Chapter XXV: Act V: SCENE I. Cyprus. A street.6611

_Enter_ IAGO _and_ RODERIGO.

_Iago._ Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come:[6612]
Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home:
Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow:
It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,[6613]
And fix most firm thy resolution.[6614] 5

_Rod._ Be near at hand; I may miscarry in 't.

_Iago._ Here, at thy hand: be bold, and take thy stand.

[_Retires._[6615]

_Rod._ I have no great devotion to the deed;[6616]
And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons:[6617]
'Tis but a man gone. Forth, my sword: he dies.[6618] 10

_Iago._ I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense,[6619]
And he grows angry. Now, whether he kill Cassio,[6620]
Or Cassio him, or each do kill the other,
Every way makes my gain: live Roderigo,[6621]
He calls me to a restitution large 15
Of gold and jewels that I bobb'd from him,[6622]
As gifts to Desdemona:
It must not be: if Cassio do remain,
He hath a daily beauty in his life[6623]
That makes me ugly; and besides, the Moor 20
May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril:[6624]
No, he must die. Be't so. I hear him coming.[6625]

_Enter_ CASSIO.

_Rod._ I know his gait; 'tis he. Villain, thou diest!

[_Makes a pass at Cassio._[6626]

_Cas._ That thrust had been mine enemy indeed,[6627]
But that my coat is better than thou know'st:[6628] 25
I will make proof of thine. [_Draws, and wounds Roderigo._

_Rod._ O, I am slain!

[_Iago from behind wounds Cassio in the leg, and exit._[6629]

_Cas._ I am maim'd for ever. Help, ho! murder! murder!

[_Falls._[6630]

_Enter_ Othello.[6631]

_Oth._ The voice of Cassio: Iago keeps his word.[6632]

_Rod._ O, villain that I am!

_Oth._ It is even so.[6633]

_Cas._ O, help, ho! light! a surgeon! 30

_Oth._ 'Tis he. O brave Iago, honest and just,
That hast such noble sense of thy friend's wrong!
Thou teachest me. Minion, your dear lies dead,
And your unblest fate hies: strumpet, I come![6634]
Forth of my heart those charms, thine eyes, are blotted;[6635] 35
Thy bed lust-stain'd shall with lust's blood be spotted. [_Exit._

_Enter_ LODOVICO _and_ GRATIANO.[6636]

_Cas._ What, ho! no watch? no passage? murder! murder![6637]

_Gra._ 'Tis some mischance; the cry is very direful.[6638]

_Cas._ O, help!

_Lod._ Hark! 40

_Rod._ O wretched villain!

_Lod._ Two or three groan: it is a heavy night:[6639]
These may be counterfeits: let's think't unsafe
To come in to the cry without more help.[6640]

_Rod._ Nobody come? then shall I bleed to death.[6641] 45

_Lod._ Hark![6642]

_Re-enter_ IAGO, _with a light_.[6643]

_Gra._ Here's one comes in his shirt, with light and weapons.[6644]

_Iago._ Who's there? whose noise is this that cries on murder?[6645]

_Lod._ We do not know.

_Iago._ Did not you hear a cry?[6646]

_Cas._ Here, here! for heaven's sake, help me![6647]

_Iago._ What's the matter? 50

_Gra._ This is Othello's ancient, as I take it.

_Lod._ The same indeed; a very valiant fellow.

_Iago._ What are you here that cry so grievously?

_Cas._ Iago? O, I am spoil'd, undone by villains![6648]
Give me some help. 55

_Iago._ O me, lieutenant! what villains have done this?[6649]

_Cas._ I think that one of them is hereabout,[6650]
And cannot make away.

_Iago._ O treacherous villains!
What are you there? come in and give some help.

[_To Lodovico and Gratiano._[6651]

_Rod._ O, help me here![6652] 60

_Cas._ That's one of them.

_Iago._ O murderous slave! O villain!

[_Stabs Roderigo._[6653]

_Rod._ O damn'd Iago! O inhuman dog![6654]

_Iago._ Kill men i' the dark! Where be these bloody thieves?[6655]
How silent is this town! Ho! murder! murder!
What may you be? are you of good or evil? 65

_Lod._ As you shall prove us, praise us.

_Iago._ Signior Lodovico?[6656]

_Lod._ He, sir.

_Iago._ I cry you mercy. Here's Cassio hurt by villains.

_Gra._ Cassio![6657] 70

_Iago._ How is't, brother?[6658]

_Cas._ My leg is cut in two.

_Iago._ Marry, heaven forbid!
Light, gentlemen: I'll bind it with my shirt.

_Enter_ BIANCA.

_Bian._ What is the matter, ho? who is't that cried?[6659]

_Iago._ Who is't that cried![6660] 75

_Bian._ O my dear Cassio! my sweet Cassio! O Cassio,[6661]
Cassio, Cassio![6661]

_Iago._ O notable strumpet! Cassio, may you suspect
Who they should be that have thus mangled you?[6662]

_Cas._ No. 80

_Gra._ I am sorry to find you thus: I have been to seek you.[6663]

_Iago._ Lend me a garter. So. O, for a chair,[6664]
To bear him easily hence![6664]

_Bian._ Alas, he faints! O Cassio, Cassio, Cassio!

_Iago._ Gentlemen all, I do suspect this trash 85
To be a party in this injury.[6665][6666]
Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come;[6665][6667]
Lend me a light. Know we this face or no?[6665][6668]
Alas, my friend and my dear countryman
Roderigo? no:--yes, sure: O heaven! Roderigo.[6669] 90

_Gra._ What, of Venice?[6670]

_Iago._ Even he, sir: did you know him?

_Gra._ Know him! ay.[6671]

_Iago._ Signior Gratiano? I cry you gentle pardon;[6672]
These bloody accidents must excuse my manners,
That so neglected you.

_Gra._ I am glad to see you. 95

_Iago._ How do you, Cassio? O, a chair, a chair!

_Gra._ Roderigo![6673]

_Iago._ He, he, 'tis he. [_A chair brought in._] O, that's
well said; the chair:[6674]
Some good man bear him carefully from hence;
I'll fetch the general's surgeon. [_To Bianca_] For you,
mistress,[6675] 100
Save you your labour. He that lies slain here, Cassio,[6676]
Was my dear friend: what malice was between you?[6677]

_Cas._ None in the world; nor do I know the man.[6678]

_Iago._ [_To Bian._] What, look you pale? O, bear him out
o' the air. [_Cassio and Roderigo are borne off._[6679]
Stay you, good gentlemen. Look you pale, mistress?[6680] 105
Do you perceive the gastness of her eye?[6681]
Nay, if you stare, we shall hear more anon.[6682]
Behold her well; I pray you, look upon her:
Do you see, gentlemen? nay, guiltiness will speak,[6683]
Though tongues were out of use.[6683] 110

_Enter_ EMILIA.[6684]

_Emil._ 'Las, what's the matter? what's the matter, husband?[6685]

_Iago._ Cassio hath here been set on in the dark[6686]
By Roderigo, and fellows that are 'scaped:
He's almost slain, and Roderigo dead.[6687]

_Emil._ Alas, good gentleman! alas, good Cassio! 115

_Iago._ This is the fruit of whoring. Prithee, Emilia,[6688]
Go know of Cassio where he supp'd to-night.
What, do you shake at that?

_Bian._ He supp'd at my house; but I therefore shake not.[6689]

_Iago._ O, did he so? I charge you, go with me. 120

_Emil._ Fie, fie upon thee, strumpet![6690]

_Bian._ I am no strumpet; but of life as honest
As you that thus abuse me.

_Emil._ As I! foh! fie upon thee![6691]

_Iago._ Kind gentlemen, let's go see poor Cassio dress'd.[6692]
Come, mistress, you must tell's another tale.[6693] 125
Emilia, run you to the citadel,[6694]
And tell my lord and lady what hath happ'd![6695]
Will you go on? I pray. [_Aside_] This is the night[6696]
That either makes me or fordoes me quite. [_Exeunt._[6697]

SCENE II. _A bedchamber in the castle_: DESDEMONA _in bed asleep; a light burning_.[6698]

_Enter_ OTHELLO.

_Oth._ It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul:
Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars!
It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood,[6699]
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow
And smooth as monumental alabaster.[6700] 5
Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.[6701]
Put out the light, and then put out the light:[6702]
If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,
I can again thy former light restore,
Should I repent me: but once put out thy light,[6703] 10
Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,[6704]
I know not where is that Promethean heat[6705]
That can thy light relume. When I have pluck'd the rose,[6706]
I cannot give it vital growth again,
It must needs wither: I'll smell it on the tree. 15

[_Kissing her._[6707]

Ah, balmy breath, that dost almost persuade[6708]
Justice to break her sword! One more, one more:[6709]
Be thus when thou art dead, and I will kill thee,
And love thee after: one more, and this the last:[6710]
So sweet was ne'er so fatal. I must weep, 20
But they are cruel tears: this sorrow's heavenly;[6711]
It strikes where it doth love. She wakes.[6712]

_Des._ Who's there? Othello?

_Oth._ Ay, Desdemona.[6713]

_Des._ Will you come to bed, my lord?

_Oth._ Have you pray'd to-night, Desdemona?[6714]

_Des_. Ay, my lord. 25

_Oth._ If you bethink yourself of any crime
Unreconciled as yet to heaven and grace,
Solicit for it straight.

_Des._ Alas, my lord, what may you mean by that?[6715]

_Oth._ Well, do it, and be brief; I will walk by: 30
I would not kill thy unprepared spirit;
No; heaven forfend! I would not kill thy soul.[6716]

_Des._ Talk you of killing?[6717]

_Oth._ Ay, I do.[6717]

_Des._ Then heaven have mercy on me![6717] 35

_Oth._ Amen, with all my heart![6717]

_Des._ If you say so, I hope you will not kill me.[6718]

_Oth._ Hum!

_Des._ And yet I fear you; for you are fatal then[6719]
When your eyes roll so: why I should fear I know not,[6720] 40
Since guiltiness I know not; but yet I feel I fear.[6721]

_Oth._ Think on thy sins.

_Des._ They are loves I bear to you.[6722]

_Oth._ Ay, and for that thou diest.[6723]

_Des._ That death's unnatural that kills for loving.[6724]
Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?[6725] 45
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame:
These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,[6726]
They do not point on me.

_Oth._ Peace, and be still!

_Des._ I will so. What's the matter?[6727]

_Oth._ That handkerchief which I so loved and gave thee[6728][6729] 50
Thou gavest to Cassio.[6730]

_Des._ No, by my life and soul![6728]
Send for the man, and ask him.[6728]

_Oth._ Sweet soul, take heed,[6731]
Take heed of perjury; thou art on thy death-bed.[6731][6732]

_Des._ Ay, but not yet to die.

_Oth._ Yes, presently:[6733]
Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin; 55
For to deny each article with oath
Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception[6734]
That I do groan withal. Thou art to die.

_Des._ Then Lord have mercy on me![6735]

_Oth._ I say, amen.

_Des._ And have you mercy too! I never did[6736] 60
Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio[6736]
But with such general warranty of heaven
As I might love: I never gave him token.

_Oth._ By heaven, I saw my handkerchief in 's hand.[6729][6737]
O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart,[6738] 65
And makest me call what I intend to do[6739]
A murder, which I thought a sacrifice:
I saw the handkerchief.[6729]

_Des._ He found it then;
I never gave it him: send for him hither;
Let him confess a truth.

_Oth._ He hath confess'd.[6740] 70

_Des._ What, my lord?

_Oth._ That he hath used thee.[6741]

_Des._ How? unlawfully?

_Oth._ Ay.

_Des._ He will not say so.

_Oth._ No, his mouth is stopp'd;
Honest Iago hath ta'en order for't.[6742] 75

_Des._ O, my fear interprets! what, is he dead?[6743]

_Oth._ Had all his hairs been lives, my great revenge[6744]
Had stomach for them all.[6744][6745]

_Des._ Alas, he is betray'd, and I undone![6746]

_Oth._ Out, strumpet! weep'st thou for him to my face?[6747] 80

_Des._ O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not!

_Oth._ Down, strumpet!

_Des._ Kill me to-morrow; let me live to-night!

_Oth._ Nay, if you strive,--[6748]

_Des._ But half an hour!

_Oth._ Being done, there is no pause.[6749][6750] 85

_Des._ But while I say one prayer![6750]

_Oth._ It is too late. [_He stifles her._[6751]

_Emil._ [_Within_] My lord, my lord! what, ho! my lord, my lord![6752]

_Oth._ What noise is this? Not dead? not yet quite dead?[6753]
I that am cruel am yet merciful;
I would not have thee linger in thy pain:[6754] 90
So, so.[6754][6755]

_Emil._ [_Within_] What, ho! my lord, my lord!

_Oth._ Who's there?

_Emil._ [_Within_] O, good my lord, I would speak a
word with you![6756][6757]

_Oth._ Yes: 'tis Emilia. By and by. She's dead.
'Tis like she comes to speak of Cassio's death. 95
The noise was here. Ha! no more moving?[6758][6759]
Still as the grave. Shall she come in? were 't good?[6759]
I think she stirs again. No. What's best to do?[6760]
If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife:
My wife! my wife! what wife? I have no wife.[6761] 100
O, insupportable! O heavy hour!
Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse
Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe
Should yawn at alteration.[6762]

_Emil._ [_Within_] I do beseech you[6756][6763][6764]
That I may speak with you, O, good my lord![6763][6765] 105

_Oth._ I had forgot thee: O, come in, Emilia.[6766]
Soft; by and by. Let me the curtains draw.
Where art thou? [_Unlocks the door._[6767]

_Enter_ EMILIA.[6768]

What's the matter with thee now?

_Emil._ O, my good lord, yonder's foul murders done![6769]

_Oth._ What, now?[6770] 110

_Emil._ But now, my lord.

_Oth._ It is the very error of the moon;
She comes more nearer earth than she was wont[6771]
And makes men mad.

_Emil._ Cassio, my lord, hath kill'd a young Venetian[6772][6773] 115
Call'd Roderigo.[6772]

_Oth._ Roderigo kill'd![6774]
And Cassio kill'd![6774]

_Emil._ No, Cassio is not kill'd.

_Oth._ Not Cassio kill'd! then murder's out of tune,
And sweet revenge grows harsh.

_Des._ O, falsely, falsely murder'd!

_Emil._ Alas, what cry is that?[6775] 120

_Oth._ That! what?

_Emil._ Out, and alas! that was my lady's voice.[6776]
Help! help, ho! help! O lady, speak again!
Sweet Desdemona! O sweet mistress, speak!

_Des._ A guiltless death I die. 125

_Emil._ O, who hath done this deed?[6777]

_Des._ Nobody; I myself. Farewell:
Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell! [_Dies._[6778]

_Oth._ Why, how should she be murder'd?[6779]

_Emil._ Alas, who knows?

_Oth._ You heard her say herself, it was not I.[6780] 130

_Emil._ She said so: I must needs report the truth.[6781]

_Oth._ She's like a liar gone to burning hell:[6782]
'Twas I that kill'd her.

_Emil._ O, the more angel she,[6783]
And you the blacker devil![6783]

_Oth._ She turn'd to folly and she was a whore. 135

_Emil._ Thou dost belie her and thou art a devil.

_Oth._ She was false as water.

_Emil._ Thou art rash as fire, to say[6784][6785]
That she was false: O, she was heavenly true![6784]

_Oth._ Cassio did top her; ask thy husband else.[6786]
O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell, 140
But that I did proceed upon just grounds
To this extremity. Thy husband knew it all.[6787]

_Emil._ My husband![6788]

_Oth._ Thy husband.

_Emil._ That she was false to wedlock? 145

_Oth._ Ay, with Cassio. Nay, had she been true,[6789]
If heaven would make me such another world
Of one entire and perfect chrysolite,
I'ld not have sold her for it.

_Emil._ My husband!

_Oth._ Ay, 'twas he that told me first:[6790] 150
An honest man he is, and hates the slime
That sticks on filthy deeds.[6791]

_Emil._ My husband!

_Oth._ What needs this iteration, woman? I say thy husband.[6792]

_Emil._ O mistress, villany hath made mocks with love![6793][6794]
My husband say that she was false![6793][6795]

_Oth._ He, woman;[6793][6796] 155
I say thy husband: dost understand the word?[6793][6796]
My friend, thy husband, honest, honest Iago.[6793]

_Emil._ If he say so, may his pernicious soul[6797]
Rot half a grain a day! he lies to the heart:[6798]
She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. 160

_Oth._ Ha![6799]

_Emil._ Do thy worst:
This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven
Than thou wast worthy her.

_Oth._ Peace, you were best.[6800]

_Emil._ Thou hast not half that power to do me harm[6801] 165
As I have to be hurt. O gull! O dolt![6802]
As ignorant as dirt! thou hast done a deed--[6803]
I care not for thy sword; I'll make thee known,[6804]
Though I lost twenty lives. Help! help, ho! help![6805]
The Moor hath kill'd my mistress! Murder! murder! 170

_Enter_ MONTANO, GRATIANO, IAGO, _and others_.[6806]

_Mon._ What is the matter? How now, general![6807]

_Emil._ O, are you come, Iago? you have done well,
That men must lay their murders on your neck.[6808]

_Gra._ What is the matter?[6809]

_Emil._ Disprove this villain, if thou be'st a man:[6810] 175
He says thou told'st him that his wife was false:
I know thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain.[6811]
Speak, for my heart is full.

_Iago._ I told him what I thought, and told no more[6812]
Than what he found himself was apt and true.[6813] 180

_Emil._ But did you ever tell him she was false?[6814]

_Iago._ I did.

_Emil._ You told a lie, an odious, damned lie;
Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie!
She false with Cassio! Did you say with Cassio?[6815][6816] 185

_Iago._ With Cassio, mistress. Go to, charm your tongue.[6815][6817]

_Emil._ I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to
speak:[6815][6817][6818]
My mistress here lies murder'd in her bed,--[6819][6820]

_All._ O heavens forfend![6819][6821]

_Emil._ And your reports have set the murder on.[6819][6821][6822] 190

_Oth._ Nay, stare not, masters: it is true indeed.[6819][6821][6823]

_Gra._'Tis a strange truth.[6819][6821]

_Mon._ O monstrous act![6819][6821]

_Emil._ Villany, villany, villany![6819][6821]
I think upon't: I think: I smell't: O villany![6819][6821][6824]
I thought so then: I'll kill myself for grief:[6819][6821] 195
O villany, villany![6819][6821]

_Iago._ What, are you mad? I charge you, get you home.[6825]

_Emil._ Good gentlemen, let me have leave to speak:
'Tis proper I obey him, but not now.
Perchance, Iago, I will ne'er go home.[6826] 200

_Oth._ O! O! O! [_Falling on the bed._[6827]

_Emil._ Nay, lay thee down and roar;
For thou hast kill'd the sweetest innocent
That e'er did lift up eye.

_Oth._ [_Rising_] O, she was foul![6828]
I scarce did know you, uncle: there lies your niece,
Whose breath indeed these hands have newly stopp'd: 205
I know this act shows horrible and grim.[6829]

_Gra._ Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead:[6830]
Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief
Shore his old thread in twain: did he live now,[6831]
This sight would make him do a desperate turn, 210
Yea, curse his better angel from his side,
And fall to reprobation.[6832]

_Oth._ 'Tis pitiful; but yet Iago knows
That she with Cassio hath the act of shame[6833]
A thousand times committed; Cassio confess'd it: 215
And she did gratify his amorous works
With that recognizance and pledge of love[6834]
Which I first gave her; I saw it in his hand:
It was a handkerchief, an antique token[6835][6836]
My father gave my mother. 220

_Emil._ O heaven! O heavenly powers![6837]

_Iago._'Zounds! hold your peace.

_Emil._ 'Twill out, 'twill out. I peace![6838][6839]
No, I will speak as liberal as the north:[6839][6840]
Let heaven and men and devils, let them all,[6841]
All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak. 225

_Iago._ Be wise, and get you home.[6842]

_Emil._ I will not.

[_Iago offers to stab Emilia._

_Gra._ Fie![6843]
Your sword upon a woman![6843][6844]

_Emil._ O thou dull Moor! that handkerchief thou
speak'st of[6835][6845]
I found by fortune and did give my husband;
For often with a solemn earnestness, 230
More than indeed belong'd to such a trifle,
He begg'd of me to steal it.[6846]

_Iago._ Villanous whore!

_Emil._ She give it Cassio! no, alas, I found it,
And I did give't my husband.[6847]

_Iago._ Filth, thou liest!

_Emil._ By heaven, I do not, I do not, gentlemen. 235
O murderous coxcomb! what should such a fool
Do with so good a wife?

_Oth._ Are there no stones in heaven[6848]
But what serve for the thunder? Precious villain!

[_He runs at Iago: Iago, from behind, stabs Emilia,
and exit._[6849]

_Gra._ The woman falls; sure, he hath kill'd his wife.[6850]

_Emil._ Ay, ay: O, lay me by my mistress' side.[6851] 240

_Gra._ He's gone, but his wife's kill'd.

_Mon._ 'Tis a notorious villain. Take you this weapon,[6852]
Which I have here recover'd from the Moor:[6853]
Come, guard the door without; let him not pass,[6854]
But kill him rather. I'll after that same villain, 245
For 'tis a damned slave.

[_Exeunt all but Othello and Emilia._[6855]

_Oth._ I am not valiant neither,
But every puny whipster gets my sword.
But why should honour outlive honesty?
Let it go all.

_Emil._ What did thy song bode, lady?[6856]
Hark, canst thou hear me? I will play the swan,[6856] 250
And die in music. [_Singing_] Willow, willow, willow.[6856][6857]
Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor;
So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true;
So speaking as I think, I die, I die. [_Dies._[6858]

_Oth._ I have another weapon in this chamber; 255
It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper.--[6859]
O, here it is. Uncle, I must come forth.

_Gra._[_Within_] If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear:[6860]
Thou hast no weapon, and perforce must suffer.

_Oth._ Look in upon me then, and speak with me,[6861] 260
Or, naked as I am, I will assault thee.

_Re-enter_ GRATIANO.[6862]

_Gra._ What is the matter?

_Oth._ Behold, I have a weapon;[6863]
A better never did itself sustain
Upon a soldier's thigh: I have seen the day[6864]
That with this little arm and this good sword 265
I have made my way through more impediments[6865]
Than twenty times your stop: but, O vain boast![6866]
Who can control his fate? 'tis not so now.
Be not afraid, though you do see me weapon'd;[6867]
Here is my journey's end, here is my butt[6867] 270
And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.[6867][6868]
Do you go back dismay'd? 'tis a lost fear:[6867]
Man but a rush against Othello's breast,[6867]
And he retires. Where should Othello go?[6867]
Now, how dost thou look now? O ill-starr'd wench![6867][6869] 275
Pale as thy smock! when we shall meet at compt,[6870]
This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven,
And fiends will snatch at it. Cold, cold, my girl!
Even like thy chastity. O cursed slave![6871][6872]
Whip me, ye devils,[6871][6873] 280
From the possession of this heavenly sight!
Blow me about in winds! roast me in sulphur![6874]
Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire![6875]
O Desdemona! Desdemona! dead![6876]
Oh! Oh! Oh![6876] 285

_Enter_ LODOVICO, MONTANO, CASSIO _carried in a chair, and_ Officers
_with_ IAGO, _prisoner_.[6877]

_Lod._ Where is this rash and most unfortunate man?[6878]

_Oth._ That's he that was Othello: here I am.[6879]

_Lod._ Where is that viper? bring the villain forth.[6880]

_Oth._ I look down towards his feet; but that's a fable.
If that thou be'st a devil, I cannot kill thee. [_Wounds Iago._[6881] 290

_Lod._ Wrench his sword from him.

_Iago._ I bleed, sir, but not kill'd.[6882]

_Oth._ I am not sorry neither: I'ld have thee live;
For, in my sense, 'tis happiness to die.

_Lod._ O thou Othello, that wert once so good,[6883]
Fall'n in the practice of a damned slave,[6884] 295
What shall be said to thee?[6885]

_Oth._ Why, any thing:
An honourable murderer, if you will;
For nought did I in hate, but all in honour.[6886]

_Lod._ This wretch hath part confess'd his villany:
Did you and he consent in Cassio's death? 300

_Oth._ Ay.

_Cas._ Dear general, I never gave you cause.[6887]

_Oth._ I do believe it, and I ask your pardon.[6888]
Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil[6889]
Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?[6890] 305

_Iago._ Demand me nothing; what you know, you know:
From this time forth I never will speak word.

_Lod._ What, not to pray?

_Gra._ Torments will ope your lips.

_Oth._ Well, thou dost best.

_Lod._ Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n,[6891] 310
Which, as I think, you know not. Here is a letter[6892]
Found in the pocket of the slain Roderigo,
And here another: the one of them imports[6893]
The death of Cassio to be undertook[6894]
By Roderigo.[6894]

_Oth._ O villain![6895] 315

_Cas._ Most heathenish and most gross!

_Lod._ Now here's another discontented paper,
Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems,
Roderigo meant to have sent this damned villain;
But that, belike, Iago in the interim[6896] 320
Came in and satisfied him.

_Oth._ O the pernicious caitiff![6897]
How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief[6898]
That was my wife's?[6899]

_Cas._ I found it in my chamber:
And he himself confess'd but even now[6900]
That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose 325
Which wrought to his desire.

_Oth._ O fool! fool! fool!

_Cas._ There is besides in Roderigo's letter,
How he upbraids Iago, that he made him[6901]
Brave me upon the watch; whereon it came
That I was cast: and even but now he spake[6902] 330
After long seeming dead, Iago hurt him,
Iago set him on.

_Lod._ You must forsake this room, and go with us:
Your power and your command is taken off,
And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave,[6903] 335
If there be any cunning cruelty
That can torment him much and hold him long,
It shall be his. You shall close prisoner rest,
Till that the nature of your fault be known
To the Venetian state. Come, bring away.[6904] 340

_Oth._ Soft you; a word or two before you go.[6905]
I have done the state some service, and they know't.[6906]
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,[6907] 345
Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak[6908]
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,[6909]
Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,[6910]
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away[6911] 350
Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes,[6912]
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees[6913]
Their medicinal gum. Set you down this;[6914]
And say besides, that in Aleppo once, 355
Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk[6915]
Beat a Venetian and traduced the state,[6916]
I took by the throat the circumcised dog[6917]
And smote him, thus. [_Stabs himself._[6918]

_Lod._ O bloody period!

_Gra._ All that's spoke is marr'd.[6919] 360

_Oth._ I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this,[6920]
Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.

[_Falls on the bed, and dies._[6921]

_Cas._ This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon;
For he was great of heart.

_Lod._ [_To Iago_] O Spartan dog,[6922]
More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea! 365
Look on the tragic loading of this bed;[6923]
This is thy work: the object poisons sight;[6924]
Let it be hid. Gratiano, keep the house,
And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor,[6925]
For they succeed on you. To you, lord governor,[6926] 370
Remains the censure of this hellish villain,[6927]
The time, the place, the torture: O, enforce it!
Myself will straight aboard, and to the state
This heavy act with heavy heart relate. [_Exeunt._[6928]

FOOTNOTES:

[6611] ACT V. SCENE I.] Actus. 5. Q₁. Actus Quintus. Scena Prima. Ff. Actus 5. Scæna 1. Q₂ Q₃.

Cyprus. A street.] The Street. Rowe. A Street before the Palace. Theobald.

[6612] _Here ... come:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_bulk_] _bulke_ Qq. _barke_ F₁ F₂. _bark_ F₃ F₄. _balk_ Singer, ed. 2 (Collier MS.) _bulwark_ Anon. conj.

[6613] _on_] Ff. _of_ Qq.

[6614] _most_] _more_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6615] _at thy hand_] _at thy side_ or _at thy left_ Anon. conj.

_be bold_] Qq F₁. _behold_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_stand_] _sword_ Q₁.

[Retires.] Retires to a little Distance. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[6616] _deed_] _dead_ Q₁.

[6617] _And_] om. Pope.

_hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6618] [Stands apart. Theobald. Goes and stands apart. Hanmer. Going to his Stand. Capell.

[6619] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

_rubb'd_] _fubb'd_ Becket conj.

_quat_] _gnat_ Q₁. _knot_ Theobald. _quab_ Hanmer. _quail_ Upton conj.

[6620] _angry. Now, whether_] Ff. _angry now: whether_ Q₁. _angry, now, whether_ Q₂. _angry, now whether_ Q₃.

[6621] _gain_] F₃ F₄. _gaine_ F₁ F₂. _game_ Qq.

[6622] _Of_] Ff. _For_ Qq.

[6623] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6624] _much_] om. Q₁.

[6625] _Be't so._] _be't so_, Qq. _But so,_ Ff. _Be it so,_ Pope.

_hear_] F₃ F₄. _heare_ Qq F₂. _heard_ F₁.

[Exit Jago. Rowe.

[6626] _gait_] Johnson. _gate_ Qq Ff.

[Makes ... Cassio.] He runs at Cassio, and wounds him. Rowe. starting from his Post, and making a Pass at him. Capell.

[6627] _mine_] Ff. _my_ Qq.

[6628] _know'st_] _think'st_ Q₁.

[6629] [Draws....] Capell. Fight, and both fall. Rowe (after _slain_). om. Qq Ff.

[Iago ... exit.] Fight. Iago cuts Cassion behind in the Leg, and exit. Then Rod. and Cassio fall. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

[6630] _I ... murder!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

_maim'd_] _maind_ Q₁.

_Help_] _light_ Qq.

_murder! murder!_] Once only in Q₂ Q₃.

[Falls.] Falling too. Capell (after _ever_). om. Qq Ff.

[6631] Enter Othello.] Qq Ff. Enter Othello, above at a window. Rowe. Enter Othello, at a Distance. Capell.

[6632] SCENE II. Pope.

[6633] _It is_] Ff. _Harke tis_ Q₁ Q₃. _Harke, tis_ Q₂.

[6634] _unblest fate hies:_] _unblest fate highes:_ Ff. _fates hies apace;_ Qq.

[6635] _Forth of]_ Qq. _For of_ F₁. _For off_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _From off_ Pope.

_are_] _have_ Hanmer (ed. 2).

[6636] _bed lust-stain'd_] _bed-lest-stain'd_ F₃ F₄.

[Exit.] Q₂ Q₃. Ex. Q₁. Exit Othello. Ff.

Enter....] Qq Ff. Enter ... at a distance. Theobald.

[6637] SCENE III. Pope.

_What ... murder!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6638] _cry_] Qq. _voyce_ F₁ F₂. _voice_ F₃ F₄.

[6639] _groan_] F₃ F₄. _groane_ F₁ F₂. _grones_ Qq.

_it is a_] Qq. _'Tis_ Ff.

[6640] _in to_] Capell. _into_ Qq Ff.

[6641] _come?_] Theobald. _come,_ Qq. _come:_ Ff.

[6642] _Hark_] _Hark, hark_ Keightley.

[6643] Re-enter....] Dyce (after line 47). Enter Iago with a light. Qq (after line 45). Enter Iago. Ff (after line 45). Enter Jago, in his Shirt. Rowe (after line 45). Enter Iago, in his Shirt, with a Light and Sword. Theobald (after line 45).

[6644] _light_] Ff. _lights_ Qq.

[6645] _Who's ... murder?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_on_] Qq F₁. _out_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_murder?_] _murder thus?_ Collier MS.

[6646] _We_] Ff. _I_ Qq.

_Did_] Qq. _Do_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _Doe_ F₂.

[6647] _heaven's_] _heavens_ Qq. _heaven_ Ff.

[6648] _Iago?_] Ff. _Iago,_ Qq.

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[6649] _O ... this?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_me,_] Q₂ F₂ F₃ F₄. _mee,_ F₁. _my_ Q₁.

[6650] _that one_] Ff. _the one_ Qq.

[6651] [To ... Gratiano.] Theobald.

[6652] _here_] Qq. _there_ Ff.

[6653] _them_] Ff. _em_ Qq.

[Stabs Roderigo.] Thrusts him in Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁ Ff. Jago Stabs him. Rowe. Iago sets down his Light; makes towards Roderigo in the dark, and stabs him. Capell.

[6654] _dog!_] _dog,--o, o, o._ Qq.

[giues up yᵉ gost. Anon. MS. See note (IV). Dies. Hanmer.

[6655] _Kill ... thieves?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_men_] _him_ Q₁.

_these_] Ff. _those_ Qq.

[counterfeiting a Search. Capell.

[6656] _Lodovico?_] F₁. _Lodovico._ The rest.

[6657] _Cassio!_] _Cassio?_ F₁ F₂. _Cassio._ The rest.

[6658] _is't_] Ff. (_ist_ F₂). _is it_ Qq.

[6659] SCENE IV. Pope.

[6660] _cried!_] _cry'd?_ Ff. _cried._ Q₁. _cried?_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6661] _O my ... Cassio!_] Prose in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _deere Cassio_, in Ff. Capell ends the first line at _sweet Cassio_, reading with Qq.

_my sweet ... Cassio!_] _O my sweete Cassio, Cassio, Cassio._ Qq.

[6662] _have thus_] Ff. _thus have_ Qq.

[6663] _I am ... you._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6664] Iago. _Lend ... hence!_] Omitted in Q₁. Prose in Q₂ Q₃.

[6665] _To ... no?_] Divided as in Ff. Two lines, the first ending _Cassio,_ in Q₁; three, ending _Cassio; ... light: ... no?_ in Q₂ Q₃.

[6666] _be a party_] _beare a part_ Qq.

_injury_] om. Q₁.

[6667] _Come, come;_] Omitted in Q₁.

[rising from him. Capell.

[6668] [viewing Roderigo. Capell.

[6669] _O heaven!_] _O heaven_ Q₁. _Yes, 'tis_ F₁. _yes, tis_ Q₂ Q₃. _Yea, tis_ F₂. _Yea, 'tis_ F₃ F₄.

[6670] _What_] _Roderigo? what_ Capell conj.

[6671] _ay_] Hanmer. _I_ Qq Ff. _Ah!_ Rowe.

[6672] _you_] Qq. _your_ Ff.

[6673] _Roderigo!_] _Roderigo?_ Q₂ Q F₂ F₃. _Rodorigo?_ F₁ F₄. _Roderigo._ Q₁.

[6674] _He ... chair:_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_He, he_] Ff. _He,_ Qq.

_the_] Ff. _a_ Qq.

[A chair....] Malone (after _chair_). Enter Some with a Chair. Capell. om. Ff.

[6675] _general's_] _general_ F₄.

[To Bianca.] Johnson.

[6676] _Cassio,_] om. Hanmer.

[6677] _between_] _betwixt_ Qq.

[6678] _man._] Qq. _man:_ F₄. _man?_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[6679] [To Bian.] Johnson.

[Cassio....] Cassio is born off; and the Body of Rod. Capell.

[6680] _gentlemen_] Ff. _gentlewoman_ Qq.

[To Bianca. Rowe.

[6681] _gastness_] _ieastures_ Q₁ Q₂. _jestures_ Q₃. _gestures_ Q (1695).

[6682] _if you stare_] Ff. _an you stirre_ Q₁ Q₂. _an you stirr_ Q₃. _if you stay_ Anon. conj.

_hear_] _have_ Qq.

[6683] _Do ... use._] Divided as in Ff. The first line ends _guiltinesse_ in Qq.

[6684] Enter Emilia.] Enter Em. Q₁. Enter Emi. Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in Ff.

[6685] SCENE V. Pope.

_'Las, what's ... what's ... husband?_] Qq. _Alas, what is.... What is ... husband?_ Ff, reading as two lines.

[6686] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

_here_] om. Q (1695). _there_ Theobald.

[6687] _dead_] Qq. _quite dead_ Ff. _quite_ Anon. conj.

[6688] _fruit_] _fruite_ Qq. _fruits_ Ff.

_Prithee_] _Pray_ Q₁.

[6689] _He_] _Why, you well know, He_ Steevens conj.

[6690] _Fie, fie_] Q₁. _Fie_ Q₂ Q₃. _Oh fie_ Ff.

[6691] _foh!_] _fough,_ Q₁. _now_ Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.

[6692] _Kind ... dress'd._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_go_] om. Pope.

[6693] _tell's_] _tel's_ F₁. _tels_ F₂.

[6694] _you_] om. Pope.

[6695] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6696] _on? I pray._] _on? I pray:_ Q₂ Q₃. _on, I pray,_ Q₁. _on afore?_ Ff.

[Aside] First marked by Steevens (1778).

[6697] _makes_] _markes_ Q₁.

[Exeunt.] Qq Ff. Exeunt, Iago following. Theobald.

[6698] SCENE II.] SCENE VI. Pope.

A bedchamber ... a light burning. Enter Othello.] Steevens (1773), substantially. A bedchamber.... Enter Othello, with a light. Capell. Enter Othello with a light. Q₁. Enter Othello with a light, and Desdemona in her bed. Q₂ Q₃. Enter Othello, and Desdemona in her bed. Ff. A Bed-chamber: Desdemona is discover'd asleep in her Bed. Enter Othello. Rowe. A Bed-chamber.... Enter Othello, with a light and a sword. Pope.

[6699] [taking off his Sword, and laying it by. Capell.

[6700] _as_] _and_ Pope (ed. 2).

_alabaster_] F₄. _alablaster_ The rest.

[Lays down the sword. Theobald.

[6701] _more men_] _me more_ Hunter conj.

[6702] _Put ... light:_] Qq Ff. See note (XII).

[6703] _me_] om. Pope.

_thy light_] Ff. _thine_ Qq.

[going towards his Wife. Capell.

[6704] _cunning'st_] _cunning_ Q₁.

[6705] _heat_] _fire_ Capell. conj.

[6706] _That ... rose,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_thy light_] _the light_ Seymour conj. _that light_ Anon. conj.

_relume_] _re-lume_ F₄. _re-Lume_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _returne_ Q₁. _relumine_ Q₂ Q₃.

[Sets down the taper. Theobald. Sets down the Candle, not putting it out. Hanmer.

_the rose_] Qq. _thy rose_ Ff.

[6707] _must needs_] Q₂ Q₃. _must needes_ Q₁. _needs must_ Ff (_needes_ F₂).

_it_] Qq. _thee_ Ff.

[Kissing her.] kisses her. Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁ Ff.

[6708] _Ah,_] _A_ Qq. _Oh_ Ff.

_dost almost_] Ff. _doth almost_ Qq. _almost dost_ Jennens.

[6709] _Justice_] _Iustice her selfe_ Qq.

_sword! One ... more:_] _sword. One more, one more:_ Ff. _sword once more,_ Q₁. _sword: one more;_ Q₂ Q₃. _sword.--Once more--_ Jennens.

[6710] _one_] _once_ Q₁.

_and this_] Qq. _and that's_ Ff. _that's_ Pope.

[He kisses her. Q₁.

[6711] _sorrow's_] _sorrowes_ Q₁. _sorrows_ F₂ F₃.

[6712] _where_] _when_ Q₁.

_doth_ Ff. _does_ Qq.

_She wakes._] A stage-direction, Anon. conj., reading _It ... Othello?_ as one line.

[6713] _Ay,_] Rowe. _I,_ Qq F₃ F₄. _I_ F₁ F₂.

[6714] _pray'd_] Ff. _prayed_ Qq.

_Desdemona_] Qq F₃ F₄. _Desdemon_ F₁ F₂.

[6715] _Alas ... that?_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_Alas_] Qq. _Alacke_ F₁ F₂. _Alack_ F₃ F₄.

_may_] Q₁ Ff. _doe_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6716] _heaven_] Qq. _heavens_ Ff.

[6717] _Talk ... heart!_] Arranged as in Qq Ff. Two lines, the first ending _heaven,_ in Capell.

[6718] _so_] om. F₁.

[6719] _you are_] Q₁. _you're_ Ff. _y'are_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6720] _When ... not,_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6721] _guiltiness_] _guilt_ Pope.

_but_] om. Pope.

[6722] _They are_] _They're_ Pope.

_loves_] Qq F₁. _love_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_I bear_] _to beare_ Q₃.

[6723] _Ay,_] om. Qq.

[6724] _unnatural ... loving._] _unnatural; what! kill for loving!_ Hanmer.

[6725] _nether lip_] _neather lip_ Qq. _nether-lip_ Ff.

[6726] _I hope, I hope_] Ff. _I hope_ Qq.

[6727] _will so_] _will, so_ Q₁.

[6728] _That ... ask him._] Divided as in Qq. Four lines, ending _handkerchiefe ... Cassio ... man, ... him,_ in Ff.

[6729] _handkerchief_] _hankercher_ Q₁.

[6730] _to_] om. F₃ F₄.

[6731] _Sweet ... perjury;_] Divided as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[6732] _thou art_] _thou'rt now_ Seymour conj.

[6733] _Yes_] Qq. om. Ff.

[6734] _conception_] _conceit_ Q₁.

[6735] _Then Lord_] Qq. _O Heaven_ Ff.

[6736] _I never ... Cassio_] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[6737] _in's_] F₁ F₃ F₄. _in his_ Qq. _ins_ F₂.

[6738] _my_] _thy_ Q₁.

[6739] _makest_] _makst_ Q₂ Q₃. _makes_ F₁.

[6740] _Let_] _And let_ Q₁.

_hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6741] _hath used thee._] _hath us'd thee._ Ff. _hath--vsde thee._ Q₂ Q₃. _hath--vds death._ Q₁.

[6742] _for't_] _fort_ F₂.

[6743] _O, ... interprets!_] _Oh, my feare interprets._ Ff. _My feare interprets then,--_ Qq. _My fear interprets. Oh!_ Hanmer.

[6744] _my ... all._] Divided as in Ff. One line in Qq.

[6745] _them_] Ff. _'em_ Q₁. _em_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6746] _I_] _I'm_ Hanmer.

[6747] _Out_] _O_ Qq.

_weep'st_] _weepest_ Qq.

[taking up a Pillow. Capell.

[6748] _if_] Ff. _an_ Qq.

_strive,--_] _strive--_ Theobald. _strive._ Qq Ff.

[6749] _Being ... pause._] As in Ff Q₂ Q₃. Capell divides the line at _done._

[6750] Oth. _Being ... pause._ Des.] Omitted in Q₁.

[6751] _It is too_] Ff. _Tis too_ Q₁. _Tis to_ Q₂ Q₃.

[He stifles her.] Q₂ Q₃ (opposite _prayer!_). He stifles her. Q₁. Smothers her. Ff. Attempts to smother her. Pope.

Here Q₁ inserts: Des. _O Lord, Lord, Lord._ See note (XIII).

[6752] Emil. [Within]. Emillia calls within. Em. Qq (calles Q₂ Q₃). Æmilia at the doore. Æm. Ff.

SCENE VII. Pope.

_My ... lord!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6753] _noise_] Ff. _voyce_ Qq.

[6754] _I would ... so._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

[6755] [Stabbing her. Rann.

[Within] Ff. om. Qq.

[6756] [Within] Malone. om. Qq Ff.

[6757] _good my_] _my good_ F₃ F₄.

_I would_] Ff. _I'de_ Qq.

[6758] _here_] Q₁. _heere_ Q₂ Q₃. _high_ Ff.

[6759] _moving? Still_] _moving! still! Still_ Seymour conj. _moving? still, Still_ S. Walker conj.

[6760] _best to do_] _the best_ Qq.

[6761] _what wife?_] _my wife;_ Q₁.

_have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[6762] _Should_] Qq. _Did_ Ff.

_yawn at_] _yawn out_ Mason conj.

_alteration._] _alteration--_ Rowe.

[6763] _I do ... lord!_] _Good my lord, I do beseech you I may speak with you._ Capell.

[6764] _do_] om. Pope.

[6765] _That_] om. Qq, reading _I ... lord_ as one line.

_O_] om. Q₁.

[6766] _forgot_] _forgotten_ Q₂ Q₃.

_O_] om. Q₂ Q₃.

[6767] [Unlocks the door.] Theobald (after _now?_). Draws them, and then opens the Door. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[6768] Enter....] As in Dyce. After _draw_ in Qq. After _now?_ in Ff.

[6769] _my good_] _good my_ Steevens (1793).

_murders_] _murder_ Theobald.

[6770] _What,_] Q₁. _What?_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[6771] _nearer_] Ff. _neere the_ Qq.

[6772] _Cassio ... Roderigo._] Divided as in Qq. Two lines, the first ending _kill'd,_ in Ff.

[6773] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6774] _Roderigo ... Cassio kill'd._] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[6775] _murder'd_] Ff. _murdered_ Qq.

_Alas_] _O Lord_ Q₁. _Ahlas_ Q₂.

[6776] _that was_] Ff. _it is_ Q₁. _it was_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6777] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6778] [Dies.] She dies. Qq. om. Ff.

[6779] _murder'd_] _murdered_ Qq.

[6780] _heard_] Qq. _heare_ F₁ F₂. _hear_ F₃ F₄.

[6781] _the truth_] Ff. _a truth_ Qq.

[6782] _burning hell_] _burne in hell_ Q₃.

[6783] _O ... devil!_] Divided as in Qq. Prose in Ff.

[6784] _Thou ... true!_] Divided as in Ff. The first line ends _fire_ in Qq.

[6785] _art rash_] _as rash_ Q₁.

[6786] _top_] _tup_ Pope (ed. 2).

[6787] _extremity_] _extreme_ Steevens conj.

[6788] _My husband!_] _My husband?_ Q₁ Ff. _My husband:_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6789] Capell, reading with Ff, and Steevens (1793), reading with Qq, end the lines _Cassio ... true._

_Ay, with_] _Ay, and with_ Keightley.

_Nay_] Qq. om. Ff.

_true_] _but true_ Collier MS.

[6790] _me first_] Qq. _me on her first_ Ff.

[6791] _on_] _one_ Q₃.

[6792] _What ... husband._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_iteration, woman? I_] _iteration woman? I_ Pope. _iteration? woman, I_ Qq. _itterance, woman? I_ Ff.

[6793] Emil. _O ... Iago._] Omitted in Q₁.

[6794] _O ... love!_] One line in Q₂ Q₃. Two in Ff.

_hath_] _had_ F₄. _has_ Rowe.

[6795] _that_] Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.

[6796] _He ... word?_] Divided as in Ff. One line in Q₂ Q₃.

[6797] _say_] _says_ Theobald.

[6798] _to the heart_] _o' th' heart_ Johnson.

[6799] [looking towards her Sword. Capell, corrected to 'his Sword' in Errata. Threatening her. Collier (Collier MS.)

[6800] [threat'ning her with it. Capell.

[6801] _that_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

[6802] _be hurt_] _bear hurt_ Hanmer. _hurt thee_ Anon. MS. (pencil). See note (IV).

[6803] _thou hast_] _thou'st_ Pope.

_deed--_] Qq. _deed_ Ff.

[6804] _I ... sword_] Put in a parenthesis in Ff.

_sword_] _word_ F₄.

_known_] _know_ Qq.

[6805] _ho! help!_] _O, helpe;_ Qq.

[6806] _hath_] _has_ Qq.

Gratiano,] Gragantio, Q₂ Q₃.

and others.] Qq. om. Ff.

[6807] SCENE VIII. Pope.

[staying him. Capell.

[6808] _murders_] _murder_ Qq.

[6809] Gra.] All. Q₁.

[6810] _Disprove this villain_] _Disprove it, villain_ Capell. _Disprove this villany_ Rann (Capell conj.)

[6811] _thou'rt_] Ff. _thou art_ Qq.

[6812] _I ... more_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6813] _Than_] _But_ Capell.

[6814] _But ... false?_] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending _him,_ in Ff.

[6815] _She ... speak:_] Three lines in Qq. Six in Ff.

[6816] _false_] _was false_ Q₃.

[6817] _charm_] _clam_ Johnson conj. _chain_ Anon. conj.

[6818] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[6819] _My ... villany!_] Omitted in Q₁.

[6820] _here lies_] _lies here_ Pope.

_murder'd_] _murther'd_ Pope. _murdered_ Q₂ Q₃. _murthered_ Ff.

_bed,--_] Dyce. _bed,_ Q₃. _bed._ The rest.

[6821] All. _O heavens ... villany!_] Put in the margin by Pope.

[6822] _murder_] F₁ F₂ Q₃. _murther_ F₃ F₄. _murderer_ Q₂.

[6823] _Nay ... indeed._] One line in Q₂ Q₃. Two in Ff.

[6824] _smell't: O villany_] _smell a villany_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6825] _What, ... home._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6826] _Perchance_] Q₁ Ff. _Perhaps_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6827] _O! O! O!_] Four times in Capell.

[Falling....] Oth. fals on the bed. Qq (falls Q₂ Q₃). Omitted in Ff. hanging over his Wife. Capell. Falling on the ground. Collier MS.

[6828] [Rising] Theobald. om. Qq Ff. Starting up. Collier MS.

[6829] _horrible_] Ff. _terrible_ Qq.

[6830] _Poor ... dead_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_Desdemona_] Qq F₃ F₄. _Desdemon_ F₁ F₂.

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[6831] _in twain_] _atwane_ Q₁.

[6832] _reprobation_] Qq. _reprobance_ Ff.

[6833] _hath_] Q₁ Ff. _had_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6834] _that_] _the_ Q₁.

[6835] _handkerchief_] _hankercher_ Q₁.

[6836] _a_] _an_ Pope.

_antique_] Qq F₁ F₂. _antick_ F₃ F₄.

[6837] _O ... powers!_] _O God, O heavenly God._ Q₁.

[6838] _'Zounds_] _Zouns_ Q₁. _Come_ The rest.

_'Twill out, 'twill out._] _Twill out, twill:_ Q₁.

[6839] _I peace! No,_] _I peace? No,_ Ff. _I hold my peace sir, no,_ Qq, ending the line _no_.

[6840] _I ... north_] Ff. _I ... air_ Pope. _I ... wind_ Collier MS. _I'le be in speaking, liberall as the ayre_ Q₁. _Ile be in speaking, liberall as the north_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6841] _them_] Ff. _em_ Qq.

[6842] [Iago....] Jago offers to stab his wife. Rowe. om. Qq Ff. Iago strikes his wife with a sword. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

[6843] _Fie ... woman!_] Divided as by Capell. One line in Qq Ff.

[6844] [to Iago, seeing him about to draw it. Capell.

[6845] _O ... of_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_of_] Ff. _on_ Qq.

[6846] _steal it_] F₄. _steale it_ Qq. _steale't_ F₁ F₂. _steal't_ F₃.

[They hold him. Collier (ed. 2).

[6847] _give_] Ff. _gave_ Qq.

_no_] om. F₃ F₄.

_found_] _find_ Q₃.

[6848] _wife_] Ff. _woman_ Qq.

_stones_] _stores_ Anon. MS. (pencil). See note (IV).

[6849] _But ... Precious_] _For what then serves the thunder? Precious_ Warburton. _What serves the thunder for? Pernicious_ Anon. MS. (pencil). See note (IV).

_But ... villain!_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_serve_] F₄. _serves_ The rest.

_Precious_] Ff. _pretious_ Q₁. _pernitious_ Q₂ Q₃.

[He ... exit.] Edd. (Globe ed.) The Moore runnes at Iago. Iago kils his wife. Qq (runs Q₂ Q₃, kills Q₂ Q₃), after _woman?_ line 237. Omitted in Ff. Jago breaks through and wounds his Wife, then runs out. Rowe, after _wife?_ line 237. Iago stabs his Wife suddenly, and runs off. Capell. Othello offers to stab Iago, but is disarmed by Montano: Iago stabs Emilia, and then runs out. Dyce (ed. 2).

[6850] _The ... wife._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6851] [Exit Iago. Qq.

[6852] _you this_] Ff. _your_ Qq. _this_ Pope.

[giving Gra. a sword. Capell.

[6853] _have here recover'd_] Pope (ed. 2). _have here recovered_ Qq. _have recover'd_ Ff. _recover'd have here_ Pope (ed. 1). _have now recover'd_ Collier MS. See note (XIV).

[6854] _Come, guard_] _Some guard_ Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

[6855] [Exeunt ... Emilia.] Edd. Exit Mont. and Gratiano. Qq. Exit. Ff. Exit Montano. Knight.

SCENE IX. Pope.

[6856] _What ... willow._] Omitted in Q₁.

[6857] [Singing] Dyce. om. Qq Ff.

_Willow, willow, willow._] In italics in Qq Ff.

[6858] _I die, I die_] Qq. _alas, I dye_ Ff (_die_ F₃ F₄).

[Dies.] She dies. Qq. om. Ff.

[6859] _It is_] Qq. _It was_ Ff.

_the ice-brook's_] _the Ice brookes_ F₁ F₂. _the Ice brooks_ F₃ F₄. _the Isebrookes_ Qq. _the Ebro's_ Pope. _'tis ebroes_ Blackstone conj.

[6860] Gra. [Within] Gra. within. Gra. Qq. Gra. Ff.

[6861] _with me_] Ff. _to me_ Qq.

[6862] Re-enter Gratiano.] Theobald. om. Qq Ff and Knight.

[6863] _Behold,_] _Lo!_ Pope.

[6864] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

[6865] _I have made_] _I made_ Pope. _I've made_ Theobald.

[6866] _your_] _you_ Q₁.

[6867] _Be ... wench!_] Omitted in Q₁.

[6868] _And_] Ff. _The_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6869] _Now, how_] _Now: how_ Ff. _Now--how_ Rowe. _How_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6870] _compt_] _count_ Q₁. _'count_ Jennens.

[6871] _Even ... devils,_] Divided as by Qq Ff. The first line ends _chastity_ in Capell, reading with Ff.

[6872] _cursed_] Qq. _cursed, cursed_ Ff.

[6873] _ye_] Ff. _you_ Qq.

[6874] _roast_] _and roast_ F₃ F₄.

[6875] _steep-down_] Hyphened in Ff.

[6876] See note (XV).

[6877] Enter ... prisoner.] Malone, after Capell. Enter Lodovico, Montano, Iago, and Officers, Cassio in a Chaire. Q₁. 'Iago' is omitted in Q₂ Q₃. Enter Lodovico, Cassio, Montano, and Iago, with Officers. Ff. Enter Lodovico, Cassio led in wounded, Montano, and Jago Prisoner, with Officers. Rowe.

[6878] SCENE X. Pope.

_unfortunate_] Ff. _infortunate_ Qq.

[6879] [pointing to his Wife. Capell.

[6880] _Where ... forth._] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_that_] Ff. _this_ Q₁.

[6881] _that_] om. Q₁.

[Wounds Iago.] Othello wounds Jago. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[6882] _Wrench_] _Wring_ Q₁.

_I bleed_] _Ay, bled_ Maginn conj.

_bleed, sir, but not_] _bleed, but am not_ Hanmer.

[6883] _wert_] Qq. _was_ Ff. _wast_ Rowe.

[6884] _damned_] Qq. _cursed_ Ff.

[6885] _shall_] Ff. _should_ Qq.]

_thee?_] Qq F₄. _thee._ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[6886] _did I in_] Qq. _I did in_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _I did_ F₄.

[6887] _never gave_] Ff. _did never give_ Qq.

[6888] _your_] Ff. _you_ Qq.

[6889] _I_] om. Q₁.

[6890] _my soul_] _me, soul_ Anon. MS. (pencil). See note (IV).

[6891] _Sir,_] As in Qq. A separate line in Ff.

[6892] _not_] om. Johnson.

_Here is_] _here's_ Pope.

[6893] _the one_] _one_ Pope.

[6894] _The ... Roderigo._] As in Ff. One line in Qq.

_undertook By_] _undertooke--by_ Q₁.

[6895] _O villain_] _O villainy_ Ritson conj. _Villany_ S. Walker conj.

[6896] _interim_] _nicke_ Q₁.

[6897] _the_] Qq. _thou_ Ff.]

_caitiff_] F₄. _caitiffe_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _catieffe_ Qq.

[6898] _that handkerchief_] _a handkercher_ Q₁. _a handkerchiefe_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6899] _wife's_] _wifes_ Qq. _wives_ Ff.

[6900] _but_] Capell. _it_ Q₁. _it but_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[6901] _upbraids_] _obraides_ Q₂ Q₃.

_Iago_] _Iagos_ Q₃.

[6902] _but_] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

_spake_] _speake_ Q₃. _said_ Anon. apud Rann conj.

[6903] _For_] _Fore_ Q₃.

[6904] _bring_] Ff. _bring him_ Qq. _bring them_ Collier MS.

[6905] _before you go_] Omitted in Q₁.

[6906] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

[6907] _me as I am_] _them as they are_ Q₁.

[6908] _Nor ... speak_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

_then must you_] _then you must_ Q₂ Q₃. _you must_ Seymour conj.

[6909] _jealous_] _Iealious_ F₁ F₂.

[6910] _Perplex'd_] _Perplext_ Qq. _Perplexed_ Ff.

[6911] _Indian_] Qq F₂ F₃ F₄. _Indean_ F₁. _Judian_ Theobald. _Egyptian_ Upton conj. See note (XVI).

[6912] _subdued_] om. Pope.

[6913] _Drop_] _Drops_ Q₁ F₁.

[6914] _medicinal_] _medicinall_ Qq. _medicinable_ Ff.

_gum_] _gums_ Johnson.

[6915] _Where_] _When_ Collier MS.

_turban'd_] _Turband_ (in italics) Q₁. _Turband_ (in roman) Q₂ Q₃. _Turbond_ (in roman) Ff.

_turban'd Turk_] _Turband Turke_ Qq. _Turbond-Turke_ F₁ F₂. _Turbond-Turk_ F₃ F₄.

[6916] _traduced_] _reduc'd_ Johnson.

[6917] _by the throat_] _by throat_ Capell.

_circumcised_] _uncircumcis'd_ Brady conj.

[6918] [Stabs himself.] He stabs himselfe. Qq. om. Ff. Pulls out a conceal'd Dagger, and stabs himself. Capell. Wrenches a sword from a by-stander, and stabs himself. Anon. conj.

[6919] _that's_] Qq. _that is_ Ff.

[6920] [To Desdem. Theobald. Falling upon Desdem. Johnson. Throwing himself by his Wife. Capell.

[6921] [Falls....] He dies. Qq. Dyes. Ff. Dies on the bed. Collier (Collier MS.)

[6922] [To Iago] Theobald.

_Spartan_] F₂ F₃ F₄. _Spartane_ Qq. _Sparton_ F₁.

[6923] _tragic_] _targicke_ Q₃.

_loading_] Ff. _lodging_ Qq.

[6924] _This ... sight;_] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6925] _seize_] Ff. _ceaze_ Qq.

[6926] _on you_] Ff. _to you_ Qq.

[6927] _censure_] _fensure_ Q (1695).

[6928] [Exeunt.] Ff. Exeunt omnes. Qq.

NOTES.

NOTE I.

I. 1. 16. The punctuation in the text was first given by Steevens (1773). Most editors following Capell, including Steevens in his later editions, have supposed 'for, certes' to be part of Othello's speech. Mr Collier, omitting the comma, gives 'For certes' as the commencement of Othello's words. There is no comma in either Quartos or Folios, and the printing leaves it uncertain where the quotation is meant to begin.

NOTE II.

I. 1. 20, 21. Theobald marks 'Certes ... officer,' and 'the Florentine's ... wife' with inverted commas, to indicate that they are Iago's report of Othello's speeches, and supposes Iago to be the 'fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife.' 'The Poet means,' he adds, '_Iago_ had so beautiful a Wife, that she was his _Heaven on Earth_; that he _idoliz'd_ her; and forgot to think of Happiness in an After-state, as placing all his Views of Bliss in the single Enjoyment of her. In this sense, _Beauty_, when it can so seduce and ingross a Man's Thoughts, may be said _almost to damn_ him.' Warburton's explanation agrees substantially with that of Theobald.

NOTE III.

I. 3. 370-374. The reading in the text is that of the second and third Quartos. The first Quarto has:

'_Iag._ Go to, farewell:--doe you heare _Roderigo_?

_Rod._ what say you?

_Iag._ No more of drowning, doe you heare?

_Rod._ I am chang'd. _Exit Roderigo._

_Iag._ Goe to, farewell, put money enough in your purse:
Thus doe I euer make my foole my purse:'

The first Folio, followed substantially by the rest, reads:

'_Iago._ Go too, farewell. Do you heare, _Rodorigo_?

_Rod._ Ile sell all my Land. _Exit._

_Iago._ Thus do I euer make my Foole, my purse:'

Rowe and Pope follow the Folios.

Theobald has:

'_Iago._ Go to, farewel. Do you hear, _Rodorigo_?

_Rod._ What say you?

_Iago._ No more of drowning, do you hear.

_Rod._ I am chang'd; I'll go sell all my land. [_Exit._

_Manet_ Iago.

_Iago._ Go to, farewel, put mony enough in your purse--
Thus, &c.'

Hanmer:

'_Iago._ Go to, farewel. Do you hear, _Rodorigo_?
No more of drowning.

_Rod._ I'll sell all my land. [_Exit._

SCENE XI.

_Manet_ Iago.

_Iago._ Thus,' &c.

Warburton follows Theobald, and so does Johnson, except that he transfers 'Exit Rodorigo' to follow the first line of Iago's speech, and makes Scene XI. begin with the next. Capell reduces the whole to the following:

'_Iag._ Go to, farewel.

_Rod._ I'll sell all my land. [_Exit._

_Iag._ Thus,' &c.

NOTE IV.

III. 3. 116. In the Devonshire copy of the first Quarto there is a marginal stage direction in a 17th century hand opposite this line, 'With admiring action.' Some other stage directions and readings quoted in our foot-notes as 'Anon. MS.' are from the same source. More than one hand seems to have been employed, and there are other notes of a much later date in pencil.

NOTE V.

III. 3. 153. Johnson attributes the reading 'improbably' to what he calls 'the old Quarto.' We have not found it in any copies.

NOTE VI.

III. 3. 172. In the Devonshire copy of the first Quarto, which formerly belonged to Steevens, and which was the original of his reprint, the word 'loues' is partially obliterated by being changed with a pen to 'hates', but being still obscure 'hates', is written in the margin opposite in the same hand as the stage direction mentioned in note IV. Capell's copy has distinctly 'loues', and that this was originally the reading of the Devonshire copy is evident from the traces of the letters which still remain. Two lines above, opposite 'make,' a late hand has written in pencil 'muck' (which is Becket's conjecture) in the Devonshire copy. We have no means of ascertaining whether this note was written before or after the publication of Becket's work.

NOTE VII.

III. 3. 405. Capell prints the words: 'What then? how then? Where's satisfaction?' in italics, to indicate that Iago is repeating what Othello had said.

NOTE VIII.

IV. 1. 207, 208. The first Folio reads as follows:

'_Iago._ I warrant something from Venice,
'Tis _Lodouico_ this, comes from the Duke.
See, your wife's with him.'

The other Folios have substantially the same reading, except that the second has '_Lodovico_, this, comes, &c.,' and the third and fourth '_Lodovico_, this comes, &c.'

Hanmer has:

'_Iago._ I warrant you 'tis something come from Venice.
Oh! it is _Lodovico_ from the Duke:
And see, your wife is with him.'

We have given in our text the reading of the Quartos with Theobald's punctuation.

NOTE IX.

IV. 2. 55, 56. The first Quarto has:

'A fixed figure, for the time of scorne,
To point his slow vnmouing fingers at--oh, oh,'

The second and third have the same except that they substitute 'finger' for fingers. The first Folio, which is followed substantially by the rest, has:

'The fixed Figure for the time of Scorne,
To point his slow, and mouing finger at.'

Rowe:

'A fixed Figure for the hand of Scorn
To point his slow and moving Finger at--.'

He is followed by Pope, Theobald, and Hanmer.

Warburton also follows Rowe, except that he reads 'unmoving' for 'and moving.'

Johnson, Capell and Jennens adopt Warburton's reading.

Capell puts 'O! O!' in a separate line.

Steevens reads with the second and third Quartos, followed by Malone, Rann and the _Variorum_ Editors.

Malone conjectures:

'A fixed figure for the scorn of time
To point his slow unmoving finger at,--'

Mason proposes 'slowly moving' for 'slow unmoving': a conjecture which has been also made by Mr Collier's MS. corrector and adopted by Mr Collier in his second edition.

Becket conjectures:

'A fixed figure and in scorn, for time
To point his slow-unmoving finger at.'

Jackson:

'A fix'd figure, for the type of scorn
To point his low unmoving finger at.'

Mr Knight, in his 'Stratford' Edition, and Mr Staunton adopt Hunter's conjecture:

'The fixed figure of the time, for scorn
To point his slow and moving finger at,--'

Mr Grant White, in his _Shakespeare's Scholar_, expressed his approval of this conjecture, changing however, 'and moving' to 'unmoving' in the second line. In his edition he follows, as we do, the second Quarto. 'The time of scorn' (he says) is a phrase like 'the day of sorrow,' 'the hour of joy,' or 'the age of progress.'

Dr Cartwright reads:

'A fixed figure for the time of scorn
To point his cold unmoving finger at.'

Mr Bailey conjectures:

'A fixed figure for the time, in scorn
To point his sly and mocking finger at.'

Mr Bullock proposes to read:

'A fixed figure for the rhymer's scorn,
To point his foul unmoving finger at.'

NOTE X.

IV. 2. 183. Mr Collier says that the Devonshire copy of F₁ has the following: 'I have heard too much: And hell gnaw his bones Performances....' The mistake was discovered and corrected in other copies. This accounts for the 'and' which the corrected copies still retain instead of 'for.'

NOTE XI.

IV. 3. 46-48. In this passage we have followed Capell's arrangement of the text. The second Quarto has:

'_Sing willow_, &c. (Lay by these.)
_Willow, willow._
(Prethee hie thee, he'll come anon.)'

The third Quarto has the same arrangement, but misprints _'fling-willow, &c._'

The first Folio reads:

'_Sing Willough, &c._ (Lay by these).
_Willough, Willough._ (Prythee high thee: he'll come anon).'

The second, third, and fourth Folios have 'Lady by these,' a misprint which was corrected by Rowe in his first, but repeated in his second edition. Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, and Warburton omitted the words altogether.

NOTE XII.

V. 2. 7. Rowe, in his first edition, printed the line thus:

'Put out the Light, and then put out the Light,'

and, in his second,

'Put out the Light, and then put out _the_ Light,'

in which he was followed by Pope, except that the latter put a semicolon at the end of the line. Theobald, punctuating thus,

'Put out the light, and, then, put out the light;'

supposes that the only light in the room is that which Othello carries in his hand, and which at first he intends to extinguish, but, changing his mind, sets down to go and kiss Desdemona. He observes, 'The _Players_, in all the Companies wherever I have seen this Tragedy perform'd, commit an Absurdity here, in making Othello put out the candle, which, 'tis evident, never was the Poet's intention.'

Hanmer prints:

'Put out the light: and then--put out _thy_ light.'

Opposite line 13 he adds this stage direction, '_Sets down the Candle, not putting it out._'

Warburton has:

'Put out the light, and then--Put out the light?--'

His punctuation is adopted by Johnson.

Capell reads:

'Put out the light, and then--Put out the light!'

and adds after the next line, as a stage direction, '_Setting down the Taper._'

Mr Goldwin Smith, regarding the line in question as a stage-direction which has crept into the text, suggests to us that the passage ought to be printed as follows:

'Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.'

[_Takes off his sword and then puts out the light._

'If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, &c.'

or thus:

'................................alabaster.'

[_Takes off his sword._

'Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.'

[_Puts out the light._

'If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, &c.'

NOTE XIII.

V. 2. 86. Mr Singer, in his second edition, has here invented a reading of the first Quarto, from a misinterpretation of Steevens's note. He says, 'After this speech of Othello, the elder Quarto adds an invocation from Desdemona, consisting only of "God! God! God!"' Steevens's words, which Mr Singer adopted in his first edition, were 'consisting only of the sacred name thrice repeated.'

NOTE XIV.

V. 2. 243. Mr Collier in his _Notes and Emendations_ and in the appendix to _Coleridge's Lectures_ gives 'now' as the insertion of his MS. corrector. In the note on this passage in his second edition of _Shakespeare_, he says: '_Here_ in this line is omitted in the Folio, 1623, but inserted in the corr. fo. 1632.'

NOTE XV.

V. 2. 284, 285. The reading given in the text is that of the Quartos, substantially. The first has literatim thus:

'O _Desdemona_, _Desdemona_, dead, O, o. o.'

The second and third:

'O _Desdemona_, _Desdemona_; dead, O, o, o.'

The first Folio:

'Oh _Desdemon_! dead _Desdemon_: dead. Oh, oh!'

The second:

'Oh _Desdemon_! dead _Desdemon_: dead. dead. Oh, oh!'

The third:

'Oh _Desdemona_! dead _Desdemona_: dead, dead. Oh, oh!'

This is followed substantially by the fourth Folio and Rowe.

Pope reads:

'Oh _Desdemona_! _Desdemona!_ dead, dead! Oh! Oh!'

This is adopted by Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton and Johnson.

Capell reads:

'O _Desdemone_! dead, _Desdemone_? dead? dead?
O, o, o!'

Steevens (1773) has:

'Oh Desdemona! Desdemona! dead!
Dead! oh! oh! oh!'

This reading is followed by Steevens himself in his later editions, Malone, Rann, the _Variorum_ editors, Singer and Harness. Mr Knight reads substantially with the first Folio: Mr Collier follows the Quartos.

Mr Dyce reads:

'O Desdemon! dead, Desdemon! dead! O!'

Mr Staunton adopts the reading of the first Folio, putting a comma after the first 'dead.' Mr Grant White follows Mr Dyce.

NOTE XVI.

V. 2. 350. In his note on this passage Theobald says, 'I have restor'd, _Judian_, from the Elder _Quarto_, as the genuine and more eligible reading.' All the Quartos we have seen read 'Indian.' He adds, 'I am satisfied, in his _Judian_, he is alluding to _Herod_; who, in a Fit of blind Jealousie, threw away such a Jewel of a Wife as _Mariamne_ was to him.' This interpretation was suggested by Warburton.

'Indian' is read by the Quarto of 1695, Rowe, Pope, Capell, Jennens, Rann, Knight, Collier, Dyce, Singer (ed. 2), Delius, Staunton, Cowden Clarke, Hudson and Grant White.

'Judian' or 'Judean' is read by Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, Steevens, the _Variorum_ editors, Harness and Singer (ed. 1).

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