man's eternal soul,[6019] 365
Thou hadst been better have been born a dog[6020]
Than answer my waked wrath![6021]

_Iago._ Is't come to this?

_Oth._ Make me to see 't; or at the least so prove it,
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on; or woe upon thy life! 370

_Iago._ My noble lord,--[6022]

_Oth._ If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head horrors accumulate;[6023]
Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed; 375
For nothing canst thou to damnation add[6024]
Greater than that.[6024]

_Iago._ O grace! O heaven defend me![6025]
Are you a man? have you a soul or sense?
God be wi' you; take mine office. O wretched fool,[6026]
That livest to make thine honesty a vice![6027] 380
O monstrous world! Take note, take note, O world,[6028]
To be direct and honest is not safe.
I thank you for this profit, and from hence
I'll love no friend sith love breeds such offence.[6029]

_Oth._ Nay, stay: thou shouldst be honest.[6030] 385

_Iago._ I should be wise; for honesty's a fool,
And loses that it works for.[6031]

_Oth._ By the world,[6032]
I think my wife be honest, and think she is not;[6032][6033]
I think that thou art just, and think thou art not:[6032]
I'll have some proof. Her name, that was as fresh[6032][6034] 390
As Dian's visage, is now begrimed and black[6032]
As mine own face. If there be cords, or knives,[6032]
Poison, or fire, or suffocating streams,[6032][6035]
I'll not endure it. Would I were satisfied![6032]

_Iago._ I see, sir, you are eaten up with passion:[6032][6036] 395
I do repent me that I put it to you.
You would be satisfied?

_Oth._ Would! nay, I will.[6037]

_Iago._ And may: but, how? how satisfied, my lord?
Would you, the supervisor, grossly gape on?[6038]
Behold her topp'd?[6039]

_Oth._ Death and damnation! O! 400

_Iago._ It were a tedious difficulty, I think,
To bring them to that prospect: damn them then,[6040]
If ever mortal eyes do see them bolster[6041]
More than their own! What then? how then?[6042]
What shall I say? Where's satisfaction?[6043] 405
It is impossible you should see this,
Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys,[6044]
As salt as wolves in pride, and fools as gross
As ignorance made drunk. But yet, I say,
If imputation and strong circumstances, 410
Which lead directly to the door of truth,
Will give you satisfaction, you may have 't.[6045]

_Oth._ Give me a living reason she's disloyal.[6046]

_Iago._ I do not like the office:
But sith I am enter'd in this cause so far,[5911][6047] 415
Prick'd to 't by foolish honesty and love,
I will go on. I lay with Cassio lately,[6048]
And being troubled with a raging tooth,[6049]
I could not sleep.[6049]
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,[6049] 420
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs:[6049][6050]
One of this kind is Cassio:[6049]
In sleep I heard him say 'Sweet Desdemona,
Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;'[6051]
And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand, 425
Cry 'O sweet creature!' and then kiss me hard,[6052]
As if he pluck'd up kisses by the roots,
That grew upon my lips: then laid his leg[6053][6054]
Over my thigh, and sigh'd and kiss'd, and then[6053][6055]
Cried 'Cursed fate that gave thee to the Moor!'[6053][6055] 430

_Oth._ O monstrous! monstrous!

_Iago._ Nay, this was but his dream.[6056]

_Oth._ But this denoted a foregone conclusion:[6057]
'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.[6058]

_Iago._ And this may help to thicken other proofs[6058]
That do demonstrate thinly.

_Oth._ I'll tear her all to pieces. 435

_Iago._ Nay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done;[6059]
She may be honest yet. Tell me but this;
Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief[6060]
Spotted with strawberries in your wife's hand?[6061][6062]

_Oth._ I gave her such a one; 'twas my first gift. 440

_Iago._ I know not that: but such a handkerchief--[6060]
I am sure it was your wife's--did I to-day[5911][6061]
See Cassio wipe his beard with.

_Oth._ If it be that,--[6063]

_Iago._ If it be that, or any that was hers,[6064]
It speaks against her with the other proofs. 445

_Oth._ O, that the slave had forty thousand lives!
One is too poor, too weak for my revenge.
Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, Iago;[6065]
All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven:
'Tis gone.[6066] 450
Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell![6067]
Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne[6068]
To tyrannous hate! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught,
For 'tis of aspics' tongues!

_Iago._ Yet be content.[6069]

_Oth._ O, blood, blood, blood![6070] 455

_Iago._ Patience, I say; your mind perhaps may change.[6071]

_Oth._ Never, Iago. Like to the Pontic sea,[6072][6073]
Whose icy current and compulsive course[6072][6074]
Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on[6072][6075]
To the Propontic and the Hellespont;[6072] 460
Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace,[6072]
Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love,[6072][6076]
Till that a capable and wide revenge[6072]
Swallow them up. Now, by yond marble heaven,[6072][6077]
In the due reverence of a sacred vow [_Kneels._[6078] 465
I here engage my words.

_Iago._ Do not rise yet. [_Kneels._[6079]
Witness, you ever-burning lights above,[6080]
You elements that clip us round about,[6081]
Witness that here Iago doth give up
The execution of his wit, hands, heart,[6082] 470
To wrong'd Othello's service! Let him command,
And to obey shall be in me remorse,[6083][6084]
What bloody business ever. [_They rise._[6084][6085]

_Oth._ I greet thy love,
Not with vain thanks, but with acceptance bounteous,
And will upon the instant put thee to 't: 475
Within these three days let me hear thee say
That Cassio's not alive.

_Iago._ My friend is dead; 'tis done at your request:[6086][6087]
But let her live.[6086]

_Oth._ Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her![6088]
Come, go with me apart; I will withdraw, 480
To furnish me with some swift means of death
For the fair devil. Now art thou my lieutenant.[6089]

Iago. I am your own for ever. [_Exeunt._

SCENE IV. _Before the castle._

_Enter_ DESDEMONA, EMILIA, _and_ Clown.[6090]

_Des._ Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies?[6091]

_Clo._ I dare not say he lies any where.

_Des._ Why, man?

_Clo._ He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is[6092]
stabbing. 5

_Des._ Go to: where lodges he?[6093]

_Clo._ To tell you where he lodges, is to tell you where[6094]
I lie.[6094]

_Des._ Can any thing be made of this?[6094]

_Clo._ I know not where he lodges; and for me to devise 10
a lodging, and say he lies here or he lies there, were to lie[6095]
in mine own throat.[6096]

_Des._ Can you inquire him out and be edified by report?[6097]

_Clo._ I will catechize the world for him; that is, make
questions and by them answer.[6098] 15

_Des._ Seek him, bid him come hither: tell him I have
moved my lord on his behalf and hope all will be well.[6099]

_Clo._ To do this is within the compass of man's wit, and[6100]
therefore I will attempt the doing it. [_Exit._[6101]

_Des._ Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia?[6102] 20

_Emil._ I know not, madam.

_Des._ Believe me, I had rather have lost my purse[6103]
Full of crusadoes: and, but my noble Moor
Is true of mind and made of no such baseness
As jealous creatures are, it were enough[6104] 25
To put him to ill thinking.[6104]

_Emil._ Is he not jealous?

_Des._ Who, he? I think the sun where he was born
Drew all such humours from him.

_Emil._ Look, where he comes.

_Des._ I will not leave him now till Cassio[6105]
Be call'd to him.[6105]

_Enter_ OTHELLO.[6106]

How is't with you, my lord?[6107] 30

_Oth._ Well, my good lady. [_Aside_] O, hardness to dissemble![6108]
How do you, Desdemona?

_Des._ Well, my good lord.[6109]

_Oth._ Give me your hand: this hand is moist, my lady.[6110]

_Des._ It yet has felt no age nor known no sorrow.[6111]

_Oth._ This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart: 35
Hot, hot, and moist: this hand of yours requires[6112]
A sequester from liberty, fasting and prayer,[6113]
Much castigation, exercise devout;[6114]
For here's a young and sweating devil here,[6115]
That commonly rebels. 'Tis a good hand, 40
A frank one.[6116]

_Des._ You may, indeed, say so;
For 'twas that hand that gave away my heart.

_Oth._ A liberal hand: the hearts of old gave hands;[6117]
But our new heraldry is hands, not hearts.

_Des._ I cannot speak of this. Come now, your promise.[6118] 45

_Oth._ What promise, chuck?

_Des._ I have sent to bid Cassio come speak with you.

_Oth._ I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me;[6119]
Lend me thy handkerchief.[6120]

_Des._ Here, my lord. 50

_Oth._ That which I gave you.

_Des._ I have it not about me.

_Oth._ Not?[6121]

_Des._ No, indeed, my lord.[6122]

_Oth._ That's a fault. That handkerchief[6120][6123] 55
Did an Egyptian to my mother give;
She was a charmer, and could almost read
The thoughts of people: she told her, while she kept it
'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father[6124]
Entirely to her love, but if she lost it[6125] 60
Or made a gift of it, my father's eye
Should hold her loathed and his spirits should hunt[6126]
After new fancies: she dying gave it me,
And bid me, when my fate would have me wive,[6127]
To give it her. I did so: and take heed on't; 65
Make it a darling like your precious eye;
To lose't or give't away were such perdition[6128]
As nothing else could match.

_Des._ Is't possible?

_Oth._ 'Tis true: there's magic in the web of it:
A sibyl, that had number'd in the world[6129] 70
The sun to course two hundred compasses,[6130]
In her prophetic fury sew'd the work;[6131]
The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk;[6132]
And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful[6133]
Conserved of maidens' hearts.

_Des._ Indeed! is't true?[6134] 75

_Oth._ Most veritable; therefore look to't well.

_Des._ Then would to God that I had never seen't![6135]

_Oth._ Ha! wherefore?

_Des._ Why do you speak so startingly and rash?[6136]

_Oth._ Is't lost? is't gone? speak, is it out o' the way?[6137] 80

_Des._ Heaven bless us![6138]

_Oth._ Say you?

_Des._ It is not lost; but what an if it were?[6139]

_Oth._ How![6140]

_Des._ I say, it is not lost. 85

_Oth._ Fetch't, let me see it.[6141]

_Des._ Why, so I can, sir, but I will not now.[6142]
This is a trick to put me from my suit:
Pray you, let Cassio be received again.[6143]

_Oth._ Fetch me the handkerchief: my mind misgives.[6144][6145][6146] 90

_Des._ Come, come;[6147]
You'll never meet a more sufficient man.[6147][6148]

_Oth._ The handkerchief![6145]

_Des._ I pray, talk me of Cassio.[6149]

_Oth._ The handkerchief![6149]

_Des._ A man that all his time
Hath founded his good fortunes on your love,[6150] 95
Shared dangers with you,--[6151][6152]

_Oth._ The handkerchief![6151]

_Des._ In sooth, you are to blame.[6151][6153]

_Oth._ Away! [_Exit._[6151][6154]

_Emil._ Is not this man jealous?[6151][6155] 100

_Des._ I ne'er saw this before.
Sure there's some wonder in this handkerchief:[6156]
I am most unhappy in the loss of it.[6157]

_Emil._ 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
They are all but stomachs and we all but food;[6158] 105
They eat us hungerly, and when they are full[6159]
They belch us. Look you, Cassio and my husband.

_Enter_ CASSIO _and_ IAGO.[6160]

_Iago._ There is no other way; 'tis she must do't:[6161]
And, lo, the happiness! go and importune her.

_Des._ How now, good Cassio! what's the news with you? 110

_Cas._ Madam, my former suit: I do beseech you
That by your virtuous means I may again[6162]
Exist, and be a member of his love
Whom I with all the office of my heart[6163]
Entirely honour: I would not be delay'd.[6164] 115
If my offence be of such mortal kind
That nor my service past nor present sorrows[6165]
Nor purposed merit in futurity
Can ransom me into his love again,
But to know so must be my benefit; 120
So shall I clothe me in a forced content
And shut myself up in some other course[6166]
To fortune's alms.[6167]

_Des._ Alas, thrice-gentle Cassio!
My advocation is not now in tune;
My lord is not my lord, nor should I know him 125
Were he in favour as in humour alter'd.
So help me every spirit sanctified,
As I have spoken for you all my best
And stood within the blank of his displeasure[6168]
For my free speech! You must awhile be patient: 130
What I can do I will; and more I will
Than for myself I dare: let that suffice you.

_Iago._ Is my lord angry?

_Emil._ He went hence but now,
And certainly in strange unquietness.

_Iago._ Can he be angry? I have seen the cannon, 135
When it hath blown his ranks into the air,
And, like the devil, from his very arm
Puff'd his own brother; and can he be angry?[6169]
Something of moment then: I will go meet him:
There's matter in't indeed if he be angry. 140

_Des._ I prithee, do so. [_Exit Iago._[6170]
Something sure of state,
Either from Venice or some unhatch'd practice[6171]
Made demonstrable here in Cyprus to him,[6172]
Hath puddled his clear spirit; and in such cases[6173]
Men's natures wrangle with inferior things, 145
Though great ones are their object. 'Tis even so;[6174][6175]
For let our finger ache, and it indues[6174][6176]
Our other healthful members even to that sense[6174][6177]
Of pain: nay, we must think men are not gods,[6174]
Nor of them look for such observancy[6178] 150
As fits the bridal. Beshrew me much, Emilia,
I was, unhandsome warrior as I am,[6179]
Arraigning his unkindness with my soul;
But now I find I had suborn'd the witness,
And he's indicted falsely.[6180] 155

_Emil._ Pray heaven it be state-matters, as you think,[6181][6182]
And no conception nor no jealous toy[6181][6183][6184]
Concerning you.[6181]

_Des._ Alas the day, I never gave him cause!

_Emil._ But jealous souls will not be answer'd so;[6184] 160
They are not ever jealous for the cause,[6185]
But jealous for they are jealous: 'tis a monster[6186][6187]
Begot upon itself, born on itself.[6188]

_Des._ Heaven keep that monster from Othello's mind![6189]

_Emil._ Lady, amen. 165

_Des._ I will go seek him. Cassio, walk hereabout:[6190]
If I do find him fit, I'll move your suit,
And seek to effect it to my uttermost.[6191]

_Cas._ I humbly thank your ladyship.

[_Exeunt Desdemona and Emilia._

_Enter_ BIANCA.[6192]

_Bian._ Save you, friend Cassio!

_Cas._ What make you from home?[6193] 170
How is it with you, my most fair Bianca?[6194]
I'faith, sweet love, I was coming to your house.[6195]

_Bian._ And I was going to your lodging, Cassio.
What, keep a week away? seven days and nights?
Eight score eight hours? and lovers' absent hours,[6196] 175
More tedious than the dial eight score times?
O weary reckoning![6197]

_Cas._ Pardon me, Bianca:
I have this while with leaden thoughts been press'd;[6198]
But I shall in a more continuate time[6199]
Strike off this score of absence. Sweet Bianca,[6200] 180

[_Giving her Desdemona's handkerchief._

Take me this work out.

_Bian._ O Cassio, whence came this?[6201]
This is some token from a newer friend:[6202]
To the felt absence now I feel a cause:[6202]
Is't come to this? Well, well.

_Cas._ Go to, woman![6203]
Throw your vile guesses in the devil's teeth,[6204] 185
From whence you have them. You are jealous now[6186]
That this is from some mistress, some remembrance:
No, by my faith, Bianca.

_Bian._ Why, whose is it?[6205]

_Cas._ I know not, sweet: I found it in my chamber.[6206]
I like the work well: ere it be demanded-- 190
As like enough it will--I'ld have it copied:[6207]
Take it, and do't; and leave me for this time.

_Bian._ Leave you! wherefore?

_Cas._ I do attend here on the general;
And think it no addition, nor my wish, 195
To have him see me woman'd.

_Bian._ Why, I pray you?[6208]

_Cas._ Not that I love you not.[6208]

_Bian._ But that you do not love me.[6209]
I pray you, bring me on the way a little;
And say if I shall see you soon at night.[6210]

_Cas._ 'Tis but a little way that I can bring you; 200
For I attend here: but I'll see you soon.

_Bian._ 'Tis very good; I must be circumstanced. [_Exeunt._[6211]

FOOTNOTES:

[5749] ACT III. SCENE I.] Actus Tertius. Scena Prima. Ff. Actus 3. Scæna 1. Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁.

Before the castle.] Capell. Othello's Palace. Rowe. Before Othello's Palace. Theobald.

Enter....] Enter Cassio, with Musitians and the Clowne. Q₁. Enter Cassio, Musitians, and Clowne. Ff. Enter Cassio, with Musitians. Q₂ Q₃.

[5750] _Masters_] _Master_ Q₃.

[5751] _morrow, general_] _morrow to the general_ Collier MS.

[Music. Enter Clown.] They play, and enter the Clowne. Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in the rest. Musick plays; and enter Clown from the House. Theobald.

[5752] _have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

_been in_] F₄. _bin in_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _bin at_ Qq.

[5753] _speak_] _play_ Capell (corrected in Errata). _squeak_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[5754] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Mus. Ff. Boy Qq.

[5755] _pray you,_] Ff. _pray, cald_ Q₁ Q₂. _pray you, cald_ Q₃.

[5756] _tail_] _tayle_ Qq. _tale_ Ff.

[5757] _tale_] Ff. _tayle_ Qq.

[5758] _here's_] _hee's_ F₁. _her's_ Q₃.

[5759] _for love's sake_] _of all loves_ Q₁.

[5760] _more_] om. F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄.

[5761] _have_ Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[5762] _up_] Ff. om. Qq.

_for I'll away_] _and hye away_ Hanmer. _fly away_ Ritson conj.

[5763] _into air_] om. Q₁.

[Exeunt....] Theobald. Exit Mu. F₁. Exit Mus. F₂ F₃. Exit Musi. F₄. om. Qq.

[5764] _hear, my_] _heare my_ Qq. _heare me, mine_ Ff (_hear_ F₃ F₄). _hear, mine_ Theobald (Warburton and Bentley conj.)

[5765] _I hear you_] In a separate line in Ff.

[5766] _general's wife_] _Generals wife_ Q₂ Q₃. _Cenerals wife_ Q₁. _Generall_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _General_ F₄.

[5767] _her_] _of her_ Rowe.

[5768] _seem to_] _soon so_ Singer (Singer MS.) _seem so to_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[5769] Cas. _Do ... friend._] Omitted in Ff.

_good my_] _my good_ Rowe.

[Exit Clown.] Exit Clo. Ff Q₂. Exit Col. Q₃. om Q₁.

[5770] Enter Iago.] As in Rowe. After _her_, line 28, in Qq Ff.

[5771] _have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[5772] _a-bed_] Ff. _a bed_ Qq.

[5773] _Why ... Desdemona_] Arranged as in Capell. Three lines, ending _parted ... her, ... Desdemona_, in Qq. Three, ending _parted ... wife; ... Desdemona_, in Ff. Johnson reads as four lines, ending _parted ... wife; ... her ... Desdemona._

[5774] _Iago_] om. Pope.

[5775] _to her_] om. Pope.

[5776] _virtuous_] om. Pope, ending the lines as Ff.

[5777] _to you_] om. Pope

[5778] _humbly_] om. Lettsom conj.

_for't_] _for it_ Q₁.

[Exit Iago.] Capell. Exit. Qq Ff, after line 38.

[5779] _I never knew A_] _I ne'er knew_ S. Walker conj., reading I _humbly ... Florentine_ or _I ne'er ... honest_ as one line.

[5780] _A Florentine_] _A man_ Capell, reading 38-40 as two lines, the first ending _for't._

[5781] _sure_] Ff. _soone_ Qq.

[5782] _that_] om. Seymour conj.

_wholesome_] om. Pope.

[5783] _refuse you_] _refuse_ Q₂ Q₃.

_he protests_] om. Hanmer.

[5784] _likings_] _liking_ S. Walker conj.

[5785] _To ... front_] Omitted in Ff.

_safest_] _first_ Johnson. _saf'st_ Capell.

[5786] _Desdemona_] Qq. _Desdemon_ Ff.

_you_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5787] Cas. _I ... you._] Omitted in Q₁.

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[Exeunt.] om. F₁ F₂.

[5788] SCENE II.] Scæna Secunda. Ff. Scene continued in Rowe.

A room ...] Capell. Gentlemen.] Ff. other Gentlemen. Qq.

[5789] _by him_] _bid him_ Capell. conj.

_senate_] Ff. _state_ Qq.

[5790] _on_] _to_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5791] _Well,_] om. Pope.

[5792] _We'll_] F₃ F₄. _Well_ F₁. _Weel_ F₂. _We_ Qq.

[5793] SCENE III.] Scæna Tertia. Ff. SCENE II. Rowe.

The garden ...] Dyce. An Apartment. Rowe. An Apartment in the Palace. Theobald. The same. Before the Castle. Capell.

[5794] _Good ... husband_] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _do:_ in Ff.

_warrant_] Ff. _know_ Qq.

[5795] _case_] Qq. _cause_ Ff.

[5796] _Do not doubt_] _doubt not_ Pope.

[5797] _Bounteous_] _Most bounteous_ Pope.

[5798] _I know't_:] Ff. _O sir_, Qq.

[5799] _You have_] _You've_ Pope.

_you well_] om. Q₃.

[5800] _in strangeness_] _in strangest_ Qq. _in's strangest_ Anon. conj.

_farther_] _further_ Steevens (1793).

[5801] _That_] _The_ Q₁.

[5802] _circumstance_] Qq. _circumstances_ Ff.

[5803] _will_] _would_ Jennens.

[5804] _place:_] _place?_ Q₂.

[5805] _shall never_] _shan't_ Hanmer.

[5806] _thy cause_] _thee cause:_ Q₁.

[5807] SCENE IV. Pope.

Enter ... at a distance.] Enter ... at distance. Theobald. Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen. Qq. Enter Othello and Iago. Ff. Transferred to follow line 34 by Dyce.

[5808] _Nay_] Q₂ Q₃. _Why_ Q₁ Ff.

[5809] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[5810] _purposes_] Ff. _purpose_ Qq.

[5811] _Well,_] _Well, well,_ Capell, ending lines 33, 34 _well, ... that._

[5812] _if--_] Ff. _if,_ Q₁. _if,--_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5813] _it_] om. Seymour conj.

[5814] _steal_] _sneake_ Q₁.

[5815] _you_] Qq F₃ F₄. _your_ F₁ F₂.

_do_] om. Pope.

[5816] _I do ... lord!_] As one line, S. Walker conj.

[5817] [going towards him. Capell.

[5818] _Cassio_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _Cassio:_ F₁. _Cassio,_ Qq.

[5819] _take_] _make_ Warburton.

[5820] _Went ... humbled,_] As one line, S. Walker conj.

[5821] _Ay, sooth_] Capell. _I, sooth_ F₃ F₄. _I sooth_ F₁ F₂. _Yes faith_ Qq. _In sooth_ Rowe. _I' sooth_ Johnson.

[5822] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

_grief_] _griefes_ Qq.

[5823] _To suffer_] _I suffer_ Q₁.

[5824] _Desdemona_] Q₁ Q₃ F₄. _Desdemon_ The rest.

[5825] _The sooner_] _Sooner_ Pope.

[5826] _No, not_] _Not_ Pope.

[5827] _or_] Qq. _on_ Ff.

[5828] _On_] _Or_ Pope.

_noon_] _morne_ Qq.

_night; on_] Ff. _night, or_ Qq.

_Wednesday_] Q₂ F₃ F₄. _Wensday_ Q₁ F₁ F₂. _wedensday_ Q₃.

[5829] _prithee_] _praythee_ F₂.

[5830] _in faith_] _Ifaith_ Q₁ Q₂. _I saith_ Q₃.

[5831] _wars_] _war_ Capell.

_examples_] Qq. _example_ Ff.

[5832] _their_] Rowe. _her_ Qq Ff. _our_ Collier (Collier MS.) _the_ Singer (ed. 2).

_almost_] _at most_ Anon. conj.

[5833] _you would_] Ff. _you could_ Qq.

_I should_] Qq F₁. _I would_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5834] _mammering_] _mam'ring_ Ff Q₂ Q₃. _muttering_ Q₁. _mummering_ Johnson.

[5835] _so_] om. Pope.

[5836] _Trust me_] _Birlady_ Q₁.

_much--_] _much,--_ Q₂ Q₃. _much._ The rest.

[5837] _gloves_] _cloths_ Warburton.

[5838] _dishes_] _meats_ Pope.

[5839] _a_] om. Pope.

[5840] _a suit_] _suit_ F₃ F₄.

[5841] _difficult weight_] _difficulty_ Q₁.

[5842] _Desdemona_] _Desdemon_ Dyce (ed. 2).

_I'll_] _I will_ Capell.

_to thee_] om. Pope.

[5843] _Be_] _be_ Ff. _be it_ Qq.

[To Othello. Jennens.

[5844] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Des. and Em. Q₂ Q₃. Exit Desd. and Em. Q₁. Exit. Ff. Exeunt. Manent Othello and Jago. Pope.

[5845] SCENE V. Pope.

_wretch_] _wench_ Theobald.

[5846] _lord,--_] Theobald. _lord._ Qq Ff.

[5847] _Did ... love?_] Arranged as in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _Cassio,_ in Ff.

[5848] _you_] _he_ F₁.

_woo'd_] Ff. _wooed_ Qq.

[5849] _He ... ask?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5850] _a_] om. Q₃.

_my thought_] _my thoughts_ Q₁.

[5851] _he had_] _he'd_ Pope.

_her_] Qq. _hir_ F₁. _it_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5852] _oft_] _often_ Q₁.

[5853] _Indeed! ay, indeed:_] _Indeed:_ Steevens conj.

_ay,_] Rowe. _I_ Ff Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁.

_in that_] _of that_ Rowe.

[5854] _Honest! ay, honest._] _Ay, honest._ Steevens (1793), reading _Is he ... honest_ as one line.

[5855] _Think ... me,_] One line in Qq Ff. Steevens (1793) reads _What ... lord!_ as one line; _By heaven ... me,_ as another.

_By ... echoes_] _By heaven he ecchoes_ Q₁. _Alas, thou ecchos't_ Ff. (_eccos't_ F₂). _why dost thou ecchoe_ Q₂ Q₃. _why, by heav'n, thou eccho'st_ Pope.

[5856] _his_] Q₁. _thy_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5857] _dost_] _didst_ Q₁.

[5858] _even_] Ff. _but_ Qq.

_likedst_] _lik'dst_ Pope. _lik'st_ Qq Ff.

[5859] _In_] Qq. _Of_ Ff. See note (IV).

[with admiring action. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[5860] _conceit_] _counsell_ Q₁. _conceits_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5861] _And_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

_thou'rt_] Ff. _thou art_ Qq.

_love and_] om. Hanmer.

[5862] _weigh'st_] Ff. _weighest_ Qq.

_givest_] _give_ Q₁.

_them_] Ff. _em_ Q₁. _'em_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5863] _fright_] _affright_ Q₁.

[5864] _They're_] Ff. _They are_ Qq.

_close delations_] Johnson. _close denotements_ Q₁. _close dilations_ F₁ Q₂ Q₃. _cold delations_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _distillations_ Hanmer.

[5865] _be sworn_] _presume_ Q₁.

_sworn I_] _sworn--I_ Lettsom conj.

_that_] om Q₃.

[5866] _what_] _that_ Q₁.

[5867] _seem none!_] _seeme,_ Q₃. _seem knaves!_ Warburton. _be known!_ Heath conj.

[5868] _Certain, men_] _Certain men,_ Q₃.

[5869] _Cassio's_] _that Cassio's_ Steevens (1793), ending line 132 at _then_.

[5870] _prithee_] _preethee_ Q₁. _pray thee_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_as_] om. Q₁.

[5871] _As ... worst_] One line in Hanmer.

_thy ... thoughts_] Ff Q₂. _the worst of thought_ Q₁. _thy thoughts_ Q₃.

[5872] _words_] _word_ Q₁.

[5873] _Though I am_] _I am not_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5874] _that all_] Qq. _that: all_ Ff.

_free to._] _free to;_ Rowe. _free to,_ Qq. _free:_ Ff.

[5875] _thoughts?_] Q₁ Ff. _thoughts:_ Q₂ Q₃.

_they are_] _they're_ Pope.

_vile_] Qq. _vild_ Ff.

[5876] _a breast_] Qq. _that breast_ Ff.

[5877] _But some_] Qq. _Wherein_ Ff.

[5878] _session_] Qq. _sessions_ Ff.

_sit_] _fit_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5879] _think'st_] Ff. _thinkest_ Qq.

[5880] _I do ... perchance_] _I thought--beseech you--I do--perchance_ Becket conj.

_you-- Though I perchance_] Malone (Henley conj.) _you, Though I perchance_ Qq Ff. _you, Though, I-- perchance_ Johnson.

[5881] _Though_] _'Cause_ Hanmer. _Think_ Warburton (Theobald conj.)

[5882] _abuses_] _abuse_ Pope.

[5883] _oft ... Shapes_] Qq. _of ... Shapes_ Ff. _of ... Shape_ Grant White.

[5884] _that ... yet_] _I intreate you then_ Q₁ and Pope.

_yet_] Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.

[5885] _imperfectly_] _improbably_ Johnson. See note (V).

_conceits_] _coniects_ Q₁. _conjects_ Warburton.

[5886] _Would_] _You'd_ Q₁. _Will_ Q₃.

_Would ... build_] _Your wisdom would not build_ Pope.

_notice_] _note_ Anon. conj.

[5887] _his_] Ff. _my_ Qq.

[5888] _or_] Qq. _and_ Ff.

[5889] _What ... mean?_] _Zouns._ Q₁.

[5890] _woman_] _woman's_ Q₁.

[5891] _their_] Ff. _our_ Qq.

[5892] _Who ... nothing;_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_something, nothing_] _something-nothing_ Staunton.

[5893] _not_] _naught_ Grant White conj.

[5894] _By heaven_] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_thoughts_] _thought_ Q₁.

[5895] Oth. _Ha!_] om. Q₁.

_beware, my lord, of_] _beware_ Q₁.

[5896] _the_] _a_ Q₂ Q₃.

_mock_] F₃ F₄. _mocke_ Qq F₁ F₂. _make_ Hanmer (Theobald conj.) _mamock_ Smith conj. _'mock_ (for _mamock_) Grey conj. _muck_ Becket conj.

[5897] _mock ... on:_] _mock-- The meat it feeds on!_ Anon. conj. (1814).

[5898] _The_] _That_ Q₁.

_that_] _What_ Q₃.

[5899] _Who ... wronger_] _Who certaine of his wronger_ Q₃.

_Who, certain_] _Who's certain_ Capell conj.

_loves not_] _hates not_ Steevens's reprint of Q₁. See note (VI).

[5900] _strongly_] Qq. _soundly_ Ff. _fondly_ Knight.

[5901] _riches_] _rich_ Q₃.

_fineless_] _endless_ Pope.

_as poor_] _poor_ Q₃.

_winter_] _want_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[5902] _heaven_] _God_ Q₁.

[5903] _Why, why_] Qq. _Why? why_ Ff.

_this?_] _this, Iago?_ Capell.

[5904] _Is once_] Qq. _Is_ Ff. _is At once_ Hanmer, ending the previous line at _is_.

[5905] _exsufflicate_] _exufflicate_ Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. _exufflicated_ F₄. _exsuffolate_ Hanmer. _exsufflate_ Richardson conj.

_blown_] _blowne_ Qq. _blow'd_ F₁. _blowed_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5906] _thy_] _the_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5907] _well_] Qq. om. Ff.

[5908] _these_] _there_ Jackson conj.

_are more_] Qq F₁. _are most_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _make more_ Warburton.

[5909] _chose_] _chosen_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5910] _or_] _and_ Q (1695) and Hanmer.

[5911] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[5912] _it_] Qq. _this_ Ff.

[5913] _of_] _for_ Q₃.

[5914] _Wear_] _Were_ Q₃.

_eye_] _eyes_ Ff.

_jealous_] _Iealious_ F₁ F₂.

[5915] _heaven_] _God_ Q₁.

[5916] _They ... conscience_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_not_] om. Q₁.

[5917] _leave't_] Q₁ Ff. _leave_ Q₂ Q₃.

_keep't_] Q₃. _keepe't_ Q₃. _keepe_ Q₁. _kept_ Ff.

[5918] _so?_] _so._ Q₁.

[5919] _Why,_] om. Pope.

[5920] _seel_] _seele_ F₁ F₂. _seale_ Qq F₃. _seal_ F₄.

_oak_] _owls_ Johnson conj. _hawk's_ Staunton conj.

[5921] _He ... blame;_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_to blame_] F₄. _too blame_ The rest.

[5922] _to_] _to to_ F₂.

_thee_] _you_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5923] _Not a jot_] _No_ Seymour conj.

_I'faith_] _Ifaith_ Q₁. _Trust me_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5924] _Comes ... moved:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_my_] _your_ F₁.

_you're_] Rowe. _you are_ Qq. _y'are_ Ff.

[5925] _should_] _would_ Pope.

_such_] om. Q₃.

_vile_] Qq. _vilde_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _vild_ F₄.

_success_] _excess_ Pope (ed. 2).

[5926] _As ... friend--_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_As_] Qq. _Which_ Ff.

_aim not at_] _aime not at_ Qq. _aym'd not_ F₁ F₂. _aim'd not_ F₃ F₄. _aim'd not at_ Rowe.

_worthy_] _trusty_ Q₁.

[5927] _you're_] Rowe. _you are_ Qq. _y'are_ Ff.

[5928] _I_] om. Q₃.

[5929] _Long ... so!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5930] _itself--_] _it self--_ F₃ F₄. _it selfe--_ F₁ F₂. _it selfe._ Qq.

[5931] _Ay ... you--_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5932] _Whereto_] _Wherein_ Q₃.

[5933] _Foh!_] _Foh,_ Ff. _Fie_ Qq.

_one_] Ff. _we_ Qq.

_most_] _must_ Q₃.

[5934] _disproportion_] Qq. _disproportions_ Ff.

[5935] _position_] _suspicion_ Collier MS.

[5936] _her; though I may fear_] _her, though I may fear:_ Nicholson conj.

[5937] _fall_] _fail_ Nicholson conj.

[5938] _happily_] _haply so_ Pope.

_Farewell, farewell_] _Farewell_ Qq, ending the lines _if more ... on ... Iago._

[5939] _Set ... Iago._] As in Rowe. Two lines in Ff.

[5940] [Going] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[5941] _Why ... doubtless_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5942] [Returning] Returns. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[5943] Iago. _My lord ... honour To scan_] _My lord ... honour,_ Iag. _To scan_ Q₁.

[5944] _further_] Qq. _farther_ Ff.

[5945] _Though it be fit_] _Tho it be fit_ Q₁. _Although 'tis fit_ Ff. _And though tis fit_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5946] _hold_] Qq. om. F₁. _put_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_off_] _of_ Q₃.

[5947] _his_] Ff. _her_ Qq.

[5948] [Exit.] Qq F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5949] SCENE VI. Pope.

[5950] _qualities_] Q₁. _quantities_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_learned_] Qq. _learn'd_ Ff.

[5951] _spirit, Of_] _spirit Of_ S. Walker conj.

[5952] _human_] Rowe. _humaine_ Q₁. _humane_ The rest.

_dealings_] _dealing_ Q₁.

_do_] om. Pope.

[5953] _down_] _dewne_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5954] _prey_] _pray_ Q₃.

_Haply_] Ff. _Happily_ Qq.

[5955] _vale_] _valt_ Q₁.

[5956] _abused_] _aduis'd_ Q₃.

[5957] _curse_] _the curse_ Pope.

[5958] _of_] Ff. _in_ Qq.

[5959] _corner_] _cornet_ Q₃.

_the thing_] Ff. _a thing_ Qq.

[5960] _uses_] _use_ Pope.

_plague of_] Qq. _plague to_ Ff.

_great ones_] Hyphened in Ff.

[5961] _less_] _more_ Malone conj.

[5962] _'Tis_] _This_ Q₃.

[5963] _Desdemona_] Qq. _Looke where she_ Ff.

Re-enter ...] Dyce, after _believe't,_ line 283. Enter ... Ff. Enter ... Qq, after _beleeve it_, line 283.

[5964] _O, then heaven mocks_] _Heaven mock'd_ Ff.

[5965] _believe't_] _beleeve it_ Qq.

[5966] _islanders_] Ff. _Ilander_ Qq.

[5967] _to blame_] Qq F₄. _too blame_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

_Why ... faintly?_] Ff. _Why is your speech so faint?_ Qq.

[5968] _Why ... well?_] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[5969] _here_] _heare_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5970] _Faith_] Q₁. _Why_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5971] _it hard_] _your head_ Q₁.

[offering to bind his head. Collier (Collier MS.)

[5972] _well_] _well againe_ Q₁.

[goes to do it with a Handkerchief. Capell.

[He puts ...] Capell, substantially. She drops her Handkerchief. Rowe. lets fall her napkine. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[5973] Des. _I am ... well._] Omitted by Capell, but corrected in Notes.

[Exeunt ...] Ex. Oth. and Desd. Q₁ (after line 294). Exit Oth. and Des. Q₂ Q₃ (after line 294). Exit. F₁ (after line 292). Exeunt F₂ F₃ F₄ (after line 292).

[5974] SCENE VII. Pope.

_napkin_] _napkin here_ Hanmer.

[picking it up. Capell.

[5975] _Woo'd_] Ff. _Wooed_ Qq.

[5976] _To ... not I_] Arranged as in Qq Ff. The lines end _out, ... Iago; ... I:_ in Johnson.

[5977] _talk to_] _talke too_ F₂. _talk too_ Q (1695).

_have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[5978] _I'll ... will_] _I will have the work Ta'en out, and give it to Iago, but What he'll_ Hanmer, ending the lines _work ... but ... I._

[5979] _he will_] Ff. _hee'll_ Q₁. _he'l_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5980] _nothing but to please_] _nothing know, but for_ Q₁.

Re-enter Iago.] Dyce. Enter Iago. Ff. Enter Iago. Qq (after line 302).

[5981] _I have ... me_?] One line, S. Walker conj.

[5982] _A_] Qq. _You have a_ Ff.

_A ... thing_--] One line in Qq. Two in Ff. Steevens (1778), reading with Ff, puts _You ... thing_--in one line.

_thing_--] Ff Q₂ Q₃. _thing_. Q₁.

[5983] _wife_] _thing_ Q₁.

[5984] _handkerchief_] _handkercher_ Q₁.

[5985] _stol'n_] _stolne_ F₁ F₂. _stoln_ F₃. _stollen_ F₄. _stole_ Qq.

[5986] _No, faith_] Qq. _No: but_ Ff.

[5987] _took 't_] Q₁ Ff. _tooke it_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5988] _it is_] Qq. _'tis_ Ff.

[5989] _What ... it?_] Divided as in Theobald. The first line ends _bin_ in Q₁. The first ends _with it_ in Q₂ Q₃. Prose in Ff.

[5990] _with 't_] Ff. _with it_ Qq.

_that_] om. F₃ F₄. Restored by Capell.

[5991] _filch_] _fetch_ Q₃. _filtch_ F₄.

[Snatching it] Rowe. Capell, after line 317. om. Qq Ff.

_what's_] Qq. _what is_ Ff.

[5992] _If 't_] Q₂ Q₃. _If it_ Q₁ Ff.

_for_] om. Collier MS.

[5993] _Give 't me_] _Giv 't me_ Ff. _Give mee 't_ Q₁ Q₂. _Give me 't_ Q₃. _Give it me_ Steevens.

[5994] _Be ... me._] Divided as in Capell. One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _on 't:_ in Ff.

[5995] _not acknown on 't_] F₃ F₄. _not acknowne on 't_ F₁ F₂. _not you knowne on 't_ Q₁ Q₃. _not you acknowne on 't_ Q₂. _not you known in 't_ Johnson conj. _not you known of't_ Malone.

[5996] _lose_] Qq. _loose_ Ff.

[5997] _writ_] _Wright_ Q₃.

[5998] _The ... poison:_] Omitted in Q₁.

_poison_] _poysons_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _potion_ S. Walker conj. _practice_ S. Walker conj. (withdrawn).

[5999] _Dangerous ... poisons,_] Omitted in Rowe (ed. 2).

_natures_] _nature_ Pope.

[6000] _act_] _art,_ Q₁.

[6001] _mines_] _mindes_ Q₁.

_I did say so:_] _Hide it!--so--so--_ Blackstone conj. (withdrawn).

[Observing Othello seemingly disturb'd. Hanmer.

[6002] SCENE VIII. Pope.

Re-enter Othello.] Dyce, after _yesterday_, line 337. Transferred by Edd. (Globe ed.) Ent. Othello. Q₁, opposite line 332. Enter Othello. Q₂, opposite line 332. om. Q₃. Enter Othello. Ff, after line 333. Enter Othello, at a Distance. Capell, after line 333. Enter Othello. Knight, after _yesterday,_ line 337.

[6003] _Nor_] om. F₄.

[6004] _owedst_] _hadst_ Pope.

Oth] Oth. [coming forward. Collier (ed. 2.)

_Ha! ha!_] _Ha!_ Pope.

_to me?_] Ff. _to me, to me?_ Qq.

[6005] _thou hast_] _thou'st_ Pope.

[6006] _know 't_] _know_ Q₁.

_now_] om. Pope.

[6007] _sense_] Q₁ F₁. _sence_ Q₂ Q₃. _sent_ F₂ F₃. _scent_ F₄.

_of her_] Qq. _in her_ Ff.

_of lust_] _or lust_ Warburton.

[6008] _saw 't_] _saw it_ F₄.

[6009] _was_] Qq. _fed well, was_ Ff.

[6010] _Pioners_] _Pyoners_ Qq F₁ F₂. _Pioneers_ F₃ F₄. _Pyoneers_ Q (1695).

[6011] _troop_] _troope_ Qq. _troopes_ F₁ F₂. _troops_ F₃ F₄.

_wars_] _war_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[6012] _make_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _makes_ Qq F₁.

_farewell,_] _farewell;_ F₁.

[6013] _ear-piercing_] _fear-'spersing_ Warburton conj.

[6014] _you_] Ff. _ye_ Qq.

_rude_] Ff. _wide_ Qq.

[6015] _dread_] Ff. _great_ Qq.

_clamours_] _clamor_ Q₁.

[6016] _possible, my lord?_] _possible?--My lord,--_ Capell.

[6017] [Taking him by the Throat. Capell.

[6018] [Catching hold on him. Rowe.

[6019] _man's_] _mans_ Q₁. _mine_ Ff. _my_ Q₂ Q₃. _thine_ Anon. conj.

[6020] _hadst been_] _hadst_ Q (1695).

_have_] _to have_ Anon. conj.

[6021] _Than_] _That_ Q₃.

[6022] _lord,--_] _lord--_ Pope. _lord._ Qq Ff.

[6023] _horror's_] Hanmer. _horrors_ Qq Ff. _horrors'_ Anon. conj.

_horrors_] _horror_ S. Walker conj.

[6024] _For ... that._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[6025] _defend_] Qq. _forgive_ Ff.

[6026] _be wi'_] Rowe. _b' w'_ F₄. _buy_ The rest.

_mine_] _my_ Q₂ Q₃.

_O_] om. Pope.

[6027] _livest_] Qq. _lov'st_ Ff.

_thine_] _thy_ Q (1695).

[6028] _world! Take_] Ff. _world, take_ Qq.

[6029] _sith_] Ff. _since_ Qq.

[6030] _honest._] _honest--_ Rowe.

[6031] _loses_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _looses_ Qq F₁.

_that_] _what_ Pope.

[6032] Oth. _By ... satisfied!_ Iago.] Omitted in Q₁.

[6033] _be_] _is_ F₃ F₄.

_and_] om. Capell.

[6034] _Her_] _her_ Q₂ Q₃. _My_ Ff.

[6035] _streams_] _steams_ Pope.

[6036] _sir,_] Qq. om. Ff.

[6037] _satisfied?_] Ff. _satisfied._ Qq.

_nay, I_] Qq. _Nay, and I_ Ff. _Nay, and_ Pope.

[6038] _you, the supervisor,_] Capell. _you, the superuisor_ Q₁. _you the supervision_ Ff. _you, the supervision_ Q₂ Q₃. _you be supervisor,_ Pope. _you them supervise?_ Seymour conj.

_the supervisor, grossly_] _the supervisor gross,_ Seymour conj.

_on?_] Ff. _on,_ Qq. _on--_ Dyce.

[6039] _topp'd_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _topt_ Qq. _top'd_ F₁. _tupp'd_ Pope (ed. 2).

[6040] _them_] F₁. _em_ Qq. om. F₂ F₃ F₄. _it_ Collier MS.

_damn them_] _dam em_ Qq.

[6041] _do_] _did_ Qq.

[6042] _how then?_] _how then, say you?_ Capell.

[6043] _What ... satisfaction?_] _Where's satisfaction? What shall I say?_ Capell. See note (VII).

[6044] _prime_] _brime_ or _brim_ Singer conj.

[6045] _may_] Qq. _might_ Ff.

_have't_] Ff. _ha't_ Qq.

[6046] _she's_] Ff. _that she's_ Qq.

[6047] _sith_] _since_ Theobald (ed. 2).

_in_] Ff. _into_ Qq.

[6048] _on_] _one_ Q₃.

[6049] _And ... Cassio:_] Arranged as by Pope. Four lines ending _sleep, ... soule, ... affaires, ... Cassio:_ in Qq. Four lines, ending _tooth, ... men, ... mutter ... Cassio:_ in Ff.

[6050] _sleeps_] _sleep_ Q (1695).

_their_] _All their_ Hanmer, arranging as Ff. Of their Capell. _Their dear'st_ Seymour conj. _Their near'st_ Anon. conj.

[6051] _wary_] _merry_ Q₁.

[6052] _Cry 'O_] _Cry, oh_ Ff. _Cry out_, Qq.

_and_] Qq. om. Ff.

[6053] _That ... Moor_!] Divided as in Qq. The lines end _thigh, ... Fate, ... Moore_ in Ff.

[6054] _then laid_] _then layed_ Q₁ Q₂. _then laied_ Q₃. _laid_ Ff. _lay_ Rowe. _then lay_ Pope, dividing as Qq.

[6055] _Over ... sigh'd ... kiss'd ... Cried_] Capell. _Over ... sigh'd ... kissed ... Cried_ Qq. _ore ... sigh ... kisse ... cry_ Ff. _Over ... sigh ... kiss ... Cry_ Pope.

[6056] _Nay,_] om. Pope.

[6057] _denoted_] _deuoted_ Q₁.

[6058] _'Tis ... dream._ Iago. _And_] Iag. _Tis ... dreame, And_ Q₁.

[6059] _but_] Qq. _yet_ Ff.

[6060] _handkerchief_] _handkercher_ Q₁.

[6061] _wife's_] Rowe. _wives_ Qq Ff.

[6062] _hand_?] Ff Q₂. _hand._ Q₁. _hand,_ Q₃.

[6063] _If it_] Ff. _If't_ Qq.

_that,--_] _that--_ Rowe. _that._ Qq Ff.

[6064] _any that was hers,_] Malone. _any, it was hers,_ Qq. _any, it was hers._ F₁. _any, if't was hers,_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _any 'it' was hers,_ Anon. conj.

[6065] _do I_] _I doe_ Q₂ Q₃.

_true_] _time_ Q₁.

[6066] _'Tis gone_] As a separate line in Pope. Ending line 449 in Qq Ff. om. Seymour conj.

[6067] _thy hollow cell_] Qq. _the hollow hell_ Ff. _th' unhallow'd cell_ Warburton.

[6068] _hearted_] _harted_ Q₁. _parted_ Warburton.

[6069] [he kneeles. Q₁, opposite _content._ Opposite _tongues,_ in Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in Ff.

_Yet_] Ff. _Pray_ Qq.

[6070] _blood, blood, blood_] Ff. _blood, Iago, blood_ Qq.

[6071] _perhaps_] Qq. om. Ff.

[6072] _Iago ... heaven,_] Omitted in Q₁.

[6073] _Never ... sea,_] One line in Ff. Two in Q₂ Q₃.

_to_] om. Pope.

[6074] _icy_] _yesty_ Singer (ed. 2).

[6075] _Ne'er feels_] _Ne'r feels_ Q₂ Q₃. _Nev'r keepes_ F₁ F₂. _Ne're keeps_ F₃ F₄. _Ne'er makes_ Keightley. _Nev'r knows_ Southern MS. and Collier MS. _Ne'er knows_ Grant White. _Ne'er brooks_ S. Walker conj.

[6076] _ne'er ... ne'er_] _nev'r ... nev'r_ F₁ F₂. _ne're ... ne're_ The rest.

[6077] _by_] _be_ Q₃.

[6078] _of_] _to_ Q₃.

[Kneels.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff. Othello kneeles. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[6079] _words._] Qq. _words_--Ff.

[Kneels.] Iago kneels. Q₂. Iago kneeles. Q₁, opposite line 468. Omitted in Ff Q₃.

[6080] _you_] _the_ Q₂ Q₃. _your_ F₄. _ye_ Johnson.

[6081] _You_] _Ye_ Johnson.

[6082] _execution_] _excellency_ Q₁.

_hands_] Ff. _hand_ Qq.

[6083] _And to obey_] _Not to obey_ Pope. _Nor, to obey_ Theobald. _And not to obey_ Jennens. _An' to obey_ Farmer conj.

_be in me remorse_] _be remorce_ Q₁. _be in me no remorse_ Capell (Upton conj.) _bury my remorse_ or _breed me no remorse_ Anon. conj. _without remorce_ Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[6084] _in me remorse, What_] _in me. Remord What_ Warburton.

[6085] _business ever_] _worke so ever_ Qq. _work soe'er_ Collier.

[They rise.] Rising. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[6086] _My ... live._] Divided as in Capell. Two lines, the first ending _dead:_ in Qq. Three, ending _dead: ... request ... live,_ in Ff.

[6087] _at your request_] Ff. _as you request_ Qq.

[6088] _Damn ... her_!] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_her_!] _her_, Qq. _her, damne her._ Ff.

[6089] _For ... lieutenant._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6090] SCENE IV.] SCENE IX. Pope. Rowe continues the Scene.

Before the castle.] The same. Capell. Another Apartment in the Palace. Theobald.

Desdemona, Emilia,] Desdemonia, Emilla Qq.

Clown.] the Clowne. Qq.

[6091] _Lieutenant_] _the Leiutenant_ Qq.

[6092] Clo.] om. Q₁.

_He's_] Ff. _He is._ Qq.

_one_] Qq. _mee_ F₁ F₂. _me_ F₃ F₄.

_is_] Qq. _'tis_ Ff.

[6093] _to_] _too_ F₁.

[6094] Clo. _To ... this_?] Omitted in Q₁.

[6095] _lies ... there_] _lies there_ Qq.

[6096] _mine own_] _my_ Q₁. _my own_ Capell.

[6097] _be_] om. Q₃.

_by_] _to_ Collier MS.

[6098] _by them_] _make them_ Q₃. _bid them_ Theobald (Warburton).

[6099] _on his_] Ff. _in his_ Qq.

[6100] _man's wit_] _a man_ Q₁.

[6101] _I will_] _I'le_ Q₁. _Ile_ Q₂ Q₃.

_it_] Ff. _of it_ Qq.

[Exit.] Qq. Exit Clo. F₁ F₂ F₃. Exit Clown. F₄.

[6102] _lose_] Q (1695) and Rowe. _loose_ Qq Ff.

_that_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

_handkerchief_] _handkercher_ Q₁.

[6103] _have lost_] Ff. _loose_ Qq. _lose_ Q (1695).

[6104] _jealous_] _iealious_ F₁. _jealious_ F₂.

[6105] _I will ... him._] Divided as by Steevens (1793). The first line ends at _now_ in Qq, at _be_ in Ff. Prose in Malone.

[6106] _till_] _Let_ Q₁.

Enter Othello.] As in Dyce. After _him,_ line 28, in Qq. After _comes,_ line 28, in F₁ F₂. After _sorrow,_ line 34, in F₃. After _lord?_ line 30, in F₄.

[6107] _is't_] Ff. _is it_ Qq.

SCENE X. Pope.

[6108] [Aside] Hanmer.

[6109] Des.] Les. F₂.

_good_] om. Pope.

[6110] _Give ... lady._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6111] _yet has_] Qq. _hath_ Ff. _yet hath_ Rowe.

[6112] _Hot, hot_] _Not hot_ Q₁ _Both hot_ Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[6113] _prayer_] Ff. _praying_ Qq.

[6114] _devout_] _devoted_ Q₃.

[6115] _young_] _strong_ Warburton.

_sweating_] _sweatie_ Q₃.

[6116] _frank one_] _frank one too_ Capell. _very frank one_ Hanmer.

[6117] _hearts ... hands_] _hands ... hearts_ Hanmer (Warburton).

[6118] _I cannot ... promise._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_Come now,_] _Come now_ Q₂ Q₃. _Come, now_ Ff. _Come, come_ Q₁.

[6119] _sorry_] Ff. _sullen_ Qq. _sudden_ Collier MS.

[6120] _handkerchief_] _handkercher_ Q₁.

[6121] _Not?_] Ff. _Not._ Qq.

[6122] _indeed_] _faith_ Q₁.

[6123] _That's_] Qq Ff. _That is_ Capell.

_That's ... handkerchief_ One line in Qq Ff. Two, the first ending _fault,_ in Steevens (1793), reading _That is._

[6124] _and_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6125] _Entirely ... it,_] Repeated in Q₁.

[6126] _loathed_] _lothely_ Q₁.

_his_] _her_ Jennens (a misprint).

_spirits_] _spirit_ Q (1695).

_should_] om. Pope.

[6127] _wive_] Qq. _wiv'd_ Ff.

[6128] _lose't_] Theobald. _loose't_ F₁ F₂. _loos't_ F₃ F₄. _loose_ Q₁ Q₂. _lose_ Q₃.

_perdition_] _prediction_ Q₃.

[6129] _had_] _hath_ Hanmer (ed. 2).

[6130] _The sun to course_] Ff Q₂ Q₃. _The sun to make_ Q₁. _Of the sun's course_ Hanmer.

[6131] _sew'd_] _sow'd_ Ff. _sowed_ Qq.

[6132] _hallow'd_] Capell. _hallowed_ Q₁ Ff Q₂. _hollowed_ Q₃.

[6133] _which_] _with_ Q₁ Q₃.

[6134] _Conserved_] _Conserues_ Q₁. _Concerue_ Q₂. _Conserve_ Q₃.

_Indeed_] _Ifaith_ Q₁.

[6135] _to God_] Qq. _to heaven_ F₁. _the heaven_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_seen't_] F₃ F₄. _seene't_ F₁ F₂. _seene it_ Qq.

[6136] _startingly_] _staringly_ F₃ F₄.

_rash_] _rashly_ Q₁.

[6137] _is it_] Qq. _is't_ Ff.

[6138] _Heaven_] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[6139] _an if_] Theobald (ed. 2). _and if_ Qq Ff.

[6140] _How!_] _How?_ Ff. _Ha._ Qq.

[6141] _Fetch't_] Qq F₄. _Fecht_ F₁ F₂ _Fetcht'_ F₃.

_see it_] Qq. _see't_ Ff.

[6142] _sir,_] Qq. om. Ff.

[6143] _Pray you_] Ff. _I pray_ Qq.

[6144] _Fetch ... misgives._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_the_] Ff. _that_ Qq.

[6145] _handkerchief_] _handkercher_ Q₁.

[6146] _misgives._] _misgives--_ Rowe. _misgives me--_ Keightley.

[6147] _Come ... man._] Divided as in Capell. One line in Qq. Prose in Ff.

_Come ... never_] _Come, you'll ne'er_ Pope.

[6148] _man_] _m_ Q₁ (Cap.)

[6149] Des. _I pray ... handkerchief!_] Des. _I pray ... handkercher._ Q₁. Omitted in the rest.

[6150] _his_] om. Q₃.

[6151] _Shared ... jealous?_] Two lines, the first ending _sooth_, in Steevens (1793).

[6152] _you,--_] _you--_ Steevens. _you:_ Capell. _you._ Qq Ff.

[6153] _In sooth_] _Ifaith_ Q₁.

_to blame_] Q₃ F₄. _too blame_ The rest.

[6154] _Away_] _Zouns_ Q₁.

[Exit.] Qq. Exit Othello. Ff.

[6155] SCENE XI. Manent Desdemona and Æmilia. Pope.

_jealous_] _iealious_ F₁. _jealious_ F₂.

[6156] _Sure_] _Sir_ Q₃.

[6157] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

_the loss of it_] _this losse_ Q₁ (Cap.) _the losse_ Q₁ (Dev. and Chip.)

[6158] _are all_] _are_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[6159] _they are_] _they're_ Pope.

[6160] _They ... husband._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

Enter ...] Dyce. Enter Iago and Cassio. Pope. Enter Iago, and Cassio. Ff (after _us_). Enter Iago and Cassio. Qq (after line 103).

[6161] _do't_] F₃ F₄. _doo't_ F₁ F₂. _doe it_ Qq.

[6162] _may again_] _doe beseech you:_ Q₃.

[6163] _office_] _duty_ Q₁.

[6164] _delay'd_] _delayed_ Q₁ Q₂.

[6165] _nor my_] F₁. _not my_ Q₂ F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄. _neither_ Q₁.

_sorrows_] _sorrow_ S. Walker conj.

[6166] _shut ... in_] _shoote my selfe up in_ Q₁. _shoot myself upon_ Capell. _shape myself upon_ Anon. apud Rann conj. _set myself upon_ Collier conj. _shift myself upon_ Collier MS. _suit myself up in_ Anon. conj. _shoote my selfe forth in_ Anon. MS. See note (IV).

_shut ... other course_] _suit ... order coarse_ Jackson conj.

[6167] _alms_] _arms_ Pope.

_thrice-gentle_] _thrice gentile_ Q₃.

[6168] _stood_] _stoop_ Q₃.

[6169] _can he be_] Qq. _is he_ Ff.

[6170] SCENE XII. Pope.

[Exit Iago.] As in Capell. Exit. Ff (after line 140). Omitted in Qq.

[6171] _or some_] _of some_ Johnson.

[6172] _demonstrable here_] _here demonstrable_ Pope.

[6173] _puddled_] _pulld_ Q₃.

[6174] _Though ... gods,_] Arranged As in Ff. Five lines, ending _object, ... ake, ... members, ... thinke, ... gods,_ in Qq.

[6175] _Though_] Ff. _Tho_ Q₁ Q₂. _The_ Q₃.

_their_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[6176] _indues_] _endures_ Q₃. _subdues_ Johnson conj. _inducts_ Jackson conj.

[6177] _even to that sense_] Qq. _even to a sense_ Ff. _with a sense_ Pope. _even with that sense_ Seymour conj.

[6178] _Nor_] _Not_ Q₃.

_observancy_] _observancie_ F₁. _observances_ Qq. _observance_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _observance always_ Rowe.

[6179] _warrior_] _wrangler_ Hanmer. _lawyer_ Becket conj.

[6180] _indicted_] Collier. _indited_ Qq Ff.

[6181] _Pray ... you._] Divided as in Qq. The lines end _be ... conception, ... you_ in Ff.

[6182] _state-matters_] _State-matter_ Pope, divided with Ff.

[6183] _nor no_] _Nor_ Rowe.

[6184] _jealous_] _Iealious_ F₁ F₂.

[6185] _jealous_] _iealious_ F₁.

_the cause_] _a cause_ Pope.

[6186] _jealous_] _iealious_ F₁. jealious F₂.

[6187] _they are_] Qq. _they're_ Ff.

_'tis_] _tis_ Qq. _It is_ Ff. _It's_ Pope.

[6188] _upon_] _unto_ Q₃.

_on_] _of_ Seymour conj.

[6189] _that_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

_Othello's_] _Othell's_ F₂.

[6190] _hereabout_] F₃ F₄. _here about_ Qq. _heere about_ F₁ F₂.

[6191] _uttermost_] _utmost_ Q₃.

[6192] [Exeunt ...] As in Pope. Opposite lines 167, 168 in Qq. Exit Ff (after line 168). Ex. Desdem. and Æmil. at one door; Cassio, at the other. Theobald.

SCENE XIII. Pope. Scene changes to the Street before the Palace. Theobald.

Enter Bianca.] As in Ff Q₂ Q₃. After _Cassio!_ line 170, in Q₁. Re-enter Cassio, meeting Bianca. Theobald.

[6193] _make_] _makes_ F₄.

[6194] _is it_] Qq. _is't_ Ff.

[6195] _I'faith_] _Ifaith_ Q₁. _Indeed_ The rest.

_coming_] _going_ Q₃.

_house_] _lodging_ Capell.

[6196] _lovers'_] _lovers_ Qq F₁. _loves_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _lover's_ Pope.

[6197] _O_] _No_ Q₁.

[6198] _leaden_] _laden_ Q₁.

[6199] _continuate time_] Ff Q₂. _convenient time_ Q₁. _continuate: of time_ Q₃.

[6200] [Giving....] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[6201] _O_] om. Hanmer.

[6202] _friend: ... now_] _friend; To the felt-absence, now_ Rowe. _friend, To the felt absence, now_ Q₁. _friend To the felt absence, now_ Q₂ Q₃. _friend, To the felt-absence: now_ Ff. _friend: Of thy felt absence, now_ Pope.

[6203] _Well, well._] Omitted in Q₁. _Well, well, well--_ Keightley.

_Go to, woman!_] _Well, go to, woman;_ Hanmer. _Woman, go to!_ Capell.

[6204] _vile_] Qq. _vilde_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _vild_ F₄.

[6205] _by my faith_] Q₁. _in good troth_ The rest. _in good truth_ Johnson.

_whose_] _who's_ Q₁ F₁ F₂.

[6206] _I know ... chamber._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_sweet_] Qq. _neither_ Ff.

[6207] _I'ld_] _I'de_ Qq. _I would_ Ff.

[6208] Bian. _Why ... not._] Omitted in Q₁.

[6209] _But ... me._] _Not that you love me._ Hanmer.

[6210] _night._] Qq. _night?_ Ff.

[6211] [Exeunt.] Qq. Exeunt omnes. Ff.