Chapter XXII: Act II: SCENE I. A sea-port in Cyprus. An open place near the quay

_Enter_ MONTANO _and two_ Gentlemen.[5314]

_Mon._ What from the cape can you discern at sea?

_First Gent._ Nothing at all: it is a high-wrought flood;[5315]
I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,[5316]
Descry a sail.[5317]

_Mon._ Methinks the wind hath spoke aloud at land;[5317][5318] 5
A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements:[5317]
If it hath ruffian'd so upon the sea,[5317][5319]
What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them,[5317][5320]
Can hold the mortise? What shall we hear of this?[5317][5321]

_Sec. Gent._ A segregation of the Turkish fleet:[5322] 10
For do but stand upon the foaming shore,[5323]
The chidden billow seems to pelt the clouds;[5324]
The wind-shaked surge, with high and monstrous mane,[5325]
Seems to cast water on the burning bear,
And quench the guards of the ever-fixed pole:[5326] 15
I never did like molestation view
On the enchafed flood.

_Mon._ If that the Turkish fleet[5327]
Be not enshelter'd and embay'd, they are drown'd;[5328]
It is impossible to bear it out.

_Enter a third_ Gentleman.[5329]

_Third Gent._ News, lads! our wars are done.[5330][5331][5332] 20
The desperate tempest hath so bang'd the Turks,[5333]
That their designment halts: a noble ship of Venice[5334][5335]
Hath seen a grievous wreck and sufferance[5334][5336]
On most part of their fleet.[5337]

_Mon._ How! is this true?

_Third Gent._ The ship is here put in,[5338][5339][5340] 25
A Veronesa; Michael Cassio,[5338][5340]
Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,[5341]
Is come on shore: the Moor himself at sea,[5342]
And is in full commission here for Cyprus.

_Mon._ I am glad on't; 'tis a worthy governor.[5343] 30

_Third Gent._ But this same Cassio, though he speak of comfort
Touching the Turkish loss, yet he looks sadly
And prays the Moor be safe; for they were parted[5344]
With foul and violent tempest.

_Mon._ Pray heavens he be;[5345]
For I have served him, and the man commands 35
Like a full soldier. Let's to the seaside, ho![5346]
As well to see the vessel that's come in
As to throw out our eyes for brave Othello,
Even till we make the main and the aerial blue[5347][5348]
An indistinct regard.[5347][5349]

_Third Gent._ Come, let's do so; 40
For every minute is expectancy
Of more arrivance.

_Enter_ CASSIO.[5350]

_Cas._ Thanks, you the valiant of this warlike isle,[5351]
That so approve the Moor! O, let the heavens[5352]
Give him defence against the elements,[5353] 45
For I have lost him on a dangerous sea.[5354]

_Mon._ Is he well shipp'd?

_Cas._ His bark is stoutly timber'd, and his pilot[5355]
Of very expert and approved allowance;[5356]
Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death,[5357][5358] 50
Stand in bold cure.[5358]

[_A cry within_: 'A sail, a sail, a sail!'

_Enter a fourth_ Gentleman.[5359]

_Cas._ What noise?[5360]

_Fourth Gent._ The town is empty; on the brow o' the sea[5361]
Stand ranks of people, and they cry 'A sail!'[5362]

_Cas._ My hopes do shape him for the governor. 55

[_Guns heard._[5363]

_Sec. Gent._ They do discharge their shot of courtesy:[5364]
Our friends at least.[5365]

_Cas._ I pray you, sir, go forth,
And give us truth who 'tis that is arrived.

_Sec. Gent._ I shall. [_Exit._[5366]

_Mon._ But, good lieutenant, is your general wived? 60

_Cas._ Most fortunately: he hath achieved a maid
That paragons description and wild fame;
One that excels the quirks of blazoning pens,[5367]
And in the essential vesture of creation[5368]
Does tire the ingener.

_Re-enter second_ Gentleman.

How now! who has put in?[5369] 65

_Sec. Gent._ 'Tis one Iago, ancient to the general.[5366]

_Cas._ He has had most favourable and happy speed:[5370]
Tempests themselves, high seas, and howling winds,[5371]
The gutter'd rocks, and congregated sands,[5372]
Traitors ensteep'd to clog the guiltless keel,[5373] 70
As having sense of beauty, do omit
Their mortal natures, letting go safely by[5374]
The divine Desdemona.

_Mon._ What is she?

_Cas._ She that I spake of, our great captain's captain,[5375]
Left in the conduct of the bold Iago; 75
Whose footing here anticipates our thoughts
A se'nnight's speed. Great Jove, Othello guard,[5376]
And swell his sail with thine own powerful breath,
That he may bless this bay with his tall ship,
Make love's quick pants in Desdemona's arms,[5377] 80
Give renew'd fire to our extincted spirits,[5378]
And bring all Cyprus comfort.

_Enter_ DESDEMONA, EMILIA, IAGO, RODERIGO, _and_ Attendants.[5379]

O, behold,
The riches of the ship is come on shore![5380]
Ye men of Cyprus, let her have your knees.[5381]
Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven,[5382] 85
Before, behind thee, and on every hand,
Enwheel thee round!

_Des._ I thank you, valiant Cassio.
What tidings can you tell me of my lord?[5383]

_Cas._ He is not yet arrived: nor know I aught[5384]
But that he's well and will be shortly here. 90

_Des._ O, but I fear--How lost you company?[5385]

_Cas_. The great contention of the sea and skies[5386]
Parted our fellowship--But, hark! a sail.

[_A cry within_: 'A sail, a sail!' _Guns heard._[5387]

_Sec. Gent._ They give their greeting to the citadel:[5388]
This likewise is a friend.

_Cas._ See for the news. [_Exit Gentleman._[5389] 95
Good ancient, you are welcome. [_To Emilia_] Welcome, mistress:[5390]
Let it not gall your patience, good Iago,
That I extend my manners; 'tis my breeding
That gives me this bold show of courtesy. [_Kissing her._[5391]

_Iago._ Sir, would she give you so much of her lips[5392] 100
As of her tongue she oft bestows on me,[5393]
You'ld have enough.[5394]

_Desd._ Alas, she has no speech.

_Iago._ In faith, too much;[5395]
I find it still when I have list to sleep:[5396]
Marry, before your ladyship, I grant, 105
She puts her tongue a little in her heart[5397]
And chides with thinking.

_Emil._ You have little cause to say so.[5398]

_Iago._ Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors,[5399][5400]
Bells in your parlours, wild-cats in your kitchens,[5399] 110
Saints in your injuries, devils being offended,[5399]
Players in your housewifery, and housewives in your beds.[5399][5401]

_Des._ O, fie upon thee, slanderer![5402]

_Iago._ Nay, it is true, or else I am a Turk:
You rise to play, and go to bed to work. 115

_Emil._ You shall not write my praise.

_Iago._ No, let me not.

_Des._ What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst praise me?[5403]

_Iago._ O gentle lady, do not put me to't;
For I am nothing if not critical.

_Des._ Come on, assay--There's one gone to the harbour?[5404] 120

_Iago._ Ay, madam.

_Des._ I am not merry; but I do beguile
The thing I am by seeming otherwise.
Come, how wouldst thou praise me?

_Iago._ I am about it; but indeed my invention[5405][5406] 125
Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frize;[5405][5407]
It plucks out brains and all: but my Muse labours,[5405][5408]
And thus she is deliver'd.[5405][5409]
If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit,[5410]
The one's for use, the other useth it.[5410][5411] 130

_Des._ Well praised! How if she be black and witty?[5412]

_Iago._ If she be black, and thereto have a wit,[5410]
She'll find a white that shall her blackness fit.[5410][5413]

_Des._ Worse and worse.

_Emil._ How if fair and foolish?[5414] 135

_Iago._ She never yet was foolish that was fair;[5410][5415]
For even her folly help'd her to an heir.[5410][5415][5416]

_Des._ These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh[5417][5418]
i' the alehouse. What miserable praise hast thou for her[5417]
that's foul and foolish?[5414][5417] 140

_Iago._ There's none so foul, and foolish thereunto,[5410]
But does foul pranks which fair and wise ones do.[5410][5419]

_Des._ O heavy ignorance! thou praisest the worst best.[5420]
But what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving woman
indeed, one that in the authority of her merit did justly[5421][5422] 145
put on the vouch of very malice itself?[5421][5423]

_Iago._ She that was ever fair and never proud,[5410]
Had tongue at will and yet was never loud,[5410]
Never lack'd gold and yet went never gay,[5410]
Fled from her wish and yet said 'Now I may;'[5410] 150
She that, being anger'd, her revenge being nigh,[5410][5424]
Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly;[5410]
She that in wisdom never was so frail[5410]
To change the cod's head for the salmon's tail;[5410]
She that could think and ne'er disclose her mind,[5410][5425] 155
See suitors following and not look behind;[5410][5426]
She was a wight, if ever such wight were,--[5410][5427][5428]

_Des._ To do what?[5428]

_Iago._ To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.[5410]

_Des._ O most lame and impotent conclusion! Do not learn[5429] 160
of him, Emilia, though he be thy husband. How say you,[5429]
Cassio? is he not a most profane and liberal counsellor?[5429][5430]

_Cas._ He speaks home, madam: you may relish him[5431]
more in the soldier than in the scholar.[5431][5432]

_Iago._ [_Aside_] He takes her by the palm: ay, well said,[5433] 165
whisper: with as little a web as this will I ensnare as great[5434]
a fly as Cassio. Ay, smile upon her, do; I will gyve thee[5435]
in thine own courtship. You say true; 'tis so, indeed: if[5436]
such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry, it[5437]
had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so[5438] 170
oft, which now again you are most apt to play the sir in.[5439]
Very good; well kissed! an excellent courtesy! 'tis so,[5440]
indeed. Yet again your fingers to your lips? would they[5441]
were clyster-pipes for your sake! [_Trumpet within._] The[5442]
Moor! I know his trumpet. 175

_Cas._ 'Tis truly so.

_Des._ Let's meet him and receive him.

_Cas._ Lo, where he comes!

_Enter_ OTHELLO _and_ Attendants.[5443]

_Oth._ O my fair warrior!

_Des._ My dear Othello!

_Oth._ It gives me wonder great as my content 180
To see you here before me. O my soul's joy![5444]
If after every tempest come such calms,[5445]
May the winds blow till they have waken'd death![5446]
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high and duck again as low 185
As hell's from heaven! If it were now to die,[5447]
'Twere now to be most happy; for I fear,
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.

_Des._ The heavens forbid 190
But that our loves and comforts should increase,[5448]
Even as our days do grow!

_Oth._ Amen to that, sweet powers![5449]
I cannot speak enough of this content;
It stops me here; it is too much of joy:
And this, and this, the greatest discords be [_Kissing her._[5450] 195
That e'er our hearts shall make!

_Iago._ [_Aside_] O, you are well tuned now![5451][5452]
But I'll set down the pegs that make this music,[5452][5453]
As honest as I am.[5452]

_Oth._ Come, let us to the castle.[5454]
News, friends; our wars are done, the Turks are drown'd.[5455]
How does my old acquaintance of this isle?[5456] 200
Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus;
I have found great love amongst them. O my sweet,[5457]
I prattle out of fashion, and I dote
In mine own comforts. I prithee, good Iago,[5458]
Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers:[5459] 205
Bring thou the master to the citadel;
He is a good one, and his worthiness
Does challenge much respect. Come, Desdemona,
Once more well met at Cyprus.

[_Exeunt all but Iago and Roderigo._[5460]

_Iago._ Do thou meet me presently at the harbour. Come[5461] 210
hither. If thou be'st valiant--as, they say, base men being[5462][5463]
in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is[5463]
native to them--list me. The lieutenant to-night watches[5463][5464]
on the court of guard. First, I must tell thee this: Desdemona[5465]
is directly in love with him. 215

_Rod._ With him! why, 'tis not possible.

_Iago._ Lay thy finger thus, and let thy soul be instructed.[5466]
Mark me with what violence she first loved the Moor, but[5467]
for bragging and telling her fantastical lies: and will she[5468]
love him still for prating? let not thy discreet heart
think[5468][5469] 220
it. Her eye must be fed; and what delight shall she have[5470]
to look on the devil? When the blood is made dull with the
act of sport, there should be, again to inflame it and to give[5471]
satiety a fresh appetite, loveliness in favour, sympathy in[5472]
years, manners and beauties; all which the Moor is defective 225
in: now, for want of these required conveniences, her
delicate tenderness will find itself abused, begin to heave
the gorge, disrelish and abhor the Moor; very nature will[5473]
instruct her in it and compel her to some second choice.[5474]
Now, sir, this granted--as it is a most pregnant and unforced[5475] 230
position--who stands so eminently in the degree of this fortune[5476]
as Cassio does? a knave very voluble; no further conscionable[5477]
than in putting on the mere form of civil and humane[5478]
seeming, for the better compassing of his salt and most[5478][5479][5480]
hidden loose affection? why, none; why, none: a slipper
and[5479][5481][5482] 235
subtle knave; a finder out of occasions; that has an eye can[5482][5483]
stamp and counterfeit advantages, though true advantage[5484]
never present itself: a devilish knave! Besides, the knave[5484][5485]
is handsome, young, and hath all those requisites in him
that folly and green minds look after: a pestilent complete[5486] 240
knave; and the woman hath found him already.[5487]

_Rod._ I cannot believe that in her; she's full of most[5488]
blest condition.[5489][5490]

_Iago._ Blest fig's-end! the wine she drinks is made of[5489][5491]
grapes: if she had been blest, she would never have loved[5489] 245
the Moor: blest pudding! Didst thou not see her paddle[5489][5492]
with the palm of his hand? didst not mark that?[5493]

_Rod._ Yes, that I did; but that was but courtesy.[5494]

_Iago._ Lechery, by this hand; an index and obscure prologue[5495]
to the history of lust and foul thoughts. They met so 250
near with their lips that their breaths embraced together.
Villanous thoughts, Roderigo! when these mutualities so[5496]
marshal the way, hard at hand comes the master and main[5497]
exercise, the incorporate conclusion: pish! But, sir, be you[5498]
ruled by me: I have brought you from Venice. Watch 255
you to-night; for the command, I'll lay't upon you: Cassio[5499]
knows you not: I'll not be far from you: do you find some
occasion to anger Cassio, either by speaking too loud or
tainting his discipline, or from what other course you[5500]
please, which the time shall more favourably minister. 260

_Rod._ Well.

_Iago._ Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and[5501]
haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for[5502]
even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny;[5503]
whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but[5504] 265
by the displanting of Cassio. So shall you have a shorter[5505]
journey to your desires by the means I shall then have to
prefer them, and the impediment most profitably removed,[5506]
without the which there were no expectation of our
prosperity.[5507] 270

_Rod._ I will do this, if I can bring it to any opportunity.[5508]

_Iago._ I warrant thee. Meet me by and by at the
citadel: I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Farewell.

_Rod._ Adieu. [_Exit._[5509]

_Iago._ That Cassio loves her, I do well believe it;[5510] 275
That she loves him, 'tis apt and of great credit:
The Moor, howbeit that I endure him not,
Is of a constant, loving, noble nature;[5511]
And I dare think he'll prove to Desdemona
A most dear husband. Now, I do love her too,[5512] 280
Not out of absolute lust, though peradventure
I stand accountant for as great a sin,
But partly led to diet my revenge,[5513]
For that I do suspect the lusty Moor[5514]
Hath leap'd into my seat: the thought whereof[5515] 285
Doth like a poisonous mineral gnaw my inwards;
And nothing can or shall content my soul[5516]
Till I am even'd with him, wife for wife;[5517]
Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor
At least into a jealousy so strong[5518] 290
That judgement cannot cure. Which thing to do,
If this poor trash of Venice, whom I trash[5519]
For his quick hunting, stand the putting on,
I'll have our Michael Cassio on the hip,
Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb;[5520] 295
For I fear Cassio with my night-cap too;[5521]
Make the Moor thank me, love me and reward me,
For making him egregiously an ass
And practising upon his peace and quiet
Even to madness. 'Tis here, but yet confused: 300
Knavery's plain face is never seen till used. [_Exit._

SCENE II. _A street._

_Enter a_ Herald _with a proclamation; People following_.[5522]

_Her._ It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant
general, that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing
the mere perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put[5523]
himself into triumph; some to dance, some to make bonfires,[5524]
each man to what sport and revels his addiction leads[5525] 5
him: for, besides these beneficial news, it is the celebration[5526]
of his nuptial. So much was his pleasure should be proclaimed.[5527]
All offices are open, and there is full liberty of[5528]
feasting from this present hour of five till the bell have[5528][5529]
told eleven. Heaven bless the isle of Cyprus and our[5530] 10
noble general Othello! [_Exeunt._[5531]

SCENE III. _A hall in the castle._

_Enter_ OTHELLO, DESDEMONA, CASSIO, _and_ Attendants.[5532]

_Oth._ Good Michael, look you to the guard to-night:
Let's teach ourselves that honourable stop,[5533]
Not to outsport discretion.

_Cas._ Iago hath direction what to do;[5534]
But notwithstanding with my personal eye 5
Will I look to't.[5535]

_Oth._ Iago is most honest.
Michael, good night: to-morrow with your earliest[5536]
Let me have speech with you. Come, my dear love,[5537]
The purchase made, the fruits are to ensue;
That profit's yet to come 'tween me and you.[5538] 10
Good night. [_Exeunt Othello, Desdemona, and Attendants._[5539]

_Enter_ IAGO.

_Cas._ Welcome, Iago; we must to the watch.

_Iago._ Not this hour, lieutenant; 'tis not yet ten o' the[5540]
clock. Our general cast us thus early for the love of his[5540]
Desdemona; who let us not therefore blame: he hath not yet[5541] 15
made wanton the night with her, and she is sport for Jove.

_Cas._ She's a most exquisite lady.[5542]

_Iago._ And, I'll warrant her, full of game.

_Cas._ Indeed she's a most fresh and delicate creature.[5543]

_Iago._ What an eye she has! methinks it sounds a parley[5544][5545] 20
to provocation.[5544][5546]

_Cas._ An inviting eye; and yet methinks right modest.[5547]

_Iago._ And when she speaks, is it not an alarum to love?[5547][5548]

_Cas._ She is indeed perfection.

_Iago._ Well, happiness to their sheets! Come, lieutenant, 25
I have a stoup of wine; and here without are a brace of[5549]
Cyprus gallants that would fain have a measure to the[5550]
health of black Othello.[5551]

_Cas._ Not to-night, good Iago: I have very poor and
unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy 30
would invent some other custom of entertainment.

_Iago._ O, they are our friends; but one cup: I'll drink
for you.

_Cas._ I have drunk but one cup to-night, and that was[5552]
craftily qualified too, and behold what innovation it makes[5553] 35
here: I am unfortunate in the infirmity and dare not task[5554]
my weakness with any more.

_Iago._ What, man! 'tis a night of revels: the gallants
desire it.

_Cas._ Where are they? 40

_Iago._ Here at the door; I pray you, call them in.

_Cas._ I'll do't; but it dislikes me. [_Exit._

_Iago._ If I can fasten but one cup upon him,
With that which he hath drunk to-night already,
He'll be as full of quarrel and offence 45
As my young mistress' dog. Now my sick fool Roderigo,[5555]
Whom love hath turn'd almost the wrong side out,[5556]
To Desdemona hath to-night caroused
Potations pottle-deep; and he's to watch:
Three lads of Cyprus, noble swelling spirits,[5557] 50
That hold their honours in a wary distance,[5558]
The very elements of this warlike isle,
Have I to-night fluster'd with flowing cups,
And they watch too. Now, 'mongst this flock of drunkards,[5559]
Am I to put our Cassio in some action[5560] 55
That may offend the isle. But here they come:[5561]
If consequence do but approve my dream,[5562]
My boat sails freely, both with wind and stream.

_Re-enter_ CASSIO; _with him_ MONTANO _and_ Gentlemen; _Servants
following with wine._[5563]

_Cas._ 'Fore God, they have given me a rouse already.[5564]

_Mon._ Good faith, a little one; not past a pint, as I am[5565] 60
a soldier.[5565]

_Iago._ Some wine, ho!
[_Sings_] And let me the canakin clink, clink;[5566][5567][5568]
And let me the canakin clink:[5567][5569]
A soldier's a man;[5567][5570] 65
A life's but a span;[5567][5570][5571]
Why then let a soldier drink.[5567]
Some wine, boys![5572]

_Cas._ 'Fore God, an excellent song.[5573]

_Iago._ I learned it in England, where indeed they are 70
most potent in potting: your Dane, your German, and
your swag-bellied Hollander,--Drink, ho!--are nothing to
your English.[5574]

_Cas._ Is your Englishman so expert in his drinking?[5575]

_Iago._ Why, he drinks you with facility your Dane dead 75
drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he gives[5576]
your Hollander a vomit ere the next pottle can be filled.

_Cas._ To the health of our general!

_Mon._ I am for it, lieutenant, and I'll do you justice.[5577]

_Iago._ O sweet England! 80
[_Sings_] King Stephen was a worthy peer,[5578]
His breeches cost him but a crown;[5567]
He held them sixpence all too dear,[5567][5579]
With that he call'd the tailor lown.[5567]

He was a wight of high renown,[5567] 85
And thou art but of low degree:[5567]
'Tis pride that pulls the country down;[5567]
Then take thine auld cloak about thee.[5567][5580]
Some wine, ho!

_Cas._ Why, this is a more exquisite song than the other.[5581] 90

_Iago._ Will you hear't again?

_Cas._ No; for I hold him to be unworthy of his place[5582]
that does those things. Well: God's above all; and[5583]
there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must[5584][5585]
not be saved.[5585] 95

_Iago._ It's true, good lieutenant.[5586]

_Cas._ For mine own part--no offence to the general, nor
any man of quality--I hope to be saved.

_Iago._ And so do I too, lieutenant.[5587]

_Cas._ Ay, but, by your leave, not before me; the lieutenant 100
is to be saved before the ancient. Let's have no[5588]
more of this; let's to our affairs. God forgive us our sins![5589]
Gentlemen, let's look to our business. Do not think, gentlemen,
I am drunk: this is my ancient: this is my right
hand, and this is my left. I am not drunk now; I can[5590] 105
stand well enough, and speak well enough.[5591]

_All._ Excellent well.[5592]

_Cas._ Why, very well then; you must not think then[5593]
that I am drunk. [_Exit._[5594]

_Mon._ To the platform, masters; come, let's set the watch.[5595] 110

_Iago._ You see this fellow that is gone before;
He is a soldier fit to stand by Cæsar[5596]
And give direction: and do but see his vice;
'Tis to his virtue a just equinox,[5597]
The one as long as the other: 'tis pity of him. 115
I fear the trust Othello puts him in[5598]
On some odd time of his infirmity
Will shake this island.[5599]

_Mon._ But is he often thus?

_Iago._ 'Tis evermore the prologue to his sleep:[5600]
He'll watch the horologe a double set,[5601] 120
If drink rock not his cradle.

_Mon._ It were well[5602]
The general were put in mind of it.[5603]
Perhaps he sees it not, or his good nature
Prizes the virtue that appears in Cassio[5604]
And looks not on his evils: is not this true? 125

_Enter_ RODERIGO.[5605]

_Iago._ [_Aside to him_] How now, Roderigo![5606]
I pray you, after the lieutenant; go. [_Exit Roderigo._[5607]

_Mon._ And 'tis great pity that the noble Moor
Should hazard such a place as his own second
With one of an ingraft infirmity:[5608] 130
It were an honest action to say[5609]
So to the Moor.[5609][5610]

_Iago._ Not I, for this fair island:
I do love Cassio well, and would do much
To cure him of this evil:--But, hark! what noise?

[_A cry within_: 'Help! help!'

_Re-enter_ CASSIO, _driving in_ RODERIGO.[5611]

_Cas._ 'Zounds! you rogue! you rascal![5612] 135

_Mon._ What's the matter, lieutenant?

_Cas._ A knave teach me my duty! But I'll beat the[5613][5614]
knave into a wicker bottle.[5613][5615]

_Rod._ Beat me![5613][5616]

_Cas._ Dost thou prate, rogue? [_Striking Roderigo._[5613][5617] 140

_Mon._ Nay, good lieutenant; I pray you, sir, hold[5613][5618]
your hand.[5613]

_Cas._ Let me go, sir, or I'll knock you o'er the mazzard.[5613][5619]

_Mon._ Come, come, you're drunk.[5613][5620] 145

_Cas._ Drunk! [_They fight._[5621]

_Iago._ [_Aside to Roderigo_] Away, I say; go out, and
cry a mutiny. [_Exit Roderigo._[5622]
Nay, good lieutenant! God's will, gentlemen![5623]
Help, ho!--Lieutenant,--sir,--Montano--sir;--[5624]
Help, masters!--Here's a goodly watch indeed![5625] 150

[_A bell rings._

Who's that that rings the bell?--Diablo, ho![5626]
The town will rise: God's will, lieutenant, hold;[5627]
You will be shamed for ever.

_Re-enter_ OTHELLO _and_ Attendants.

_Oth._ What is the matter here?[5628]

_Mon._ 'Zounds, I bleed still; I am hurt to the death

[_Faints._[5629]

_Oth._ Hold, for your lives! 155

_Iago._ Hold, ho! Lieutenant,--sir,--Montano,--gentlemen,--[5630]
Have you forgot all sense of place and duty?[5631]
Hold! the general speaks to you; hold, hold, for shame![5632]

_Oth._ Why, how now, ho! from whence ariseth this?[5633]
Are we turn'd Turks, and to ourselves do that 160
Which heaven hath forbid the Ottomites?[5634]
For Christian shame, put by this barbarous brawl:
He that stirs next to carve for his own rage[5635]
Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Silence that dreadful bell! it frights the isle 165
From her propriety. What is the matter, masters?[5636]
Honest Iago, that look'st dead with grieving,[5637]
Speak, who began this? on thy love, I charge thee.[5638]

_Iago._ I do not know: friends all but now, even now,[5639]
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom 170
Devesting them for bed; and then, but now,[5640]
As if some planet had unwitted men,[5641]
Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast,[5642]
In opposition bloody. I cannot speak[5643]
Any beginning to this peevish odds; 175
And would in action glorious I had lost
Those legs that brought me to a part of it![5644]

_Oth._ How comes it, Michael, you are thus forgot?[5645]

_Cas._ I pray you, pardon me; I cannot speak.

_Oth._ Worthy Montano, you were wont be civil;[5646][5647] 180
The gravity and stillness of your youth
The world hath noted, and your name is great
In mouths of wisest censure: what's the matter,[5648]
That you unlace your reputation thus,[5649]
And spend your rich opinion for the name 185
Of a night-brawler? give me answer to it.[5650]

_Mon._ Worthy Othello, I am hurt to danger:
Your officer, Iago, can inform you--
While I spare speech, which something now offends me--[5651]
Of all that I do know: nor know I aught 190
By me that's said or done amiss this night;[5652]
Unless self-charity be sometimes a vice,[5653]
And to defend ourselves it be a sin
When violence assails us.

_Oth._ Now, by heaven,
My blood begins my safer guides to rule, 195
And passion, having my best judgement collied,[5654]
Assays to lead the way: if I once stir,[5655]
Or do but lift this arm, the best of you
Shall sink in my rebuke. Give me to know
How this foul rout began, who set it on, 200
And he that is approved in this offence,[5656]
Though he had twinn'd with me, both at a birth,
Shall lose me. What! in a town of war,[5657]
Yet wild, the people's hearts brimful of fear,
To manage private and domestic quarrel,[5658] 205
In night, and on the court and guard of safety![5659]
'Tis monstrous. Iago, who began't?[5660]

_Mon._ If partially affined, or leagued in office,[5661]
Thou dost deliver more or less than truth,
Thou art no soldier.[5662]

_Iago._ Touch me not so near: 210
I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth[5663]
Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio;
Yet, I persuade myself, to speak the truth[5664]
Shall nothing wrong him. Thus it is, general.[5665]
Montano and myself being in speech, 215
There comes a fellow crying out for help,
And Cassio following him with determined sword,[5666]
To execute upon him. Sir, this gentleman
Steps in to Cassio and entreats his pause:[5667]
Myself the crying fellow did pursue, 220
Lest by his clamour--as it so fell out--
The town might fall in fright: he, swift of foot,
Outran my purpose; and I return'd the rather[5668]
For that I heard the clink and fall of swords,
And Cassio high in oath; which till to-night[5669] 225
I ne'er might say before. When I came back--[5670]
For this was brief--I found them close together,
At blow and thrust; even as again they were
When you yourself did part them.
More of this matter cannot I report:[5671] 230
But men are men; the best sometimes forget:
Though Cassio did some little wrong to him,
As men in rage strike those that wish them best,[5672]
Yet surely Cassio, I believe, received
From him that fled some strange indignity, 235
Which patience could not pass.

_Oth._ I know, Iago,
Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter,
Making it light to Cassio. Cassio, I love thee;
But never more be officer of mine.

_Re-enter_ DESDEMONA, _attended_.[5673]

Look, if my gentle love be not raised up! 240
I'll make thee an example.

_Des._ What's the matter?[5674]

_Oth._ All's well now, sweeting; come away to bed.[5675][5676]
Sir, for your hurts, myself will be your surgeon:[5675]
Lead him off. [_To Montano, who is led off._[5675][5677]
Iago, look with care about the town, 245
And silence those whom this vile brawl distracted.[5678]
Come, Desdemona: 'tis the soldiers' life
To have their balmy slumbers waked with strife.

[_Exeunt all but Iago and Cassio._[5679]

_Iago._ What, are you hurt, lieutenant?[5680]

_Cas._ Ay, past all surgery.[5681] 250

_Iago._ Marry, heaven forbid![5682]

_Cas._ Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost[5683][5684][5685]
my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself,
and[5683][5685][5686]
what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my[5683]
reputation![5683] 255

_Iago._ As I am an honest man, I thought you had received[5687]
some bodily wound; there is more sense in that than in[5688]
reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition;
oft got without merit and lost without deserving: you have
lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a 260
loser. What, man! there are ways to recover the general[5689]
again: you are but now cast in his mood, a punishment
more in policy than in malice; even so as one would beat his
offenceless dog to affright an imperious lion: sue to him[5690]
again, and he's yours. 265

_Cas._ I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so
good a commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet[5691]
an officer. Drunk? and speak parrot? and squabble?[5692][5693]
swagger? swear? and discourse fustian with one's own shadow?[5692]
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name[5692][5694] 270
to be known by, let us call thee devil!

_Iago._ What was he that you followed with your sword?
What had he done to you?

_Cas._ I know not.

_Iago._ Is't possible? 275

_Cas._ I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly,
a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should[5695]
put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel and applause,[5696]
transform ourselves into beasts! 280

_Iago._ Why, but you are now well enough: how came
you thus recovered?

_Cas._ It hath pleased the devil drunkenness to give place
to the devil wrath: one unperfectness shows me another, to
make me frankly despise myself. 285

_Iago._ Come, you are too severe a moraler: as the time,
the place, and the condition of this country stands, I could[5697]
heartily wish this had not befallen; but since it is as it is,[5698]
mend it for your own good.

_Cas._ I will ask him for my place again; he shall tell me 290
I am a drunkard! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such
an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man,[5699]
by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O strange! Every[5700]
inordinate cup is unblest, and the ingredient is a devil.[5701]

_Iago._ Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature,[5702] 295
if it be well used: exclaim no more against it. And, good
lieutenant, I think you think I love you.

_Cas._ I have well approved it, sir. I drunk!

_Iago._ You or any man living may be drunk at some time,[5703]
man. I'll tell you what you shall do. Our general's wife[5704] 300
is now the general. I may say so in this respect, for that
he hath devoted and given up himself to the contemplation,[5705]
mark and denotement of her parts and graces: confess[5706]
yourself freely to her; importune her help to put you in[5707]
your place again: she is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed[5708] 305
a disposition, she holds it a vice in her goodness not to do[5709]
more than she is requested: this broken joint between you[5710]
and her husband entreat her to splinter; and, my fortunes
against any lay worth naming, this crack of your love shall
grow stronger than it was before.[5711] 310

_Cas._ You advise me well.

_Iago._ I protest, in the sincerity of love and honest[5712]
kindness.

_Cas._ I think it freely; and betimes in the morning I[5713]
will beseech the virtuous Desdemona to undertake for me:[5713] 315
I am desperate of my fortunes if they check me here.[5714]

_Iago._ You are in the right. Good night, lieutenant; I[5715]
must to the watch.[5715]

_Cas._ Good night, honest Iago. [_Exit._[5716]

_Iago._ And what's he then that says I play the villain?[5717] 320
When this advice is free I give and honest,
Probal to thinking, and indeed the course[5718]
To win the Moor again? For 'tis most easy[5719]
The inclining Desdemona to subdue[5720]
In any honest suit. She's framed as fruitful[5720] 325
As the free elements. And then for her
To win the Moor, were't to renounce his baptism,[5721]
All seals and symbols of redeemed sin,
His soul is so enfetter'd to her love,
That she may make, unmake, do what she list, 330
Even as her appetite shall play the god
With his weak function. How am I then a villain[5722]
To counsel Cassio to this parallel course,[5723]
Directly to his good? Divinity of hell![5723][5724]
When devils will the blackest sins put on,[5725] 335
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows,
As I do now: for whiles this honest fool[5726]
Plies Desdemona to repair his fortunes,[5727]
And she for him pleads strongly to the Moor,
I'll pour this pestilence into his ear, 340
That she repeals him for her body's lust;[5728]
And by how much she strives to do him good,
She shall undo her credit with the Moor.
So will I turn her virtue into pitch;
And out of her own goodness make the net 345
That shall enmesh them all.

_Enter_ RODERIGO.[5729]

How now, Roderigo!

_Rod._ I do follow here in the chase, not like a hound that[5730]
hunts, but one that fills up the cry. My money is almost
spent; I have been to-night exceedingly well cudgelled;[5731]
and I think the issue will be, I shall have so much[5732] 350
experience for my pains; and so, with no money at all and a[5733]
little more wit, return again to Venice.[5733]

_Iago._ How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Thou know'st we work by wit and not by witchcraft,[5734] 355
And wit depends on dilatory time.
Does't not go well? Cassio hath beaten thee,[5735]
And thou by that small hurt hast cashier'd Cassio:[5736]
Though other things grow fair against the sun,[5737]
Yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripe:[5738] 360
Content thyself awhile. By the mass, 'tis morning;[5739]
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.[5740]
Retire thee; go where thou art billeted:
Away, I say; thou shalt know more hereafter:
Nay, get thee gone. [_Exit Rod._] Two things are to be done:[5741] 365
My wife must move for Cassio to her mistress;
I'll set her on;[5742][5743][5744][5745]
Myself the while to draw the Moor apart,[5743][5745][5746]
And bring him jump when he may Cassio find[5747]
Soliciting his wife: ay, that's the way; 370
Dull not device by coldness and delay. [_Exit._[5748]

FOOTNOTES:

[5314] ACT II. SCENE I.] Actus 2. Scæna 1. Qq. Actus Secundus. Scena Prima. Ff.

A ... quay.] Edd. (Globe ed.) The capital City of Cyprus. Rowe. The Capital of Cyprus. A Plat-form. Capell. A Sea-port town in Cyprus. A Platform. Malone.

Enter....] F₁. Enter Montano and Gentleman. F₂ F₃ F₄. Enter Montanio, Governor of Cypres, with two other Gentlemen. Qq (Cyprus Q₂ Q₃).

[5315] _high-wrought_] Hyphened by Pope.

[5316] _heaven_] _haven_ Q₁. _heav'ns_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5317] Seymour, reading _oak so strong, When the huge mountains_, proposes to end the lines _spoke ... shook ... so ... strong ... hold ... this?_

[5318] _hath spoke_] Ff. _does speake_ Q₁ Q₂. _doth speake_ Q₃.

_at land_] _at hand_ Q₃.

[5319] _hath_] Ff. _ha_ Qq. _ha'_ Q (1695).

[5320] _mountains melt on them,_] F₃ F₄. _mountaines melt on them,_ F₁ F₂ Q₃. _the huge mountaine meslt,_ Q₁. _mountaine melt on them,_ Q₂. _the huge mountains melt,_ Pope. _the huge mountain melts,_ Jennens. _mountains meet on them,_ Jackson conj.

[5321] _mortise_] Theobald (ed. 2). _morties_ Qq Ff. _mortises_ Seymore conj.

[5322] Sec. Gent.] 2. Gent. Qq. 2. Ff.

[5323] _foaming_] _banning_ Q₁.

[5324] _chidden_] Ff. _chiding_ Qq.

_billow_] _billowes_ Q₂ Q₃.

_seems_] _seem_ Q₃.

[5325] _mane_] Knight. _mayne_ Qq. _maine_ F₁ F₂. _main_ F₃ F₄.

[5326] _ever-fixed_] Ff. _ever fired_ Qq.

[5327] _On the enchafed_] _On 'th' enchaf'd_ Hanmer.

_that the_] _that be the_ F₄. _the_ Seymour conj.

[5328] _embay'd_] Ff. _embayed_ Qq.

_they are_] _they're_ Pope.

[5329] _to_] _they_ Q₁.

Enter a third Gentleman.] Qq. Enter a Gentleman. Ff.

[5330] SCENE II. Pope.

[5331] Third Gent.] 3 Gent. Qq. 3. Ff.

[5332] _lads_] _lords_ Q₁.

_lads! our_] _lords, our_ Pope.

_our_] Ff. _your_ Qq.

[5333] _Turks_] F₃ F₄. _Turkes_ F₁ F₂. _Turke_ Qq.

[5334] _That ... sufferance_] As in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _seene_, in Q₁. Three, ending _halts: ... Venice, ... sufferance_, in Q₂ Q₃.

[5335] _a noble_] _Another_ Q₁. _A_ Hanmer.

[5336] _wreck_] Theobald (ed. 2). _wracke_ Qq F₁ F₂. _wrack_ F₃ F₄.

[5337] _their_] _the_ Q₁.

[5338] _The ... Cassio,_] As in Qq. One line in Ff.

[5339] _here_] om. F₄.

[5340] _in, A Veronesa:_] _in, A Veronessa;_ Theobald. _in: A Veronessa,_ Qq. _in: A Verennessa,_ F₁. _in: A Veronesso,_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _in; a Veronessa;_ Hanmer. _in, A Veronese;_ Johnson. _in: A Veronesé_, Collier (Heath conj.) _in: A Florentine,_ Collier MS. _in, The Veronessa;_ Steevens conj.

[5341] _to_] _of_ F₄.

[5342] _on shore_] Ff. _a shore_ Qq.

_the Moor himself_] _the Moor himself's_ Rowe. _the Moor's himself_ Dyce conj.

[5343] _I ... governor._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[5344] _prays_] _praye_ F₁.

[5345] _heavens_] Ff. _heaven_ Qq.

[5346] _Like ... ho!_] One line in Ff. Two in Qq.

_ho_!]om. Pope.

[5347] _Even ... regard._] Omitted in Q₁.]

[5348] _the aerial_] _th' aerial_ Pope. _th' Eriall_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _th' Ayre all_ Q₂ Q₃. _th' Erial_ F₄.

_blue_] Q₂ Q₃ F₄. _blew_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[5349] _An_] F₁ Q₂. _And_ F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄.

[5350] _more arrivance_] Qq. _more Arrivancie_ F₁. _more Arrivancy_ F₂ F₃. _our Arrivancy_ F₄.

[going Capell

Enter Cassio.] Enter Cassio: the others run and salute him. Capell.

[5351] SCENE III. Pope

_Thanks, you the_] Knight. _Thankes you, the_ Ff. _Thankes to the_ Qq.

_this_] Qq. _the_ Ff.

_warlike_] Ff. _worthy_ Q₁. om. Q₂ Q₃.

[5352] _O, let_] _Oh let_ Ff. _and let_ Qq.

[5353] _against_] _from_ F₄.

_the_] Ff. _their_ Qq.

[5354] _a_] _the_ Q₃.

[5355] _pilot_] _Pilot_ F₃ F₄. _Pylot_ F₁ F₂. _Pilate_ Q₁. _Pilote_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5356] _Of very ... and_] _Very expert and of_ Johnson conj.

[5357] _hopes_ F₃ F₄. _hope's_ The rest.

[5358] _hopes, ... cure_] _fears, ... cure or hopes, not forfeited to death, Stand bold, not sure_ Johnson conj.

[5359] [A cry within:] Within. Ff. Enter a Messenger. Mess. Qq. Enter another Gentleman. 4. G. Capell.

Enter a fourth Gentleman.] Dyce. Enter another Gentleman. Malone. om. Qq Ff.

[5360] _noise_] _news_ Capell.

[5361] Fourth Gent.] 4. G. Capell. Gent. Ff. Mess. Qq.

_on_] _one_ Q₃.

[5362] _Stand_] Ff. _otand_ Q₁. _Stands_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5363] _governor_] Ff. _guernement_ Q₁. _gouernement_ Q₂. _government_ Q₃.

[Guns heard.] Capell. A shot. Qq (after _least_, line 57). om. Ff. Sound of Cannon. Johnson (after _least_, line 57).

[5364] Sec. Gent.] 2. Gen. Qq. Gent. Ff.

_their_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[5365] _friends_] Ff. _friend_ Qq.

[5366] Sec Gent.] 2. Gent. Qq. Gent. Ff.

[5367] _quirks of_] Omitted in Q₁.

[5368] _the essential_] _terrestrial_ Warburton. _the sensual_ Heath conj.

[5369] _tire the ingener._] Knight (Steevens conj.) _tyre the Ingeniuer._ F₁. _tire the Ingeniver._ F₂ F₃ F₄. _beare all excellency:--_ Q₁. _beare an excellency:--_ Q₂ Q₃. _bear an excellency--_ Rowe. _bear all excellency--_ Pope. _tire th' ingenious verse._ Johnson conj. _tire the inventer._ Capell. _tire the ingenuous virtue._ Steevens conj. _tire the ingene ever._ Malone conj. _tire the engineer._ or _beat all excellency._ Mason conj. _tire the ingenieur._ Henley conj. _bear all excellence._ Seymour conj. _try the ingenieur._ Becket conj. _tire the Indian ever._ Jackson conj. _tire the imaginer._ Jervis conj.

SCENE IV. Pope.

Re-enter....] Capell. Enter 2. Gentlemen. Qq (after _in?_). Enter Gentleman. Ff.

_How_] Ff. om. Qq.

[5370] Cas.] Cassio. Ff. om. Qq, continuing the speech to 2. Gent.

_He has_] Qq. _Ha's_ Ff. _Has_ Dyce. _He's_ Grant White.

[5371] _high seas_] _by seas_ Q₁.

[5372] _gutter'd_] Ff. _guttered_ Qq.

[5373] _ensteep'd_] _ensteep'd,_ Ff Q₂ Q₃. _enscerped;_ Q₁. _enur'd_ Pope conj. _enscarf'd_ Steevens conj. _escerped_ Id. conj. _enscarp'd_ Grant White.

_clog_] Qq. _enclogge_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _enclog_ F₄.

[5374] _mortal_] _common_ Qq.

_go safely_] _safe go_ Pope.

[5375] _She ... captain,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_spake_] _spoke_ Q₁. _speak_ Q (1695).

_great_] om. Q₃.

[5376] _Jove_] _God_ Malone conj.

[5377] _Make ... in_] Ff. _And swiftly come to_ Qq.

[5378] _Give ... spirits,_] One line in Ff. Two in Qq.

_extincted_] _extinctest_ F₃ F₄. _extinguish'd_ Rowe.

[5379] _And ... comfort._] Qq. Omitted in Ff.

_bring_] _give_ Rowe.

Enter ... Attendants.] Malone, after Capell. Enter Desdemona, Iago, Rodorigo, and Æmilia. Ff. Enter Desdemona, Iago, Emillia, and Roderigo. Qq (Emilla Q₂ Q₃), after _armes_, line 80.

SCENE V. Pope.

[5380] _on shore_] _ashore_ Q₁.

[5381] _Ye_] Qq. _You_ Ff.

[5382] _thee, lady_] _the lady_ Q (1695).

[5383] _me_] om F₁.

[5384] _yet_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5385] _O ... company?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_fear--_] _feare:--_ Qq. _feare:_ Ff.

[5386] _the sea_] _sea_ F₁.

[5387] _fellowship--But_] _fellowship. But_ Ff. _fellowship: but_ Qq.

[A cry within: '_A sail, a sail!_'] Within. _A saile, a saile._ Ff. After _company?_ line 91, in Qq.

Guns heard.] Sound of Cannons. Johnson. om. Qq Ff.

[5388] _their_] Qq. _this_ Ff.

_the_] _this_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5389] _See ... news._] _So speakes this voyce:_ Q₁.

[Exit ...] Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[5390] [To Emilia] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[5391] [Kissing her.] Kisses her. Johnson. Saluting her. Hanmer. om. Qq Ff.

[5392] _Sir_,] _For_ Q₁.

[5393] _oft bestows_] F₄. _oft bestowes_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _has bestowed_ Qq.

_on_] Qq F₁. _of_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5394] _You'ld_] _You'd_ Qq. _You would_ Ff.

[5395] _In faith_,] _I know_ Q₁.

[5396] _it still when_] Ff. _it, I; for when_ Q₁. _it still, for when_ Q₂ Q₃.

_have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

_list_] Q₁. _leave_ Ff Q₂ Q₃. _lust_ Collier (Collier MS.) _lief_ Anon. conj.

[5397] _her heart_] _heart_ Q₃.

[5398] _have_] Ff Q₃. _ha_ Q₁ Q₂.

[5399] _Come ... beds._] Prose in F₁.

[5400] _you are_] _you're_ Pope.

_of doors_] F₄. _of dores_ Q₂ F₂ Q₃. _of doores_ F₃. _of doore_ F₁. _adores_ Q₁.

[5401] _housewifery_] Q₂ Q₃. _houswifery_ Q₁. _huswiferie_ F₁. _huswiferie_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_and_] om. Hanmer.

_housewives_] Q₂ Q₃. _houswives_ Q₁. _huswives_ Ff.

[5402] Des.] om. Q₁. Emil. Jennens.

Em. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[5403] _What ... me?_] One line in Rowe. Two in Qq. Prose in Ff.

_thou_] Qq. om. Ff.

_me?_] _me._ F₂ F₃.

[5404] _Come ... harbour?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_Come on, assay--_] _Come, one assay._ Pope.

_assay--_] Qq. _assay._ Ff.

[5405] _I am ... deliver'd._] Arranged as in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[5406] _indeed_] om. Q₃.

_my_] om. Johnson.

[5407] _frize_] Steevens (1773). _freeze_ Qq Ff.

[5408] _brains_] _braine_ Qq.

[5409] _deliver'd_] Q₁ F₁. _delivered_ The rest.

[5410] Printed in italics in Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5411] _useth_] _using_ Q₁.

[5412] _Well ... witty?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5413] _fit_] _hit_ Q₁.

[5414] _foolish?_] _foolish._ F₂ F₃.

[5415] _never yet was ... For_] _ne'er was yet so ... But_ Johnson conj.

[5416] _her to an heir._] _her, to a haire._ Q₁.

[5417] _These ... foolish?_] Prose in Ff. Three lines, ending _alehouse, ... her, ... foolish?_ in Qq.

[5418] _fond_] Ff. om. Qq.

[5419] _wise ones_] _wise-ones_ F₁ F₂.

[5420] _thou praisest_] Ff. _that praises_ Qq.

[5421] _indeed, ... itself?_] _indeed?... it selfe?_ Qq. _indeed?... it selfe._ Ff.

[5422] _merit_] Ff. _merrits_ Q₁. _merits_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5423] _put on_] _put down_ Theobald.

[5424] _being anger'd_] _when anger'd_ Pope.

[5425] _ne'er_] _ne're_ Qq F₃ F₄. _nev'r_ F₁ F₂.

[5426] _See ... behind;_] Omitted in Q₁.

_not_] _ne'er_ Johnson.

[5427] _such wight_] Qq. _such wights_ Ff (_wightes_ F₁).

_were,--_] _were._ Q₁. _were)_ Ff Q₃. _were,)_ Q₂.

[5428] _were,--_ Des. _To_] _were, To--_ Des. Seymour conj.

[5429] _O most ... counsellor?_] Prose in Ff. Four irregular lines in Qq.

[5430] _liberal_] _illiberal_ Hanmer.

_counsellor_] _censurer_ Theobald.

[5431] _He ... scholar._] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _him,_ in Qq.

[5432] _the scholar_] _scholler_ F₂.

[they converse apart. Capell.

[5433] [Aside] Rowe. A sid to him selfe. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

_ay, well_] _I, well_ Ff. _I well_ Qq.

_said_] Ff. _sed_ Qq.

[5434] _with as ... will I_] _as ... will_ Q₁.

[5435] _fly_] _flee_ Q₁.

_Ay, smile_] _I, smile_ Q₂ F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄. _I smile_ Q₁ F₁.

_gyve thee_] F₂. _give thee_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _catch you_ Qq.

[5436] _thine_] Ff. _your_ Qq.

_courtship_] _courtesies_ Q₁.

[5437] _lieutenantry_] _lieutenancy_ Rowe.

[5438] _kissed_] _kiss'd_ Ff. _rist_ Qq.

[5439] _which now again_] _which--now again!--_ Anon. conj.

[5440] _Very_] om. Q₁.

_an_] Q₁. _and_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_courtesy_] _courtesie_ Qq. _curtsie_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _curtesie_ F₄.

_so_] om. Q₃.

[5441] _again_] Q₃. _againe,_ Q₁ Ff Q₂. _again--_ Rowe.

_to_] Ff. _at_ Qq.

[5442] [Trumpet within.] Q₂ Q₃ (after line 175). Trumpets within. Q₁ (after line 175). Omitted in Ff.

[5443] _comes_] _come_ F₃ F₄.

SCENE VI. Pope.

[Enter....] Places as in Ff. After line 175 in Qq.

[5444] _To see ... joy!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_O_] om. Pope.

[5445] _come_] _came_ Q₃.

_calms_] F₄. _calmes_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _calmenesse_ Qq.

[5446] _waken'd_] Ff. _wakned_ Q₃. _wakened_ Q₁ Q₂.

[5447] _from_] _for_ Q₃.

_it_] _I_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5448] _But ... increase,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5449] _do grow_] om. Steevens conj.

_to that_] om. Seymour conj.

_that, sweet powers!_] _that sweete power,_ Q₁. _that sweet prayer!_ Warburton.

[5450] _discords_] Ff. _discord_ Qq.

[Kissing her.] they kisse. Q₁. Kisse. Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in Ff.

[5451] [Aside] Rowe.

_O_] om. Hanmer.

[5452] _O ... am._] Verse as in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[5453] _set_] _let_ Pope.

_make_] _makes_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5454] _let us_] _lees_ Q₃. _let's_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5455] _News ... drown'd._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_News_] _Now_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_drown'd_] _dro_ Q₂.

[5456] _does my_] _doe our_ Q₁.

_of this_] _of the_ Q₁. _in this_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[to Montano. Capell.

[5457] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

[5458] _comforts_] _comfort_ Pope.

_I_] om. Pope.

[5459] _my_] _thy_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5460] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Oth. Des. Emi. Mon. Gen. and Att. Capell. Exit. Q₁. Exeunt. Q₂ Q₃. Exit Othello and Desdemona. Ff (Exeunt.... F₄).

[5461] SCENE VII. Manent Jago and Rodorigo. Pope.

_thou_] _you_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_harbour_] _Habour_ Q₁.

[5462] _hither_] Qq. _thither_ Ff.

[calling him back. Rann.

[5463] _as ... them_] [Aside] _as ... them_ Anon. conj.

[5464] _list me_] _list-me_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[5465] _of_] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

_must_] Ff. _will_ Qq.

_thee this: Desdemona_] Ff. _thee, this Desdemona_ Q₁. _thee this, Desdemona_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5466] _finger_] _fingers_ F₄.

[5467] _first_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5468] _and will she love_] Qq. _To love_ Ff.

[5469] _prating?_] Qq. _prating,_ Ff.

_thy_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[5470] _it_] _so_ Q₁.

[5471] _be, again_] Hanmer. _be again_ Theobald. _be againe_ Q₁. _be a game_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_to give_] Ff. _give_ Qq.

[5472] _satiety_] Ff. _saciety_ Q₁ Q₂. _satity_ Q₃.

_appetite,_] Theobald. _appetite._ Qq Ff.

_loveliness_] _Love lines_ Q₁.

[5473] _the gorge_] _the, gorge_ F₁.

[5474] _in it_] Ff. _to it_ Qq.

[5475] _a most_] _most_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5476] _eminently_] Qq. _eminent_ Ff.

[5477] _further_] Ff. _farder_ Qq.

[5478] _humane seeming_] _hand-seeming_ Q₁. _human seeming_ Rowe.

[5479] _compassing_] Qq. _compasse_ Ff.

[5480] _most hidden loose_] _hidden_ Q₁. _most hidden-loose_ S. Walker conj.

[5481] _affection_] Ff. _affections_ Qq.

_why, none; why, none:_] Omitted in Q₁.

[5482] _slipper and subtle_] _slipper, and subtle_ F₁. _slippery, and subtle_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _subtle slippery_ Qq.

[5483] _a finder out of occasions_] Qq. _a finder of occasion_ Ff. _a finder of occasions_ Rowe. _a finder of warm occasions_ Johnson.

_has_] _he's_ F₁.

[5484] _counterfeit ... itself:_] _counterfeit the true advantages never present themselves._ Q₁.

[5485] _a ... knave!_] Omitted in Qq.

[5486] _pestilent complete_] _pestilent-complete_ S. Walker conj.

[5487] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[5488] _in her_] _of her_ Pope.

[5489] _blest_] Qq. _bless'd_ Ff. _blessed_ Reed (1803).

[5490] _condition_] _conditions_ Q₃.

[5491] _drinks_] _drinke_ F₂.

[5492] _blest pudding_] _Bless'd pudding_ Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[5493] _didst ... that?_] Omitted in Q₁.

[5494] _that I did_] Ff. Omitted in Qq.

[5495] _obscure_] om. Q₁. _obscene_ Staunton conj.

[5496] _Villanous thoughts,_] Omitted in Q₁.

_Roderigo_] _Rodorigo_ Ff. Omitted in Qq.

_mutualities_] Qq. _mutabilities_ Ff.

[5497] _hard at hand_] Ff. _hand at hand_ Qq.

_comes ... main_] Ff. _comes the maine_ Q₁. _comes Roderigo, the master and the maine_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5498] _incorporate_] _incorrupt_ Q₃.

_pish!_] om. Qq.

[5499] _for the_] Ff. _for your_ Q₁. _for_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5500] _tainting_] _taunting_ Steevens conj. (withdrawn).

_course_] _cause_ Q₁.

[5501] _he is_] Qq. _he's_ Ff.

[5502] _haply_] Q₁ Q₂. _happely_ F₁. _happily_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _hoply_ Q₃.

_may_] _with his Trunchen may_ Qq.

[5503] _these_] _those_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5504] _taste_] _trust_ Q₁.

_again_] _again't_ Qq.

[5505] _by the_] _by_ F₃ F₄.

_displanting_] _displaying_ Q₃. _transplanting_ Theobald (ed. 2).

[5506] _impediment_] _impediments_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_profitably_] _profitable_ Q₃.

[5507] _the which_] Ff. _which_ Qq.

_were_] _was_ Pope.

[5508] _if I can_] Qq. _if you can_ Ff. _if can_ Jennens (a misprint).

[5509] [Exit.] om. Q₃.

[5510] SCENE VIII. Manet Jago. Pope.

_believe it_] Qq. _beleev't_ Ff. _believe_ Pope.

[5511] _constant, loving_] _constant-loving_ S. Walker conj.

_loving, noble_] Ff. _noble, loving_ Qq.

[5512] _do_] om. Pope.

[5513] _led_] Ff. _lead_ Qq.

[5514] _lusty_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _lustie_ F₁. _lustfull_ Qq.

[5515] _thought_] _thoughts_ F₄.

[5516] _or_] Ff. _nor_ Qq.

[5517] _even'd_] _even_ Q₁.

_for wife_] _for wift_ F₁.

[5518] _At least_] _At last_ Theobald (ed 2).

[5519] _trash ... I trash_] Steevens (1778). _trash ... I crush_ Q₁. _Trash ... I trace_ Ff Q₂ Q₃. _brach ... I trace_ Theobald (Warburton conj.) _brach ... I cherish_ Warburton. _brach ... I trash_ Collier, ed. 2 (Warton conj.) _brach ... I do cherish_ Heath conj. _rache ... I'd crush_ Becket conj. _trash ... I leash_ Bailey conj. _trash ... I train_ Anon. conj.

[5520] _rank_] _ranke_ Qq. _right_ Ff.

[5521] _with_] _wore_ Anon. MS. (pencil). See note (IV).

_night-cap_] _night-cape_ F₁.

[5522] SCENE II.] SCENE IXX. Pope.

A street.] Capell. The Street. Pope.

Enter ... following.] Malone. Enter a Gentleman reading a Proclamation. Q₁. Enter Othello's Herald with a Proclamation. Ff (Othello's, F₁). Enter Othello's Herauld, reading a Proclamation. Q₂ Q₃. People moving in it. Trumpets. Enter a Herald, attended. Capell.

[5523] _every_] Ff. _that every_ Qq.

[5524] _to make_] Ff. _make_ Qq.

[5525] _addiction_] Q₂ Q₃. _addition_ Ff. _minde_ Q₁. _mind's addiction_ Anon. conj.

[5526] _these_] _this_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_celebration_] _Delebration_ F₃.

[5527] _nuptial_] F₄. _nuptiall_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _nuptialls_ Qq.

[5528] _of feasting_] Omitted in Qq.

[5529] _five_] _nine_ Capell conj.

_have_] Ff. _hath_ Qq.

[5530] _told_] Qq F₁ F₂. _toll'd_ F₃ F₄.

_Heaven_] Qq. om. Ff. _God_ S. Walker conj.

[5531] Exeunt.] Steevens (1793). Shouts, and Exeunt. Capell. Exit. Ff. om. Qq.

[5532] SCENE III.] Capell. Scene continued in Qq Ff, and Pope. SCENE X. Hanmer.

A hall ...] The same. Hall of the Castle. Capell. The Castle. Hanmer.

Enter ... Attendants.] Ff. Enter Othello, Cassio, and Desdemona. Qq.

[5533] _that_] _the_ Q₁.

[5534] _direction_] _directed_ Q₁.

[5535] _to't_] Ff. _to it_ Qq.

[5536] _your_] _our_ Malone.

[5537] [To Desd. Johnson.

[5538] _That_] _The_ Q₁.

_profit's_] Ff. _profits_ Qq.

_'tween_] F₃ F₄. _'tweene_ F₁. _tweene_ F₂. _twixt_ Qq.

[5539] _Good night._] Cas. _Good night._ Anon. conj.

[Exeunt ...] Capell. Exit Othello and Desdemona. Qq. Exit. Ff.

[5540] _o' the clock_] _aclock_ Qq.

[5541] _who_] Qq F₁. _whom_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5542] _She's_] Ff. _She is_ Qq.

[5543] _she's_] _she is_ Qq.

[5544] _What ... provocation._] Prose in Pope. Two lines, the first ending _has?_ in Qq Ff.

[5545] _has!_] _ha's?_ F₁ F₂. _has?_ The rest.

[5546] _to_] Ff. _of_ Qq.

[5547] _An ... love?_] Two lines in Qq. Four in Ff.

[5548] _is it not ... love?_] Ff. _tis an alarme to love._ Qq.

[5549] _stoup_] _stope_ Qq Ff. _stoop_ Rowe.

[5550] _Cyprus_] _Cyprus'_ Capell.

[5551] _of_] Ff. _of the_ Qq.

[5552] _have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[5553] _too_] _to_ Q₁ Q₂. om. Johnson.

[5554] _unfortunate_] Qq. _infortunate_ Ff.

[5555] _As ... Roderigo,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_mistress'_] _mistris_ Qq F₁ F₂. _mistris's_ F₃. _mistriss's_ F₄.

_Now, my sick fool_] _My fool_ Seymour conj.

[5556] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

_out_] Ff. _outward_ Qq.

[5557] _lads_] Qq. _else_ Ff. _elks_ Jackson conj. _elves_ Collier MS.

[5558] _honours_] Ff. _honour,_ Qq.

[5559] _And ... drunkards,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_they_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

_'mongst_] _amongst_ Q₃.

[5560] _Am I_] F₁ F₂. _I am_ Qq. _And I_ F₃ F₄.

_in some_] _on some_ Capell conj.

[5561] _That ... come:_] One line in Ff. Two in Qq.

[5562] _dream_] _deem_ Theobald. _scheme_ Johnson conj.

[5563] Re-enter ... wine.] Dyce, substantially. Enter Montanio, Cassio, and others. Qq (opposite line 56). Enter Cassio, Montano, and Gentlemen. Ff (after line 56). Re-enter Cassio; Montano, and Others with him. Capell.

[5564] SCENE X. Pope. SCENE XI. Hanmer.

_'Fore_] Ff. _Fore_ Qq.

_God_] Q₁. _heaven_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5565] _Good faith ... soldier._] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _pint_, in Qq.

[5566] [Sings] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[5567] Printed in italics in Qq Ff.

[5568] _clink, clink_] _clink, clink, clink_ Hanmer.

[5569] _clink_] _clinke, clinke_ Qq.

[5570] _A ... span;_] Two lines in Capell. One in Qq Ff.

[5571] _A life's_] Qq. _Oh, mans life's_ Ff.

[5572] _Some wine_] _Come, wine_ Jennens.

[Wine brought in. Capell.

[5573] _God_] Q₁. _heaven_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5574] _English_] _Englishman_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[drinks, and puts it about. Capell.

[5575] _Englishman_] _Englishmen_ F₁.

_expert_] Q₁. _exquisite_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[5576] _sweats_] Q₁ Q₃. _sweates_ F₁ Q. _sweares_ F₂ F₃. _swears_ F₄.

[5577] _I'll_] _I will_ Qq.

[5578] _King ... peer,_] Printed as if not part of the song in Q₁. In italics in the rest.

_a_] Q₁. _and-a_ Ff. _and a_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5579] _them_] Ff. _'em_ Qq.

_too_] Q₁ F₃ F₄. _to_ The rest.

[5580] _Then_] Qq. _And_ Ff.

_thine_] Qq. _thy_ Ff.

_auld_] Q₂ Q₃. _owd_ Q₁. _awl'd_ Ff. _old_ Pope.

[5581] _Why_] _Fore God_ Q₁.

[5582] _to be_] om. Qq.

[5583] _things. Well:_] Ff. _things: Well,_ Q₁. _things well,_ Q₂ Q₃.

_God's_] Q₁. _heav'ns_ F₁ F₂. _heaven's_ The rest.

[5584] _must be_] Ff. _that must be_ Qq.

[5585] _and ... not be saved._] Omitted in Qq.

[5586] _It's_] _It is_ Qq.

[5587] _too_] om. Qq.

[5588] _have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[5589] _God_] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_us_] om. F₃ F₄.

[5590] _and this is_] _and this_ Q₃.

_left_] Ff. _left hand_ Qq.

[5591] _and_] Qq. _and I_ Ff.

[5592] All] Qq. Gent. Ff.

[5593] _Why_] om. Q₁.

_think then_] _think_ Q₁.

[5594] [Exit.] om. Rowe.

[5595] SCENE XI. Manent Jago and Montano. Pope. SCENE XII. Hanmer.

_platform_] F₄. _platforme_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _plotforme_ Q₁ Q₂. _pletforme_ Q₃.

_set_] _see_ Rowe.

[5596] _He is_] _He's_ F₁.

[5597] _virtue_] _virtues_ F₃ F₄.

[5598] _puts_] Ff. _put_ Qq.

_him in_] _in him_ Capell.

[5599] _island_] _isle_ Seymour conj.

[5600] _the_] Qq. _his_ Ff.

[5601] _horologe_] F₁ Q₃. _horolodge_ Q₁ Q₂. _horologue_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5602] _It were_] Ff. _Twere_ Qq (_T'were_ Q₂ Q₃), reading _Twere ... of it_ as one line.

[5603] _were_] _wete_ Q₁.

[5604] _Prizes_] Ff. _Praises_ Qq.

_virtue_] _vertues_ Q₁.

[5605] _looks_] _looke_ Q₁.

_is not this_] _is't not_ Seymour conj.

Enter Roderigo.] Roderigo shows himself. Capell.

[5606] [Aside to him] First marked by Capell.

[5607] [Exit Roderigo.] Exit Rod. Qq. om. Ff. [pushing him out. Capell.

[5608] _of an_] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5609] _It ... Moor._] As in Malone. One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _so_, in Ff.

[5610] _to_] _Unto_ Pope, ending the previous line _so_.

_Moor._] _Moor, Iago._ Anon. conj., dividing as Ff.

_Not I_] Q₁. (Dev.) Ff Q₂ Q₃. _Nor I_ Q₁. (Cap. and Chip.)

[5611] _But_] om. Pope.

[A cry ... _help!_'] Placed as in Theobald. Helpe, helpe, within. Qq, in italics, opposite line 133. Omitted in Ff.

Re-enter] Pope. Enter Qq Ff.

driving in] Qq. pursuing Ff.

[5612] _'Zounds!_] _Zouns_ Q₁. Omitted in the rest.

[5613] _A ... you're drunk._] Prose in Qq. Nine irregular lines in Ff. Five lines, ending _duty!... bottle ... lieutenant; ... sir, ... drunk,_ in Capell, reading as Ff.

[5614] _knave teach_] Ff. _knave, teach_ Qq.

_But_] Qq. om. Ff.

[5615] _wicker bottle_] Qq. _Twiggen-Bottle_ F₁. _Twiggen Bottle_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5616] _me!_] _me?_ Qq F₁. _me._ The rest, _me--_ Rowe.

[5617] [Striking Roderigo.] Beats Roderigo. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[5618] _Nay_] om. Qq.

_lieutenant_] _lieutenant, hold_ Seymour conj., reading as verse.

[Staying him. Rowe.

_I pray you, sir_] _pray sir_ Qq.

[5619] _knock_] _know_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_o'er_] _on_ Q₃.

[5620] _you're_] Ff. _you are_ Qq.

[5621] [They fight.] Qq. om. Ff. Draws upon Mon. and they fight. Capell.

[5622] [Aside ...] First marked by Capell.

[Exit Roderigo.] Exit Rod. Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁ Ff.

[5623] _God's will_] _godswill_ Q₁. _God's-will_ Q₂ Q₃. _Alas_ Ff.

[5624] _sir,--Montano,--sir;--_] Capell. _Sir Montanio, sir,_ Q₁. _Sir, Montanio, sir,_ Q₂ Q₃. _Sir Montano:_ Ff.

[5625] _masters_] _master_ Q₃.

[A bell rings.] Q₂ Q₃. A bell rung: Q₁, opposite line 147. Omitted in Ff. Bell rings. Rowe, after line 151.

[5626] _that that_] Qq. _that which_ Ff. _that who_ Pope.

[5627] _God's will_] _godswill_ Q₁. _Fie, fie_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_hold_] Qq. om. Ff.

[5628] _You will be shamed_] _You will be sham'd_ Qq. _You'le be asham'd_ F₁. _You'l be sham'd_ F₂. _You'll be asham'd_ F₃ F₄.

[taking him off. Capell.

Re-enter ...] Dyce. Enter ... Ff. Enter Othello, and Gentlemen with weapons. Qq.

SCENE XII. Pope. SCENE XIII. Hanmer.

_What ... here?_] _What's the matter?_ Seymour conj.

_What is_] Q₁ Ff. _What's_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5629] _'Zounds_] _Zouns_ Q₁. om. Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_hurt to_] _hurt, but not to_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_death._ [Faints.] _death._ he faints (in italics) Q₂ Q₃. _death. He dies_ (in roman) F₁. _death:_ Q₁. _death._ F₂ F₃ F₄. _death;--he dies._ [assailing Cassio again. Capell.

[Faints.] After line 158. Anon. conj.

[5630] _Hold, ho!_] _Hold, hold_ Q₁ Q₂. _Holp, hold_ Q₃.

_sir,--Montano,--_] _sir--Montano--_ Rowe. _Sir Montano_ Ff. _sir Montanio_ Qq.

[5631] _sense of place_] Hanmer. _place of sense_ Qq Ff (_sence_ Qq).

[5632] _Hold!_] om. Pope. _Hold, hold!_ Capell and Grant White. _Hold! I say,_ Seymour conj., ending lines 155-158 at _sir, ... forgot ... say, ... shame!_

_hold, hold,_] Qq. _hold_ Ff and Capell. om. Grant White.

[5633] _ariseth_] Ff. _arises_ Qq.

[5634] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[5635] _for_] _forth_ Q₁.

[5636] _What is_] Ff. _what's_ Qq.

_masters_] om. Pope.

[5637] _look'st_] Hanmer. _lookes_ Qq F₁ F₂. _looks_ F₃ F₄.

[5638] _this?_] Ff. _this,_ Qq.

[5639] _not_] _not not_ F₂.

[5640] _Devesting_] Qq Ff. _Digesting_ Q (1695). _Divesting_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_for bed_] Ff. _to bed_ Qq.

_then_] om. Q₃.

[5641] _men_] _them_ Collier MS.

[5642] _Swords_] _Sword_ F₃ F₄.

_breast_] Qq (_brest_ Q₃). _breasts_ Ff (_breastes_ F₁).

[5643] _cannot_] _can't_ Pope.

[5644] _Those_] _These_ Q₁.

[5645] _comes ... are_] Ff. _came ... were_ Qq.

[5646] _Montano_] Ff. _Montanio_ Qq.

[5647] _be_] Qq. _to be_ Ff.

[5648] _In mouths_] _In men_ Q₁. _With men_ Seymour conj.

[5649] _unlace_] _unbrace_ Becket conj.

[5650] _to it_] Ff. _to't_ Qq.

[5651] _me_] om. Q₂.

[5652] _By me_] _By me,_ Qq F₁. _By me;_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_said_] _sed_ Q₁.

[5653] _sometimes_] Ff. _sometime_ Qq.

[5654] _collied_] Ff. _coold_ Qq. _choler'd_ Rowe. _quell'd_ Capell. _coil'd_ Becket conj. _quelled_ Collier (Collier MS.) _cullied_ Bailey conj.

[5655] _if I once_] Ff. _Zouns, if I_ Q₁. _If once I_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5656] _this_] _his_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[5657] _Shall_] _Should_ Q₃.

_lose_] Rowe (ed. 2). _loose_ Qq Ff. _loosen_ Capell.

_me_] _me ever_ Lettsom conj.

_What! in_] Capell. _What, in_ Qq. _What in_ Ff. _What, and in_ Hanmer. _What! here!_ Seymour conj.

[5658] _quarrel,_] _quarrell?_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _quarrels?_ F₄. _quarrels,_ Q₁. _quarrells_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5659] _and guard of_] _of guard and_ Theobald.

[5660] _Iago_] _Say Jago_ Pope.

_began't_] Ff. _began_ Q₁ Q₂. _degan_ Q₃. _began it_ Malone.

[5661] _partially_] Ff. _partiality_ Qq.

_leagued_] _leagu'd_ Pope, _league_ Qq Ff.

[5662] _no_] _mo_ Q₃.

[5663] _I had_] _I'd_ Pope.

_have_] Ff. _ha_ Q₁ _ha'_ Q₂ Q₃.

_cut from my_] Ff. _out from my_ Q₁. _out of my_ Q₂. _out of his_ Q₃.

[5664] _the truth_] _so the truth_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[5665] _him_] om. Long MS.

_Thus_] Qq. _This_ Ff.

_it is_] _'tis_ Pope.

[5666] _him_] om. Pope.

[5667] _in to_] _into_ Q₂ F₂ Q₃.

[5668] _and_] om. Pope.

_the_] _then_ F₁.

[5669] _oath_] _oaths_ Q₁.

[5670] _say_] _see_ Q₁.

[5671] _cannot I_] Ff. _can I not_ Qq.

[5672] _those_] _them_ Q₃.

[5673] Re-enter....] Dyce. Enter ... Ff. Enter Desdemona, with others. Q₁. After line 240 in Q₂ Q₃.

[5674] _What's_] Q₂ Q₃. What is Q₁ Ff.

_matter?_] Qq. _matter (Deere?)_ F₁ F₂. _matter (Dear?)_ F₃ F₄.

[5675] _All's ... off_] Arranged as by Pope. Three lines, ending _sweeting: ... hurts_, _... off,_ in Qq Ff.

[5676] _All's_] _All is_ Pope.

_well now, sweeting_] _well now sweeting_ Qq. _well, Sweeting_ Ff. _well. Here, sweeting_ Johnson.

_come away_] _Come, away_ Rowe. _Come, let's away_ Capell, arranging as Qq Ff.

[5677] _Lead him off._] A stage direction. Malone conj.

[To Montano....] Steevens (1778). To Montano. Johnson. Exeunt some with Montano. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[5678] _vile_] _vild_ F₁.

_brawl_] _brawl's_ Anon. conj.

[5679] [Exeunt....] Exit Moore, Desdemona, and attendants. Qq (after line 249). Exit. Ff.

[5680] SCENE XIII. Pope. SCENE XIV. Hanmer.

[5681] _Ay,_] om. Pope.

[5682] _Marry, heaven_] _Mary God_ Q₁.

[5683] _Reputation ... reputation!_] Prose in Ff. Four lines in Qq.

[5684] _Reputation_] Thrice in Ff. Twice in Qq.

_O_] om. Q₁.

_O, I have_] _ho I_ Q (1695).

[5685] _have ... have_] Ff. _ha ... ha_ Qq.

[5686] _part of_] Ff. _part sir of_ Qq.

_myself_] _my salfe_ Q₃.

[5687] _thought_] Qq. _had thought_ Ff.

[5688] _sense_] _sence_ Ff. _offence_ Qq. _of sense_ Anon. conj.

[5689] _are_] Qq. _are more_ Ff.

[5690] _affright_] _appease_ Staunton conj.

_imperious_] _impious_ Hanmer (ed. 2).

[5691] _slight_] Ff. _light_ Qq.

_and so_] Ff. _and_ Qq.

[5692] _Drunk ... shadow?_] Omitted in Q₁.

[5693] _speak parrot?_] _speake parrat?_ F₁ Q₂ F₂ Q₃. _speak parrat?_ F₃. _speak, parrot?_ F₄. _speak? parrot,_ Theobald. _speak? parrot?_ Hanmer.

[5694] _if thou_] _thou_ Q₃.

[5695] _nothing_] _not the_ Anon. conj.

_O God_] Q₁. _O_ Q₂ Q₃. _Oh_ Ff.

[5696] _pleasance, revel_] _revell, pleasure_ Qq.

[5697] _and_] om. Qq.

[5698] _not_] _not so_ Q₁ Q₂.

[5699] _them_] Ff. _em_ Qq.

[5700] _fool_] _foule_ Q₃.

_O strange!_] om. Qq.

[5701] _inordinate_] _unordinate_ Q₁.

_ingredient_] Ff. _ingredience_ Qq.

[5702] _familiar_] _famillar_ F₁.

[5703] _some time_] Qq. _a time_ Ff. _one time_ Grant White conj.

[5704] _man_] om. Q₁.

_I'll_] _I'le_ Q₁. _Ile_ Q₂ Q₃. _I_ Ff.

[5705] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[5706] _mark_] Q₃. _marke._ Q₁ Q₂. _marke:_ Ff (_mark:_ F₄).

_denotement_] Theobald. _deuotement_ Q₁ F₁ Q₂. _devotement_ F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄.

[5707] _her help_] _her, shee'll helpe to_ Qq.

[5708] _of so free_] _so free_ Qq.

[5709] _she_] Ff. _that she_ Qq.

[5710] _broken joint_] _braule_ Q₁.

[5711] _stronger_] _stonger_ F₁ F₂.

_it was_] Ff. _twas_ Q₁. _t'was_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5712] _honest_] om. Q₃.

[5713] _I will_] Ff. _will I_ Qq.

[5714] _here_] om. Ff.

[5715] _You ... watch._] Prose in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _right,_ in Qq.

[5716] [Exit.] Qq. Exit Cassio. Ff.

[5717] SCENE XIV. Pope. SCENE XV. Hanmer.

_And ... villain?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5718] _Probal_] _Probable_ Rowe. _Likely_ Pope.

[5719] _To win ... easy_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[5720] _subdue ... suit. She's_] Pointed as in Ff. _subdue, In ... suite, she's_ Q₁. _subdue, In ... suite she's_ Q₂ Q₃. _subdue; In ... suit she's_ Q (1695).

[5721] _were't_] Q₃. _wer't_ Q₁ Q₂. _were_ Ff.

[5722] _How am_] _Am_ Pope.

[5723] _course, Directly_] _course Directly_ S. Walker conj.

[5724] _Divinity of hell!_] _'Tis hell's divinity:_ Pope.

_hell!_] _hell,_ Qq Ff.

[5725] _the_] F₁ F₂ F₃. _their_ Qq F₄.

[5726] _whiles_] Ff. _while_ Q₁. _whilst_ Q₂ Q₃.

[5727] _fortunes_] Qq. _fortune_ Ff.

[5728] _for_] _from_ Johnson.

[5729] _That ... Roderigo!_] One line in Pope. Two in Qq. Ff.

_enmesh_] Q₁ Q₂. _en-mash_ F₁ F₂. _enmash_ F₃ F₄. _enemesh_ Q₃.

_them_] _em_ Q₁.

Enter....] Qq. Enter Rodorigo. Ff (after _Roderigo!_).

[5730] SCENE XV. Pope. SCENE XVI. Hanmer.

_do_] om. Pope.

[5731] _have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[5732] _and_] om. Qq.

[5733] _pains ... Venice._] _paines, as that comes to, and no money at all, and with that wit returne to Venice._ Q₁. _paines, and no mony at all, and a little more wit returne to Venice._ Q₂ Q₃ (_and with a_ Q₃).

[5734] _know'st_] Ff. _knowest_ Qq.

[5735] _Does't_] _Do'st_ Q₁. _Dos't_ F₁ Q₂ F₂ Q₃. _Dost_ F₃ F₄.

_hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[5736] _hast_] _hath_ F₁ Q (1695).

[5737] _grow_] _grew_ Q₃.

[5738] _Yet_] _But_ Q₁.

_will ... ripe_] _will fire be ripe_ Q₃. _are not first ripe_ Hanmer.

[5739] _By the mass_] _Introth_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _In troth_ F₄.

[5740] _hours_] _time_ Jennens.

[5741] _Nay ... done:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[Exit Rod.] Exit Rodorigo. Ff. om. Qq.

_Two_] Ff. _Some_ Qq.

[5742] _I'll ... on;_] om. Seymour conj.

[5743] _I'll ... apart,_] Divided as in Qq. One line in Ff.

[5744] _on;_] _on:--_ Theobald. _on._ Qq. _on_ Ff.

[5745] _on ... draw_] _on to draw_ Pope. _on; so draw_ Theobald.

[5746] _the while_] Theobald. _awhile_ Q₁. _a while_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

_to draw_] _will draw_ Johnson.

[5747] _when_] _where_ Collier MS.

[5748] _device_] Ff. _devise_ Qq.

[Exit.] Ff. Exeunt. Qq.