Act III, Scene IV — Before the castle.
Enter DESDEMONA, EMILIA, and Clown.[6090]
Des. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies?[6091]
Clo. I dare not say he lies any where.
Des. Why, man?
Clo. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is[6092] stabbing. 5
Des. Go to: where lodges he?[6093]
Clo. To tell you where he lodges, is to tell you where[6094] I lie.[6094]
Des. Can any thing be made of this?[6094]
Clo. I know not where he lodges; and for me to devise 10 a lodging, and say he lies here or he lies there, were to lie[6095] in mine own throat.[6096]
Des. Can you inquire him out and be edified by report?[6097]
Clo. I will catechize the world for him; that is, make questions and by them answer.[6098] 15
Des. Seek him, bid him come hither: tell him I have moved my lord on his behalf and hope all will be well.[6099]
Clo. To do this is within the compass of man's wit, and[6100] therefore I will attempt the doing it. [Exit.[6101]
Des. Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia?[6102] 20
Emil. I know not, madam.
Des. Believe me, I had rather have lost my purse[6103] Full of crusadoes: and, but my noble Moor Is true of mind and made of no such baseness As jealous creatures are, it were enough[6104] 25 To put him to ill thinking.[6104]
Emil. Is he not jealous?
Des. Who, he? I think the sun where he was born Drew all such humours from him.
Emil. Look, where he comes.
Des. I will not leave him now till Cassio[6105] Be call'd to him.[6105]
Enter OTHELLO.[6106]
How is't with you, my lord?[6107] 30
Oth. Well, my good lady. [Aside] O, hardness to dissemble![6108] How do you, Desdemona?
Des. Well, my good lord.[6109]
Oth. Give me your hand: this hand is moist, my lady.[6110]
Des. It yet has felt no age nor known no sorrow.[6111]
Oth. This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart: 35 Hot, hot, and moist: this hand of yours requires[6112] A sequester from liberty, fasting and prayer,[6113] Much castigation, exercise devout;[6114] For here's a young and sweating devil here,[6115] That commonly rebels. 'Tis a good hand, 40 A frank one.[6116]
Des. You may, indeed, say so; For 'twas that hand that gave away my heart.
Oth. A liberal hand: the hearts of old gave hands;[6117] But our new heraldry is hands, not hearts.
Des. I cannot speak of this. Come now, your promise.[6118] 45
Oth. What promise, chuck?
Des. I have sent to bid Cassio come speak with you.
Oth. I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me;[6119] Lend me thy handkerchief.[6120]
Des. Here, my lord. 50
Oth. That which I gave you.
Des. I have it not about me.
Oth. Not?[6121]
Des. No, indeed, my lord.[6122]
Oth. That's a fault. That handkerchief[6120][6123] 55 Did an Egyptian to my mother give; She was a charmer, and could almost read The thoughts of people: she told her, while she kept it 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father[6124] Entirely to her love, but if she lost it[6125] 60 Or made a gift of it, my father's eye Should hold her loathed and his spirits should hunt[6126] After new fancies: she dying gave it me, And bid me, when my fate would have me wive,[6127] To give it her. I did so: and take heed on't; 65 Make it a darling like your precious eye; To lose't or give't away were such perdition[6128] As nothing else could match.
Des. Is't possible?
Oth. 'Tis true: there's magic in the web of it: A sibyl, that had number'd in the world[6129] 70 The sun to course two hundred compasses,[6130] In her prophetic fury sew'd the work;[6131] The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk;[6132] And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful[6133] Conserved of maidens' hearts.
Des. Indeed! is't true?[6134] 75
Oth. Most veritable; therefore look to't well.
Des. Then would to God that I had never seen't![6135]
Oth. Ha! wherefore?
Des. Why do you speak so startingly and rash?[6136]
Oth. Is't lost? is't gone? speak, is it out o' the way?[6137] 80
Des. Heaven bless us![6138]
Oth. Say you?
Des. It is not lost; but what an if it were?[6139]
Oth. How![6140]
Des. I say, it is not lost. 85
Oth. Fetch't, let me see it.[6141]
Des. Why, so I can, sir, but I will not now.[6142] This is a trick to put me from my suit: Pray you, let Cassio be received again.[6143]
Oth. Fetch me the handkerchief: my mind misgives.[6144][6145][6146] 90
Des. Come, come;[6147] You'll never meet a more sufficient man.[6147][6148]
Oth. The handkerchief![6145]
Des. I pray, talk me of Cassio.[6149]
Oth. The handkerchief![6149]
Des. A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love,[6150] 95 Shared dangers with you,--[6151][6152]
Oth. The handkerchief![6151]
Des. In sooth, you are to blame.[6151][6153]
Oth. Away! [Exit.[6151][6154]
Emil. Is not this man jealous?[6151][6155] 100
Des. I ne'er saw this before. Sure there's some wonder in this handkerchief:[6156] I am most unhappy in the loss of it.[6157]
Emil. 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs and we all but food;[6158] 105 They eat us hungerly, and when they are full[6159] They belch us. Look you, Cassio and my husband.
Enter CASSIO and IAGO.[6160]
Iago. There is no other way; 'tis she must do't:[6161] And, lo, the happiness! go and importune her.
Des. How now, good Cassio! what's the news with you? 110
Cas. Madam, my former suit: I do beseech you That by your virtuous means I may again[6162] Exist, and be a member of his love Whom I with all the office of my heart[6163] Entirely honour: I would not be delay'd.[6164] 115 If my offence be of such mortal kind That nor my service past nor present sorrows[6165] Nor purposed merit in futurity Can ransom me into his love again, But to know so must be my benefit; 120 So shall I clothe me in a forced content And shut myself up in some other course[6166] To fortune's alms.[6167]
Des. Alas, thrice-gentle Cassio! My advocation is not now in tune; My lord is not my lord, nor should I know him 125 Were he in favour as in humour alter'd. So help me every spirit sanctified, As I have spoken for you all my best And stood within the blank of his displeasure[6168] For my free speech! You must awhile be patient: 130 What I can do I will; and more I will Than for myself I dare: let that suffice you.
Iago. Is my lord angry?
Emil. He went hence but now, And certainly in strange unquietness.
Iago. Can he be angry? I have seen the cannon, 135 When it hath blown his ranks into the air, And, like the devil, from his very arm Puff'd his own brother; and can he be angry?[6169] Something of moment then: I will go meet him: There's matter in't indeed if he be angry. 140
Des. I prithee, do so. [Exit Iago.[6170] Something sure of state, Either from Venice or some unhatch'd practice[6171] Made demonstrable here in Cyprus to him,[6172] Hath puddled his clear spirit; and in such cases[6173] Men's natures wrangle with inferior things, 145 Though great ones are their object. 'Tis even so;[6174][6175] For let our finger ache, and it indues[6174][6176] Our other healthful members even to that sense[6174][6177] Of pain: nay, we must think men are not gods,[6174] Nor of them look for such observancy[6178] 150 As fits the bridal. Beshrew me much, Emilia, I was, unhandsome warrior as I am,[6179] Arraigning his unkindness with my soul; But now I find I had suborn'd the witness, And he's indicted falsely.[6180] 155
Emil. Pray heaven it be state-matters, as you think,[6181][6182] And no conception nor no jealous toy[6181][6183][6184] Concerning you.[6181]
Des. Alas the day, I never gave him cause!
Emil. But jealous souls will not be answer'd so;[6184] 160 They are not ever jealous for the cause,[6185] But jealous for they are jealous: 'tis a monster[6186][6187] Begot upon itself, born on itself.[6188]
Des. Heaven keep that monster from Othello's mind![6189]
Emil. Lady, amen. 165
Des. I will go seek him. Cassio, walk hereabout:[6190] If I do find him fit, I'll move your suit, And seek to effect it to my uttermost.[6191]
Cas. I humbly thank your ladyship.
[Exeunt Desdemona and Emilia.
Enter BIANCA.[6192]
Bian. Save you, friend Cassio!
Cas. What make you from home?[6193] 170 How is it with you, my most fair Bianca?[6194] I'faith, sweet love, I was coming to your house.[6195]
Bian. And I was going to your lodging, Cassio. What, keep a week away? seven days and nights? Eight score eight hours? and lovers' absent hours,[6196] 175 More tedious than the dial eight score times? O weary reckoning![6197]
Cas. Pardon me, Bianca: I have this while with leaden thoughts been press'd;[6198] But I shall in a more continuate time[6199] Strike off this score of absence. Sweet Bianca,[6200] 180
[Giving her Desdemona's handkerchief.
Take me this work out.
Bian. O Cassio, whence came this?[6201] This is some token from a newer friend:[6202] To the felt absence now I feel a cause:[6202] Is't come to this? Well, well.
Cas. Go to, woman![6203] Throw your vile guesses in the devil's teeth,[6204] 185 From whence you have them. You are jealous now[6186] That this is from some mistress, some remembrance: No, by my faith, Bianca.
Bian. Why, whose is it?[6205]
Cas. I know not, sweet: I found it in my chamber.[6206] I like the work well: ere it be demanded-- 190 As like enough it will--I'ld have it copied:[6207] Take it, and do't; and leave me for this time.
Bian. Leave you! wherefore?
Cas. I do attend here on the general; And think it no addition, nor my wish, 195 To have him see me woman'd.
Bian. Why, I pray you?[6208]
Cas. Not that I love you not.[6208]
Bian. But that you do not love me.[6209] I pray you, bring me on the way a little; And say if I shall see you soon at night.[6210]
Cas. 'Tis but a little way that I can bring you; 200 For I attend here: but I'll see you soon.
Bian. 'Tis very good; I must be circumstanced. [Exeunt.[6211]
FOOTNOTES:
[5749] ACT III. SCENE I.] Actus Tertius. Scena Prima. Ff. Actus 3. Scæna 1. Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁.
Before the castle.] Capell. Othello's Palace. Rowe. Before Othello's Palace. Theobald.
Enter....] Enter Cassio, with Musitians and the Clowne. Q₁. Enter Cassio, Musitians, and Clowne. Ff. Enter Cassio, with Musitians. Q₂ Q₃.
[5750] Masters] Master Q₃.
[5751] morrow, general] morrow to the general Collier MS.
[Music. Enter Clown.] They play, and enter the Clowne. Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in the rest. Musick plays; and enter Clown from the House. Theobald.
[5752] have] Ff. ha Qq.
been in] F₄. bin in F₁ F₂ F₃. bin at Qq.
[5753] speak] play Capell (corrected in Errata). squeak Collier (Collier MS.)
[5754] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Mus. Ff. Boy Qq.
[5755] pray you,] Ff. pray, cald Q₁ Q₂. pray you, cald Q₃.
[5756] tail] tayle Qq. tale Ff.
[5757] tale] Ff. tayle Qq.
[5758] here's] hee's F₁. her's Q₃.
[5759] for love's sake] of all loves Q₁.
[5760] more] om. F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄.
[5761] have Ff. ha Qq.
[5762] up] Ff. om. Qq.
for I'll away] and hye away Hanmer. fly away Ritson conj.
[5763] into air] om. Q₁.
[Exeunt....] Theobald. Exit Mu. F₁. Exit Mus. F₂ F₃. Exit Musi. F₄. om. Qq.
[5764] hear, my] heare my Qq. heare me, mine Ff (hear F₃ F₄). hear, mine Theobald (Warburton and Bentley conj.)
[5765] I hear you] In a separate line in Ff.
[5766] general's wife] Generals wife Q₂ Q₃. Cenerals wife Q₁. Generall F₁ F₂ F₃. General F₄.
[5767] her] of her Rowe.
[5768] seem to] soon so Singer (Singer MS.) seem so to Collier (Collier MS.)
[5769] Cas. Do ... friend.] Omitted in Ff.
good my] my good Rowe.
[Exit Clown.] Exit Clo. Ff Q₂. Exit Col. Q₃. om Q₁.
[5770] Enter Iago.] As in Rowe. After her, line 28, in Qq Ff.
[5771] have] Ff. ha Qq.
[5772] a-bed] Ff. a bed Qq.
[5773] Why ... Desdemona] Arranged as in Capell. Three lines, ending parted ... her, ... Desdemona, in Qq. Three, ending parted ... wife; ... Desdemona, in Ff. Johnson reads as four lines, ending parted ... wife; ... her ... Desdemona.
[5774] Iago] om. Pope.
[5775] to her] om. Pope.
[5776] virtuous] om. Pope, ending the lines as Ff.
[5777] to you] om. Pope
[5778] humbly] om. Lettsom conj.
for't] for it Q₁.
[Exit Iago.] Capell. Exit. Qq Ff, after line 38.
[5779] I never knew A] I ne'er knew S. Walker conj., reading I humbly ... Florentine or I ne'er ... honest as one line.
[5780] A Florentine] A man Capell, reading 38-40 as two lines, the first ending for't.
[5781] sure] Ff. soone Qq.
[5782] that] om. Seymour conj.
wholesome] om. Pope.
[5783] refuse you] refuse Q₂ Q₃.
he protests] om. Hanmer.
[5784] likings] liking S. Walker conj.
[5785] To ... front] Omitted in Ff.
safest] first Johnson. saf'st Capell.
[5786] Desdemona] Qq. Desdemon Ff.
you] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.
[5787] Cas. I ... you.] Omitted in Q₁.
I am] I'm Pope.
[Exeunt.] om. F₁ F₂.
[5788] SCENE II.] Scæna Secunda. Ff. Scene continued in Rowe.
A room ...] Capell. Gentlemen.] Ff. other Gentlemen. Qq.
[5789] by him] bid him Capell. conj.
senate] Ff. state Qq.
[5790] on] to Q₂ Q₃.
[5791] Well,] om. Pope.
[5792] We'll] F₃ F₄. Well F₁. Weel F₂. We Qq.
[5793] SCENE III.] Scæna Tertia. Ff. SCENE II. Rowe.
The garden ...] Dyce. An Apartment. Rowe. An Apartment in the Palace. Theobald. The same. Before the Castle. Capell.
[5794] Good ... husband] One line in Qq. Two, the first ending do: in Ff.
warrant] Ff. know Qq.
[5795] case] Qq. cause Ff.
[5796] Do not doubt] doubt not Pope.
[5797] Bounteous] Most bounteous Pope.
[5798] I know't:] Ff. O sir, Qq.
[5799] You have] You've Pope.
you well] om. Q₃.
[5800] in strangeness] in strangest Qq. in's strangest Anon. conj.
farther] further Steevens (1793).
[5801] That] The Q₁.
[5802] circumstance] Qq. circumstances Ff.
[5803] will] would Jennens.
[5804] place:] place? Q₂.
[5805] shall never] shan't Hanmer.
[5806] thy cause] thee cause: Q₁.
[5807] SCENE IV. Pope.
Enter ... at a distance.] Enter ... at distance. Theobald. Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen. Qq. Enter Othello and Iago. Ff. Transferred to follow line 34 by Dyce.
[5808] Nay] Q₂ Q₃. Why Q₁ Ff.
[5809] I am] I'm Pope.
[5810] purposes] Ff. purpose Qq.
[5811] Well,] Well, well, Capell, ending lines 33, 34 well, ... that.
[5812] if--] Ff. if, Q₁. if,-- Q₂ Q₃.
[5813] it] om. Seymour conj.
[5814] steal] sneake Q₁.
[5815] you] Qq F₃ F₄. your F₁ F₂.
do] om. Pope.
[5816] I do ... lord!] As one line, S. Walker conj.
[5817] [going towards him. Capell.
[5818] Cassio] F₂ F₃ F₄. Cassio: F₁. Cassio, Qq.
[5819] take] make Warburton.
[5820] Went ... humbled,] As one line, S. Walker conj.
[5821] Ay, sooth] Capell. I, sooth F₃ F₄. I sooth F₁ F₂. Yes faith Qq. In sooth Rowe. I' sooth Johnson.
[5822] hath] Ff. has Qq.
grief] griefes Qq.
[5823] To suffer] I suffer Q₁.
[5824] Desdemona] Q₁ Q₃ F₄. Desdemon The rest.
[5825] The sooner] Sooner Pope.
[5826] No, not] Not Pope.
[5827] or] Qq. on Ff.
[5828] On] Or Pope.
noon] morne Qq.
night; on] Ff. night, or Qq.
Wednesday] Q₂ F₃ F₄. Wensday Q₁ F₁ F₂. wedensday Q₃.
[5829] prithee] praythee F₂.
[5830] in faith] Ifaith Q₁ Q₂. I saith Q₃.
[5831] wars] war Capell.
examples] Qq. example Ff.
[5832] their] Rowe. her Qq Ff. our Collier (Collier MS.) the Singer (ed. 2).
almost] at most Anon. conj.
[5833] you would] Ff. you could Qq.
I should] Qq F₁. I would F₂ F₃ F₄.
[5834] mammering] mam'ring Ff Q₂ Q₃. muttering Q₁. mummering Johnson.
[5835] so] om. Pope.
[5836] Trust me] Birlady Q₁.
much--] much,-- Q₂ Q₃. much. The rest.
[5837] gloves] cloths Warburton.
[5838] dishes] meats Pope.
[5839] a] om. Pope.
[5840] a suit] suit F₃ F₄.
[5841] difficult weight] difficulty Q₁.
[5842] Desdemona] Desdemon Dyce (ed. 2).
I'll] I will Capell.
to thee] om. Pope.
[5843] Be] be Ff. be it Qq.
[To Othello. Jennens.
[5844] [Exeunt....] Exeunt Des. and Em. Q₂ Q₃. Exit Desd. and Em. Q₁. Exit. Ff. Exeunt. Manent Othello and Jago. Pope.
[5845] SCENE V. Pope.
wretch] wench Theobald.
[5846] lord,--] Theobald. lord. Qq Ff.
[5847] Did ... love?] Arranged as in Qq. Two lines, the first ending Cassio, in Ff.
[5848] you] he F₁.
woo'd] Ff. wooed Qq.
[5849] He ... ask?] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[5850] a] om. Q₃.
my thought] my thoughts Q₁.
[5851] he had] he'd Pope.
her] Qq. hir F₁. it F₂ F₃ F₄.
[5852] oft] often Q₁.
[5853] Indeed! ay, indeed:] Indeed: Steevens conj.
ay,] Rowe. I Ff Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁.
in that] of that Rowe.
[5854] Honest! ay, honest.] Ay, honest. Steevens (1793), reading Is he ... honest as one line.
[5855] Think ... me,] One line in Qq Ff. Steevens (1793) reads What ... lord! as one line; By heaven ... me, as another.
By ... echoes] By heaven he ecchoes Q₁. Alas, thou ecchos't Ff. (eccos't F₂). why dost thou ecchoe Q₂ Q₃. why, by heav'n, thou eccho'st Pope.
[5856] his] Q₁. thy Ff Q₂ Q₃.
[5857] dost] didst Q₁.
[5858] even] Ff. but Qq.
likedst] lik'dst Pope. lik'st Qq Ff.
[5859] In] Qq. Of Ff. See note (IV).
[with admiring action. Anon. MS. See note (IV).
[5860] conceit] counsell Q₁. conceits Rowe (ed. 2).
[5861] And] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.
thou'rt] Ff. thou art Qq.
love and] om. Hanmer.
[5862] weigh'st] Ff. weighest Qq.
givest] give Q₁.
them] Ff. em Q₁. 'em Q₂ Q₃.
[5863] fright] affright Q₁.
[5864] They're] Ff. They are Qq.
close delations] Johnson. close denotements Q₁. close dilations F₁ Q₂ Q₃. cold delations F₂ F₃ F₄. distillations Hanmer.
[5865] be sworn] presume Q₁.
sworn I] sworn--I Lettsom conj.
that] om Q₃.
[5866] what] that Q₁.
[5867] seem none!] seeme, Q₃. seem knaves! Warburton. be known! Heath conj.
[5868] Certain, men] Certain men, Q₃.
[5869] Cassio's] that Cassio's Steevens (1793), ending line 132 at then.
[5870] prithee] preethee Q₁. pray thee F₂ F₃ F₄.
as] om. Q₁.
[5871] As ... worst] One line in Hanmer.
thy ... thoughts] Ff Q₂. the worst of thought Q₁. thy thoughts Q₃.
[5872] words] word Q₁.
[5873] Though I am] I am not Rowe (ed. 2).
[5874] that all] Qq. that: all Ff.
free to.] free to; Rowe. free to, Qq. free: Ff.
[5875] thoughts?] Q₁ Ff. thoughts: Q₂ Q₃.
they are] they're Pope.
vile] Qq. vild Ff.
[5876] a breast] Qq. that breast Ff.
[5877] But some] Qq. Wherein Ff.
[5878] session] Qq. sessions Ff.
sit] fit Q₂ Q₃.
[5879] think'st] Ff. thinkest Qq.
[5880] I do ... perchance] I thought--beseech you--I do--perchance Becket conj.
you-- Though I perchance] Malone (Henley conj.) you, Though I perchance Qq Ff. you, Though, I-- perchance Johnson.
[5881] Though] 'Cause Hanmer. Think Warburton (Theobald conj.)
[5882] abuses] abuse Pope.
[5883] oft ... Shapes] Qq. of ... Shapes Ff. of ... Shape Grant White.
[5884] that ... yet] I intreate you then Q₁ and Pope.
yet] Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.
[5885] imperfectly] improbably Johnson. See note (V).
conceits] coniects Q₁. conjects Warburton.
[5886] Would] You'd Q₁. Will Q₃.
Would ... build] Your wisdom would not build Pope.
notice] note Anon. conj.
[5887] his] Ff. my Qq.
[5888] or] Qq. and Ff.
[5889] What ... mean?] Zouns. Q₁.
[5890] woman] woman's Q₁.
[5891] their] Ff. our Qq.
[5892] Who ... nothing;] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
something, nothing] something-nothing Staunton.
[5893] not] naught Grant White conj.
[5894] By heaven] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂ Q₃.
thoughts] thought Q₁.
[5895] Oth. Ha!] om. Q₁.
beware, my lord, of] beware Q₁.
[5896] the] a Q₂ Q₃.
mock] F₃ F₄. mocke Qq F₁ F₂. make Hanmer (Theobald conj.) mamock Smith conj. 'mock (for mamock) Grey conj. muck Becket conj.
[5897] mock ... on:] mock-- The meat it feeds on! Anon. conj. (1814).
[5898] The] That Q₁.
that] What Q₃.
[5899] Who ... wronger] Who certaine of his wronger Q₃.
Who, certain] Who's certain Capell conj.
loves not] hates not Steevens's reprint of Q₁. See note (VI).
[5900] strongly] Qq. soundly Ff. fondly Knight.
[5901] riches] rich Q₃.
fineless] endless Pope.
as poor] poor Q₃.
winter] want Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
[5902] heaven] God Q₁.
[5903] Why, why] Qq. Why? why Ff.
this?] this, Iago? Capell.
[5904] Is once] Qq. Is Ff. is At once Hanmer, ending the previous line at is.
[5905] exsufflicate] exufflicate Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. exufflicated F₄. exsuffolate Hanmer. exsufflate Richardson conj.
blown] blowne Qq. blow'd F₁. blowed F₂ F₃ F₄.
[5906] thy] the F₂ F₃ F₄.
[5907] well] Qq. om. Ff.
[5908] these] there Jackson conj.
are more] Qq F₁. are most F₂ F₃ F₄. make more Warburton.
[5909] chose] chosen Q₂ Q₃.
[5910] or] and Q (1695) and Hanmer.
[5911] I am] I'm Pope.
[5912] it] Qq. this Ff.
[5913] of] for Q₃.
[5914] Wear] Were Q₃.
eye] eyes Ff.
jealous] Iealious F₁ F₂.
[5915] heaven] God Q₁.
[5916] They ... conscience] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
not] om. Q₁.
[5917] leave't] Q₁ Ff. leave Q₂ Q₃.
keep't] Q₃. keepe't Q₃. keepe Q₁. kept Ff.
[5918] so?] so. Q₁.
[5919] Why,] om. Pope.
[5920] seel] seele F₁ F₂. seale Qq F₃. seal F₄.
oak] owls Johnson conj. hawk's Staunton conj.
[5921] He ... blame;] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
to blame] F₄. too blame The rest.
[5922] to] to to F₂.
thee] you Rowe (ed. 2).
[5923] Not a jot] No Seymour conj.
I'faith] Ifaith Q₁. Trust me Ff Q₂ Q₃.
[5924] Comes ... moved:] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
my] your F₁.
you're] Rowe. you are Qq. y'are Ff.
[5925] should] would Pope.
such] om. Q₃.
vile] Qq. vilde F₁ F₂ F₃. vild F₄.
success] excess Pope (ed. 2).
[5926] As ... friend--] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
As] Qq. Which Ff.
aim not at] aime not at Qq. aym'd not F₁ F₂. aim'd not F₃ F₄. aim'd not at Rowe.
worthy] trusty Q₁.
[5927] you're] Rowe. you are Qq. y'are Ff.
[5928] I] om. Q₃.
[5929] Long ... so!] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[5930] itself--] it self-- F₃ F₄. it selfe-- F₁ F₂. it selfe. Qq.
[5931] Ay ... you--] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[5932] Whereto] Wherein Q₃.
[5933] Foh!] Foh, Ff. Fie Qq.
one] Ff. we Qq.
most] must Q₃.
[5934] disproportion] Qq. disproportions Ff.
[5935] position] suspicion Collier MS.
[5936] her; though I may fear] her, though I may fear: Nicholson conj.
[5937] fall] fail Nicholson conj.
[5938] happily] haply so Pope.
Farewell, farewell] Farewell Qq, ending the lines if more ... on ... Iago.
[5939] Set ... Iago.] As in Rowe. Two lines in Ff.
[5940] [Going] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[5941] Why ... doubtless] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[5942] [Returning] Returns. Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[5943] Iago. My lord ... honour To scan] My lord ... honour, Iag. To scan Q₁.
[5944] further] Qq. farther Ff.
[5945] Though it be fit] Tho it be fit Q₁. Although 'tis fit Ff. And though tis fit Q₂ Q₃.
[5946] hold] Qq. om. F₁. put F₂ F₃ F₄.
off] of Q₃.
[5947] his] Ff. her Qq.
[5948] [Exit.] Qq F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.
[5949] SCENE VI. Pope.
[5950] qualities] Q₁. quantities Ff Q₂ Q₃.
learned] Qq. learn'd Ff.
[5951] spirit, Of] spirit Of S. Walker conj.
[5952] human] Rowe. humaine Q₁. humane The rest.
dealings] dealing Q₁.
do] om. Pope.
[5953] down] dewne Q₂ Q₃.
[5954] prey] pray Q₃.
Haply] Ff. Happily Qq.
[5955] vale] valt Q₁.
[5956] abused] aduis'd Q₃.
[5957] curse] the curse Pope.
[5958] of] Ff. in Qq.
[5959] corner] cornet Q₃.
the thing] Ff. a thing Qq.
[5960] uses] use Pope.
plague of] Qq. plague to Ff.
great ones] Hyphened in Ff.
[5961] less] more Malone conj.
[5962] 'Tis] This Q₃.
[5963] Desdemona] Qq. Looke where she Ff.
Re-enter ...] Dyce, after believe't, line 283. Enter ... Ff. Enter ... Qq, after beleeve it, line 283.
[5964] O, then heaven mocks] Heaven mock'd Ff.
[5965] believe't] beleeve it Qq.
[5966] islanders] Ff. Ilander Qq.
[5967] to blame] Qq F₄. too blame F₁ F₂ F₃.
Why ... faintly?] Ff. Why is your speech so faint? Qq.
[5968] Why ... well?] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[5969] here] heare Q₂ Q₃.
[5970] Faith] Q₁. Why Ff Q₂ Q₃.
[5971] it hard] your head Q₁.
[offering to bind his head. Collier (Collier MS.)
[5972] well] well againe Q₁.
[goes to do it with a Handkerchief. Capell.
[He puts ...] Capell, substantially. She drops her Handkerchief. Rowe. lets fall her napkine. Anon. MS. See note (IV).
[5973] Des. I am ... well.] Omitted by Capell, but corrected in Notes.
[Exeunt ...] Ex. Oth. and Desd. Q₁ (after line 294). Exit Oth. and Des. Q₂ Q₃ (after line 294). Exit. F₁ (after line 292). Exeunt F₂ F₃ F₄ (after line 292).
[5974] SCENE VII. Pope.
napkin] napkin here Hanmer.
[picking it up. Capell.
[5975] Woo'd] Ff. Wooed Qq.
[5976] To ... not I] Arranged as in Qq Ff. The lines end out, ... Iago; ... I: in Johnson.
[5977] talk to] talke too F₂. talk too Q (1695).
have] Ff. ha Qq.
[5978] I'll ... will] I will have the work Ta'en out, and give it to Iago, but What he'll Hanmer, ending the lines work ... but ... I.
[5979] he will] Ff. hee'll Q₁. he'l Q₂ Q₃.
[5980] nothing but to please] nothing know, but for Q₁.
Re-enter Iago.] Dyce. Enter Iago. Ff. Enter Iago. Qq (after line 302).
[5981] I have ... me?] One line, S. Walker conj.
[5982] A] Qq. You have a Ff.
A ... thing--] One line in Qq. Two in Ff. Steevens (1778), reading with Ff, puts You ... thing--in one line.
thing--] Ff Q₂ Q₃. thing. Q₁.
[5983] wife] thing Q₁.
[5984] handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.
[5985] stol'n] stolne F₁ F₂. stoln F₃. stollen F₄. stole Qq.
[5986] No, faith] Qq. No: but Ff.
[5987] took 't] Q₁ Ff. tooke it Q₂ Q₃.
[5988] it is] Qq. 'tis Ff.
[5989] What ... it?] Divided as in Theobald. The first line ends bin in Q₁. The first ends with it in Q₂ Q₃. Prose in Ff.
[5990] with 't] Ff. with it Qq.
that] om. F₃ F₄. Restored by Capell.
[5991] filch] fetch Q₃. filtch F₄.
[Snatching it] Rowe. Capell, after line 317. om. Qq Ff.
what's] Qq. what is Ff.
[5992] If 't] Q₂ Q₃. If it Q₁ Ff.
for] om. Collier MS.
[5993] Give 't me] Giv 't me Ff. Give mee 't Q₁ Q₂. Give me 't Q₃. Give it me Steevens.
[5994] Be ... me.] Divided as in Capell. One line in Qq. Two, the first ending on 't: in Ff.
[5995] not acknown on 't] F₃ F₄. not acknowne on 't F₁ F₂. not you knowne on 't Q₁ Q₃. not you acknowne on 't Q₂. not you known in 't Johnson conj. not you known of't Malone.
[5996] lose] Qq. loose Ff.
[5997] writ] Wright Q₃.
[5998] The ... poison:] Omitted in Q₁.
poison] poysons F₂ F₃ F₄. potion S. Walker conj. practice S. Walker conj. (withdrawn).
[5999] Dangerous ... poisons,] Omitted in Rowe (ed. 2).
natures] nature Pope.
[6000] act] art, Q₁.
[6001] mines] mindes Q₁.
I did say so:] Hide it!--so--so-- Blackstone conj. (withdrawn).
[Observing Othello seemingly disturb'd. Hanmer.
[6002] SCENE VIII. Pope.
Re-enter Othello.] Dyce, after yesterday, line 337. Transferred by Edd. (Globe ed.) Ent. Othello. Q₁, opposite line 332. Enter Othello. Q₂, opposite line 332. om. Q₃. Enter Othello. Ff, after line 333. Enter Othello, at a Distance. Capell, after line 333. Enter Othello. Knight, after yesterday, line 337.
[6003] Nor] om. F₄.
[6004] owedst] hadst Pope.
Oth] Oth. [coming forward. Collier (ed. 2.)
Ha! ha!] Ha! Pope.
to me?] Ff. to me, to me? Qq.
[6005] thou hast] thou'st Pope.
[6006] know 't] know Q₁.
now] om. Pope.
[6007] sense] Q₁ F₁. sence Q₂ Q₃. sent F₂ F₃. scent F₄.
of her] Qq. in her Ff.
of lust] or lust Warburton.
[6008] saw 't] saw it F₄.
[6009] was] Qq. fed well, was Ff.
[6010] Pioners] Pyoners Qq F₁ F₂. Pioneers F₃ F₄. Pyoneers Q (1695).
[6011] troop] troope Qq. troopes F₁ F₂. troops F₃ F₄.
wars] war Rowe (ed. 2).
[6012] make] F₂ F₃ F₄. makes Qq F₁.
farewell,] farewell; F₁.
[6013] ear-piercing] fear-'spersing Warburton conj.
[6014] you] Ff. ye Qq.
rude] Ff. wide Qq.
[6015] dread] Ff. great Qq.
clamours] clamor Q₁.
[6016] possible, my lord?] possible?--My lord,-- Capell.
[6017] [Taking him by the Throat. Capell.
[6018] [Catching hold on him. Rowe.
[6019] man's] mans Q₁. mine Ff. my Q₂ Q₃. thine Anon. conj.
[6020] hadst been] hadst Q (1695).
have] to have Anon. conj.
[6021] Than] That Q₃.
[6022] lord,--] lord-- Pope. lord. Qq Ff.
[6023] horror's] Hanmer. horrors Qq Ff. horrors' Anon. conj.
horrors] horror S. Walker conj.
[6024] For ... that.] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[6025] defend] Qq. forgive Ff.
[6026] be wi'] Rowe. b' w' F₄. buy The rest.
mine] my Q₂ Q₃.
O] om. Pope.
[6027] livest] Qq. lov'st Ff.
thine] thy Q (1695).
[6028] world! Take] Ff. world, take Qq.
[6029] sith] Ff. since Qq.
[6030] honest.] honest-- Rowe.
[6031] loses] F₂ F₃ F₄. looses Qq F₁.
that] what Pope.
[6032] Oth. By ... satisfied! Iago.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6033] be] is F₃ F₄.
and] om. Capell.
[6034] Her] her Q₂ Q₃. My Ff.
[6035] streams] steams Pope.
[6036] sir,] Qq. om. Ff.
[6037] satisfied?] Ff. satisfied. Qq.
nay, I] Qq. Nay, and I Ff. Nay, and Pope.
[6038] you, the supervisor,] Capell. you, the superuisor Q₁. you the supervision Ff. you, the supervision Q₂ Q₃. you be supervisor, Pope. you them supervise? Seymour conj.
the supervisor, grossly] the supervisor gross, Seymour conj.
on?] Ff. on, Qq. on-- Dyce.
[6039] topp'd] F₂ F₃ F₄. topt Qq. top'd F₁. tupp'd Pope (ed. 2).
[6040] them] F₁. em Qq. om. F₂ F₃ F₄. it Collier MS.
damn them] dam em Qq.
[6041] do] did Qq.
[6042] how then?] how then, say you? Capell.
[6043] What ... satisfaction?] Where's satisfaction? What shall I say? Capell. See note (VII).
[6044] prime] brime or brim Singer conj.
[6045] may] Qq. might Ff.
have't] Ff. ha't Qq.
[6046] she's] Ff. that she's Qq.
[6047] sith] since Theobald (ed. 2).
in] Ff. into Qq.
[6048] on] one Q₃.
[6049] And ... Cassio:] Arranged as by Pope. Four lines ending sleep, ... soule, ... affaires, ... Cassio: in Qq. Four lines, ending tooth, ... men, ... mutter ... Cassio: in Ff.
[6050] sleeps] sleep Q (1695).
their] All their Hanmer, arranging as Ff. Of their Capell. Their dear'st Seymour conj. Their near'st Anon. conj.
[6051] wary] merry Q₁.
[6052] Cry 'O] Cry, oh Ff. Cry out, Qq.
and] Qq. om. Ff.
[6053] That ... Moor!] Divided as in Qq. The lines end thigh, ... Fate, ... Moore in Ff.
[6054] then laid] then layed Q₁ Q₂. then laied Q₃. laid Ff. lay Rowe. then lay Pope, dividing as Qq.
[6055] Over ... sigh'd ... kiss'd ... Cried] Capell. Over ... sigh'd ... kissed ... Cried Qq. ore ... sigh ... kisse ... cry Ff. Over ... sigh ... kiss ... Cry Pope.
[6056] Nay,] om. Pope.
[6057] denoted] deuoted Q₁.
[6058] 'Tis ... dream. Iago. And] Iag. Tis ... dreame, And Q₁.
[6059] but] Qq. yet Ff.
[6060] handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.
[6061] wife's] Rowe. wives Qq Ff.
[6062] hand?] Ff Q₂. hand. Q₁. hand, Q₃.
[6063] If it] Ff. If't Qq.
that,--] that-- Rowe. that. Qq Ff.
[6064] any that was hers,] Malone. any, it was hers, Qq. any, it was hers. F₁. any, if't was hers, F₂ F₃ F₄. any 'it' was hers, Anon. conj.
[6065] do I] I doe Q₂ Q₃.
true] time Q₁.
[6066] 'Tis gone] As a separate line in Pope. Ending line 449 in Qq Ff. om. Seymour conj.
[6067] thy hollow cell] Qq. the hollow hell Ff. th' unhallow'd cell Warburton.
[6068] hearted] harted Q₁. parted Warburton.
[6069] [he kneeles. Q₁, opposite content. Opposite tongues, in Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in Ff.
Yet] Ff. Pray Qq.
[6070] blood, blood, blood] Ff. blood, Iago, blood Qq.
[6071] perhaps] Qq. om. Ff.
[6072] Iago ... heaven,] Omitted in Q₁.
[6073] Never ... sea,] One line in Ff. Two in Q₂ Q₃.
to] om. Pope.
[6074] icy] yesty Singer (ed. 2).
[6075] Ne'er feels] Ne'r feels Q₂ Q₃. Nev'r keepes F₁ F₂. Ne're keeps F₃ F₄. Ne'er makes Keightley. Nev'r knows Southern MS. and Collier MS. Ne'er knows Grant White. Ne'er brooks S. Walker conj.
[6076] ne'er ... ne'er] nev'r ... nev'r F₁ F₂. ne're ... ne're The rest.
[6077] by] be Q₃.
[6078] of] to Q₃.
[Kneels.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff. Othello kneeles. Anon. MS. See note (IV).
[6079] words.] Qq. words--Ff.
[Kneels.] Iago kneels. Q₂. Iago kneeles. Q₁, opposite line 468. Omitted in Ff Q₃.
[6080] you] the Q₂ Q₃. your F₄. ye Johnson.
[6081] You] Ye Johnson.
[6082] execution] excellency Q₁.
hands] Ff. hand Qq.
[6083] And to obey] Not to obey Pope. Nor, to obey Theobald. And not to obey Jennens. An' to obey Farmer conj.
be in me remorse] be remorce Q₁. be in me no remorse Capell (Upton conj.) bury my remorse or breed me no remorse Anon. conj. without remorce Anon. MS. See note (IV).
[6084] in me remorse, What] in me. Remord What Warburton.
[6085] business ever] worke so ever Qq. work soe'er Collier.
[They rise.] Rising. Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[6086] My ... live.] Divided as in Capell. Two lines, the first ending dead: in Qq. Three, ending dead: ... request ... live, in Ff.
[6087] at your request] Ff. as you request Qq.
[6088] Damn ... her!] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
her!] her, Qq. her, damne her. Ff.
[6089] For ... lieutenant.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[6090] SCENE IV.] SCENE IX. Pope. Rowe continues the Scene.
Before the castle.] The same. Capell. Another Apartment in the Palace. Theobald.
Desdemona, Emilia,] Desdemonia, Emilla Qq.
Clown.] the Clowne. Qq.
[6091] Lieutenant] the Leiutenant Qq.
[6092] Clo.] om. Q₁.
He's] Ff. He is. Qq.
one] Qq. mee F₁ F₂. me F₃ F₄.
is] Qq. 'tis Ff.
[6093] to] too F₁.
[6094] Clo. To ... this?] Omitted in Q₁.
[6095] lies ... there] lies there Qq.
[6096] mine own] my Q₁. my own Capell.
[6097] be] om. Q₃.
by] to Collier MS.
[6098] by them] make them Q₃. bid them Theobald (Warburton).
[6099] on his] Ff. in his Qq.
[6100] man's wit] a man Q₁.
[6101] I will] I'le Q₁. Ile Q₂ Q₃.
it] Ff. of it Qq.
[Exit.] Qq. Exit Clo. F₁ F₂ F₃. Exit Clown. F₄.
[6102] lose] Q (1695) and Rowe. loose Qq Ff.
that] Qq. the Ff.
handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.
[6103] have lost] Ff. loose Qq. lose Q (1695).
[6104] jealous] iealious F₁. jealious F₂.
[6105] I will ... him.] Divided as by Steevens (1793). The first line ends at now in Qq, at be in Ff. Prose in Malone.
[6106] till] Let Q₁.
Enter Othello.] As in Dyce. After him, line 28, in Qq. After comes, line 28, in F₁ F₂. After sorrow, line 34, in F₃. After lord? line 30, in F₄.
[6107] is't] Ff. is it Qq.
Act III, Scene X — Pope
[6108] [Aside] Hanmer.
[6109] Des.] Les. F₂.
good] om. Pope.
[6110] Give ... lady.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[6111] yet has] Qq. hath Ff. yet hath Rowe.
[6112] Hot, hot] Not hot Q₁ Both hot Anon. MS. See note (IV).
[6113] prayer] Ff. praying Qq.
[6114] devout] devoted Q₃.
[6115] young] strong Warburton.
sweating] sweatie Q₃.
[6116] frank one] frank one too Capell. very frank one Hanmer.
[6117] hearts ... hands] hands ... hearts Hanmer (Warburton).
[6118] I cannot ... promise.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
Come now,] Come now Q₂ Q₃. Come, now Ff. Come, come Q₁.
[6119] sorry] Ff. sullen Qq. sudden Collier MS.
[6120] handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.
[6121] Not?] Ff. Not. Qq.
[6122] indeed] faith Q₁.
[6123] That's] Qq Ff. That is Capell.
That's ... handkerchief One line in Qq Ff. Two, the first ending fault, in Steevens (1793), reading That is.
[6124] and] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6125] Entirely ... it,] Repeated in Q₁.
[6126] loathed] lothely Q₁.
his] her Jennens (a misprint).
spirits] spirit Q (1695).
should] om. Pope.
[6127] wive] Qq. wiv'd Ff.
[6128] lose't] Theobald. loose't F₁ F₂. loos't F₃ F₄. loose Q₁ Q₂. lose Q₃.
perdition] prediction Q₃.
[6129] had] hath Hanmer (ed. 2).
[6130] The sun to course] Ff Q₂ Q₃. The sun to make Q₁. Of the sun's course Hanmer.
[6131] sew'd] sow'd Ff. sowed Qq.
[6132] hallow'd] Capell. hallowed Q₁ Ff Q₂. hollowed Q₃.
[6133] which] with Q₁ Q₃.
[6134] Conserved] Conserues Q₁. Concerue Q₂. Conserve Q₃.
Indeed] Ifaith Q₁.
[6135] to God] Qq. to heaven F₁. the heaven F₂ F₃ F₄.
seen't] F₃ F₄. seene't F₁ F₂. seene it Qq.
[6136] startingly] staringly F₃ F₄.
rash] rashly Q₁.
[6137] is it] Qq. is't Ff.
[6138] Heaven] Q₁. om. Ff Q₂ Q₃.
[6139] an if] Theobald (ed. 2). and if Qq Ff.
[6140] How!] How? Ff. Ha. Qq.
[6141] Fetch't] Qq F₄. Fecht F₁ F₂ Fetcht' F₃.
see it] Qq. see't Ff.
[6142] sir,] Qq. om. Ff.
[6143] Pray you] Ff. I pray Qq.
[6144] Fetch ... misgives.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
the] Ff. that Qq.
[6145] handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.
[6146] misgives.] misgives-- Rowe. misgives me-- Keightley.
[6147] Come ... man.] Divided as in Capell. One line in Qq. Prose in Ff.
Come ... never] Come, you'll ne'er Pope.
[6148] man] m Q₁ (Cap.)
[6149] Des. I pray ... handkerchief!] Des. I pray ... handkercher. Q₁. Omitted in the rest.
[6150] his] om. Q₃.
[6151] Shared ... jealous?] Two lines, the first ending sooth, in Steevens (1793).
[6152] you,--] you-- Steevens. you: Capell. you. Qq Ff.
[6153] In sooth] Ifaith Q₁.
to blame] Q₃ F₄. too blame The rest.
[6154] Away] Zouns Q₁.
[Exit.] Qq. Exit Othello. Ff.
[6155] SCENE XI. Manent Desdemona and Æmilia. Pope.
jealous] iealious F₁. jealious F₂.
[6156] Sure] Sir Q₃.
[6157] I am] I'm Pope.
the loss of it] this losse Q₁ (Cap.) the losse Q₁ (Dev. and Chip.)
[6158] are all] are Rowe (ed. 2).
[6159] they are] they're Pope.
[6160] They ... husband.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
Enter ...] Dyce. Enter Iago and Cassio. Pope. Enter Iago, and Cassio. Ff (after us). Enter Iago and Cassio. Qq (after line 103).
[6161] do't] F₃ F₄. doo't F₁ F₂. doe it Qq.
[6162] may again] doe beseech you: Q₃.
[6163] office] duty Q₁.
[6164] delay'd] delayed Q₁ Q₂.
[6165] nor my] F₁. not my Q₂ F₂ Q₃ F₃ F₄. neither Q₁.
sorrows] sorrow S. Walker conj.
[6166] shut ... in] shoote my selfe up in Q₁. shoot myself upon Capell. shape myself upon Anon. apud Rann conj. set myself upon Collier conj. shift myself upon Collier MS. suit myself up in Anon. conj. shoote my selfe forth in Anon. MS. See note (IV).
shut ... other course] suit ... order coarse Jackson conj.
[6167] alms] arms Pope.
thrice-gentle] thrice gentile Q₃.
[6168] stood] stoop Q₃.
[6169] can he be] Qq. is he Ff.
[6170] SCENE XII. Pope.
[Exit Iago.] As in Capell. Exit. Ff (after line 140). Omitted in Qq.
[6171] or some] of some Johnson.
[6172] demonstrable here] here demonstrable Pope.
[6173] puddled] pulld Q₃.
[6174] Though ... gods,] Arranged As in Ff. Five lines, ending object, ... ake, ... members, ... thinke, ... gods, in Qq.
[6175] Though] Ff. Tho Q₁ Q₂. The Q₃.
their] Ff. the Qq.
[6176] indues] endures Q₃. subdues Johnson conj. inducts Jackson conj.
[6177] even to that sense] Qq. even to a sense Ff. with a sense Pope. even with that sense Seymour conj.
[6178] Nor] Not Q₃.
observancy] observancie F₁. observances Qq. observance F₂ F₃ F₄. observance always Rowe.
[6179] warrior] wrangler Hanmer. lawyer Becket conj.
[6180] indicted] Collier. indited Qq Ff.
[6181] Pray ... you.] Divided as in Qq. The lines end be ... conception, ... you in Ff.
[6182] state-matters] State-matter Pope, divided with Ff.
[6183] nor no] Nor Rowe.
[6184] jealous] Iealious F₁ F₂.
[6185] jealous] iealious F₁.
the cause] a cause Pope.
[6186] jealous] iealious F₁. jealious F₂.
[6187] they are] Qq. they're Ff.
'tis] tis Qq. It is Ff. It's Pope.
[6188] upon] unto Q₃.
on] of Seymour conj.
[6189] that] Qq. the Ff.
Othello's] Othell's F₂.
[6190] hereabout] F₃ F₄. here about Qq. heere about F₁ F₂.
[6191] uttermost] utmost Q₃.
[6192] [Exeunt ...] As in Pope. Opposite lines 167, 168 in Qq. Exit Ff (after line 168). Ex. Desdem. and Æmil. at one door; Cassio, at the other. Theobald.
Act III, Scene XIII — Pope. Scene changes to the Street before the Palace. Theobald
Enter Bianca.] As in Ff Q₂ Q₃. After Cassio! line 170, in Q₁. Re-enter Cassio, meeting Bianca. Theobald.
[6193] make] makes F₄.
[6194] is it] Qq. is't Ff.
[6195] I'faith] Ifaith Q₁. Indeed The rest.
coming] going Q₃.
house] lodging Capell.
[6196] lovers'] lovers Qq F₁. loves F₂ F₃ F₄. lover's Pope.
[6197] O] No Q₁.
[6198] leaden] laden Q₁.
[6199] continuate time] Ff Q₂. convenient time Q₁. continuate: of time Q₃.
[6200] [Giving....] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[6201] O] om. Hanmer.
[6202] friend: ... now] friend; To the felt-absence, now Rowe. friend, To the felt absence, now Q₁. friend To the felt absence, now Q₂ Q₃. friend, To the felt-absence: now Ff. friend: Of thy felt absence, now Pope.
[6203] Well, well.] Omitted in Q₁. Well, well, well-- Keightley.
Go to, woman!] Well, go to, woman; Hanmer. Woman, go to! Capell.
[6204] vile] Qq. vilde F₁ F₂ F₃. vild F₄.
[6205] by my faith] Q₁. in good troth The rest. in good truth Johnson.
whose] who's Q₁ F₁ F₂.
[6206] I know ... chamber.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
sweet] Qq. neither Ff.
[6207] I'ld] I'de Qq. I would Ff.
[6208] Bian. Why ... not.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6209] But ... me.] Not that you love me. Hanmer.
[6210] night.] Qq. night? Ff.
[6211] [Exeunt.] Qq. Exeunt omnes. Ff.
Act IV, Scene I — Cyprus. Before the castle.
Enter OTHELLO and IAGO.[6212]
Iago. Will you think so?
Oth. Think so, Iago![6213]
Iago. What,[6214] To kiss in private?[6214]
Oth. An unauthorized kiss.[6215]
Iago. Or to be naked with her friend in bed[6216][6217] An hour or more, not meaning any harm?
Oth. Naked in bed, Iago, and not mean harm![6217] 5 It is hypocrisy against the devil: They that mean virtuously and yet do so, The devil their virtue tempts and they tempt heaven.[6218]
Iago. So they do nothing, 'tis a venial slip:[6219] But if I give my wife a handkerchief--[6220][6221] 10
Oth. What then?
Iago. Why, then, 'tis hers, my lord; and being hers,[6222] She may, I think, bestow 't on any man.
Oth. She is protectress of her honour too:[6223] May she give that? 15
Iago. Her honour is an essence that's not seen; They have it very oft that have it not: But for the handkerchief--[6221]
Oth. By heaven, I would most gladly have forgot it: Thou said'st--O, it comes o'er my memory, 20 As doth the raven o'er the infected house,[6224] Boding to all--he had my handkerchief.[6225]
Iago. Ay, what of that?
Oth. That's not so good now.
Iago. What,[6226] If I had said I had seen him do you wrong?[6226][6227] Or heard him say--as knaves be such abroad,[6228] 25 Who having, by their own importunate suit, Or voluntary dotage of some mistress,[6229] Convinced or supplied them, cannot choose[6230] But they must blab--[6231]
Oth. Hath he said any thing?
Iago. He hath, my lord; but be you well assured, 30 No more than he'll unswear.
Oth. What hath he said?
Iago. Faith, that he did--I know not what he did.[6232]
Oth. What? what?[6233]
Iago. Lie--
Oth. With her?
Iago. With her, on her; what you will.[6234]
Oth. Lie with her! lie on her!--We say lie on her, when[6235] 35 they belie her.--Lie with her! 'Zounds, that's fulsome![6235][6236] Handkerchief--confessions--handkerchief!--To confess, and[6237][6238][6239] be hanged for his labour; first, to be hanged, and then to[6238][6239] confess. I tremble at it. Nature would not invest herself in[6238][6239] such shadowing passion without some instruction. It is not[6239][6240] 40 words that shakes me thus. Pish! Noses, ears and lips.[6239][6241] Is't possible?--Confess?--Handkerchief?--O devil!
[Falls in a trance.[6239][6242]
Iago. Work on,[6243] My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught;[6243][6244] And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,[6243] 45 All guiltless, meet reproach. What, ho! my lord![6243] My lord, I say! Othello![6243][6245]
Enter CASSIO.
How now, Cassio!
Cas. What's the matter?
Iago. My lord is fall'n into an epilepsy:[6246] This is his second fit; he had one yesterday.[6247] 50
Cas. Rub him about the temples.
Iago. No, forbear;[6248] The lethargy must have his quiet course:[6249] If not, he foams at mouth, and by and by Breaks out to savage madness. Look, he stirs:[6250] Do you withdraw yourself a little while, 55 He will recover straight: when he is gone, I would on great occasion speak with you. [Exit Cassio.[6251] How is it, general? have you not hurt your head?[6252]
Oth. Dost thou mock me?
Iago. I mock you! no, by heaven.[6253] Would you would bear your fortune like a man![6254] 60
Oth. A horned man's a monster and a beast.
Iago. There's many a beast then in a populous city, And many a civil monster.
Oth. Did he confess it?
Iago. Good sir, be a man;[6255] Think every bearded fellow that's but yoked[6256] 65 May draw with you: there's millions now alive[6257] That nightly lie in those unproper beds[6258] Which they dare swear peculiar: your case is better.[6259] O, 'tis the spite of hell, the fiend's arch-mock,[6260] To lip a wanton in a secure couch, 70 And to suppose her chaste! No, let me know;[6261][6262] And knowing what I am, I know what she shall be.[6261][6263]
Oth. O, thou art wise; 'tis certain.[6261]
Iago. Stand you awhile apart;[6261][6264] Confine yourself but in a patient list. Whilst you were here o'erwhelmed with your grief--[6265] 75 A passion most unsuiting such a man--[6266] Cassio came hither: I shifted him away, And laid good 'scuse upon your ecstasy;[6267] Bade him anon return and here speak with me;[6268] The which he promised. Do but encave yourself,[6269] 80 And mark the fleers, the gibes and notable scorns,[6270] That dwell in every region of his face; For I will make him tell the tale anew, Where, how, how oft, how long ago and when He hath and is again to cope your wife:[6271] 85 I say, but mark his gesture. Marry, patience; Or I shall say you are all in all in spleen,[6272] And nothing of a man.
Oth. Dost thou hear, Iago?[6273] I will be found most cunning in my patience;[6274] But--dost thou hear?--most bloody.
Iago. That's not amiss;[6275] 90 But yet keep time in all. Will you withdraw?
[Othello retires.[6276]
Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, A housewife that by selling her desires Buys herself bread and clothes: it is a creature[6277] That dotes on Cassio; as 'tis the strumpet's plague 95 To beguile many and be beguiled by one. He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain[6278] From the excess of laughter. Here he comes.
Re-enter CASSIO.[6279]
As he shall smile, Othello shall go mad;[6280] And his unbookish jealousy must construe[6281] 100 Poor Cassio's smiles, gestures and light behaviour,[6282] Quite in the wrong. How do you now, lieutenant?[6283]
Cas. The worser that you give me the addition[6284] Whose want even kills me.
Iago. Ply Desdemona well, and you are sure on 't. 105 Now, if this suit lay in Bianca's power,[6285] How quickly should you speed!
Cas. Alas, poor caitiff![6286]
Oth. Look, how he laughs already![6287]
Iago. I never knew a woman love man so.[6288]
Cas. Alas, poor rogue! I think, i' faith, she loves me.[6289] 110
Oth. Now he denies it faintly and laughs it out.[6287][6290]
Iago. Do you hear, Cassio?
Oth. Now he importunes him[6287][6291] To tell it o'er: go to; well said, well said.[6292]
Iago. She gives it out that you shall marry her: Do you intend it? 115
Cas. Ha, ha, ha!
Oth. Do you triumph, Roman? do you triumph?[6287][6293]
Cas. I marry her! what, a customer! I prithee, bear[6294][6295] some charity to my wit; do not think it so unwholesome.[6294] Ha, ha, ha![6294] 120
Oth. So, so, so, so: they laugh that win.[6287][6296]
Iago. Faith, the cry goes that you shall marry her.[6297]
Cas. Prithee, say true.
Iago. I am a very villain else.[6298]
Oth. Have you scored me? Well.[6287][6299] 125
Cas. This is the monkey's own giving out: she is persuaded[6300] I will marry her, out of her own love and flattery,[6300] not out of my promise.[6300]
Oth. Iago beckons me; now he begins the story.[6287][6301]
Cas. She was here even now; she haunts me in every 130 place. I was the other day talking on the sea-bank with[6302] certain Venetians; and thither comes the bauble, and, by[6303][6304] this hand, she falls me thus about my neck--[6304][6305]
Oth. Crying 'O dear Cassio!' as it were: his gesture[6287][6306] imports it. 135
Cas. So hangs and lolls and weeps upon me; so hales[6307][6308] and pulls me: ha, ha, ha![6307]
Oth. Now he tells how she plucked him to my[6287][6309] chamber. O, I see that nose of yours, but not that dog I[6309][6310] shall throw it to.[6309][6311] 140
Cas. Well, I must leave her company.
Iago. Before me! look, where she comes.[6312]
Cas. Tis such another fitchew! marry, a perfumed one.
Enter BIANCA.[6313]
What do you mean by this haunting of me?
Bian. Let the devil and his dam haunt you! What did 145 you mean by that same handkerchief you gave me even[6314] now? I was a fine fool to take it. I must take out the work?[6315] A likely piece of work, that you should find it in your chamber, and not know who left it there! This is some[6316] minx's token, and I must take out the work? There; give 150 it your hobby-horse: wheresoever you had it, I'll take out[6317] no work on't.[6318]
Cas. How now, my sweet Bianca! how now! how now![6319]
Oth. By heaven, that should be my handkerchief![6287][6314]
Bian. An you'll come to supper to-night, you may; an[6320] 155 you will not, come when you are next prepared for. [Exit.
Iago. After her, after her.
Cas. Faith, I must; she'll rail i' the street else.[6321]
Iago. Will you sup there?[6322]
Cas. Faith, I intend so.[6323] 160
Iago. Well, I may chance to see you; for I would very fain speak with you.
Cas. Prithee, come; will you?
Iago. Go to; say no more. [Exit Cassio.[6324]
Oth. [Advancing] How shall I murder him, Iago?[6325] 165
Iago. Did you perceive how he laughed at his vice?
Oth. O Iago![6326]
Iago. And did you see the handkerchief?[6314]
Oth. Was that mine?
Iago. Yours, by this hand: and to see how he prizes the[6327] 170 foolish woman your wife! she gave it him, and he hath given[6327] it his whore.[6327]
Oth. I would have him nine years a-killing. A fine[6327][6328] woman! a fair woman! a sweet woman![6328]
Iago. Nay, you must forget that.[6329] 175
Oth. Ay, let her rot, and perish, and be damned to-night;[6330] for she shall not live: no, my heart is turned to stone; I[6331] strike it, and it hurts my hand. O, the world hath not a[6332] sweeter creature: she might lie by an emperor's side, and command him tasks. 180
Iago. Nay, that's not your way.
Oth. Hang her! I do but say what she is: so delicate[6333] with her needle: an admirable musician: O, she will sing the savageness out of a bear: of so high and plenteous wit[6334] and invention:--[6335] 185
Iago. She's the worse for all this.
Oth. O, a thousand thousand times: and then, of so[6336][6337][6338] gentle a condition![6337][6339]
Iago. Ay, too gentle.
Oth. Nay, that's certain: but yet the pity of it, Iago![6340] 190 O Iago, the pity of it, Iago![6341]
Iago. If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent[6342] to offend; for, if it touch not you, it comes near nobody.[6343]
Oth. I will chop her into messes: cuckold me!
Iago. O, 'tis foul in her. 195
Oth. With mine officer!
Iago. That's fouler.
Oth. Get me some poison, Iago; this night. I'll not[6344] expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty unprovide[6345] my mind again: this night, Iago. 200
Iago. Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed,[6346] even the bed she hath contaminated.[6347]
Oth. Good, good: the justice of it pleases: very good.[6348]
Iago. And for Cassio, let me be his undertaker: you[6349] shall hear more by midnight.[6349] 205
Oth. Excellent good. [A trumpet within.] What trumpet is that same?[6350]
Iago. Something from Venice, sure. 'Tis Lodovico[6351][6352] Come from the duke: and, see, your wife is with him.[6351]
Enter LODOVICO, DESDEMONA, and Attendants.[6353]
Lod. God save the worthy general!
Oth. With all my heart, sir.[6354]
Lod. The duke and senators of Venice greet you. 210
[Gives him a letter.[6355]
Oth. I kiss the instrument of their pleasures.
[Opens the letter, and reads.[6356]
Des. And what's the news, good cousin Lodovico?
Iago. I am very glad to see you, signior;[6357][6358] Welcome to Cyprus.[6357]
Lod. I thank you. How does Lieutenant Cassio?[6359] 215
Iago. Lives, sir.
Des. Cousin, there's fall'n between him and my lord An unkind breach: but you shall make all well.
Oth. Are you sure of that?
Des. My lord?[6360] 220
Oth. [Reads] 'This fail you not to do, as you will--'[6361]
Lod. He did not call; he's busy in the paper. Is there division 'twixt my lord and Cassio?[6362]
Des. A most unhappy one: I would do much To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio.[6363] 225
Oth. Fire and brimstone!
Des. My lord?[6360]
Oth. Are you wise?
Des. What, is he angry?
Lod. May be the letter moved him; For, as I think, they do command him home, 230 Deputing Cassio in his government.
Des. By my troth, I am glad on 't.[6364]
Oth. Indeed!
Des. My lord?[6360]
Oth. I am glad to see you mad.
Des. Why, sweet Othello?[6365]
Oth. Devil! [Striking her.[6366]
Des. I have not deserved this. 235
Lod. My lord, this would not be believed in Venice, Though I should swear I saw 't: 'tis very much: Make her amends; she weeps.
Oth. O devil, devil! If that the earth could teem with woman's tears,[6367] Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile. 240 Out of my sight!
Des. I will not stay to offend you. [Going.[6368]
Lod. Truly, an obedient lady:[6369] I do beseech your lordship, call her back.
Oth. Mistress!
Des. My lord? 245
Oth. What would you with her, sir?
Lod. Who, I, my lord?
Oth. Ay; you did wish that I would make her turn: Sir, she can turn and turn, and yet go on, And turn again; and she can weep, sir, weep; And she's obedient, as you say, obedient,[6370] 250 Very obedient. Proceed you in your tears.[6371] Concerning this, sir,--O well-painted passion!-- I am commanded home. Get you away;[6372] I'll send for you anon. Sir, I obey the mandate, And will return to Venice. Hence, avaunt! 255
[Exit Desdemona.[6373]
Cassio shall have my place. And, sir, to-night, I do entreat that we may sup together: You are welcome, sir, to Cyprus. Goats and monkeys![6374]
[Exit.
Lod. Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate[6375] Call all in all sufficient? This the nature[6376] 260 Whom passion could not shake? whose solid virtue[6377] The shot of accident nor dart of chance[6378] Could neither graze nor pierce?[6379]
Iago. He is much changed.
Lod. Are his wits safe? is he not light of brain?[6380]
Iago. He's that he is: I may not breathe my censure[6381][6382] 265 What he might be: if what he might he is not,[6382][6383] I would to heaven he were!
Lod. What, strike his wife!
Iago. Faith, that was not so well; yet would I knew That stroke would prove the worst!
Lod. Is it his use?[6384] Or did the letters work upon his blood, 270 And new create this fault?[6385]
Iago. Alas, alas! It is not honesty in me to speak What I have seen and known. You shall observe him,[6386] And his own courses will denote him so That I may save my speech: do but go after,[6387] 275 And mark how he continues.
Lod. I am sorry that I am deceived in him. [Exeunt.[6388]
Act IV, Scene II — A room in the castle.[6389]
Enter OTHELLO and EMILIA.
Oth. You have seen nothing, then?[6390][6391]
Emil. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect.[6390]
Oth. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together.[6390][6392]
Emil. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard Each syllable that breath made up between them.[6393] 5
Oth. What, did they never whisper?
Emil. Never, my lord.
Oth. Nor send you out o' the way?[6394]
Emil. Never.[6395]
Oth. To fetch her fan, her gloves, her mask, nor nothing?[6396]
Emil. Never, my lord. 10
Oth. That's strange.
Emil. I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at stake: if you think other, Remove your thought; it doth abuse your bosom. If any wretch have put this in your head,[6397] 15 Let heaven requite it with the serpent's curse![6398] For if she be not honest, chaste and true, There's no man happy; the purest of their wives[6399] Is foul as slander.
Oth. Bid her come hither: go. [Exit Emilia.[6400] She says enough: yet she's a simple bawd 20 That cannot say as much. This is a subtle whore,[6401] A closet lock and key of villanous secrets:[6402] And yet she'll kneel and pray; I have seen her do't.
Enter DESDEMONA with EMILIA.[6403]
Des. My lord, what is your will?
Oth. Pray, chuck, come hither.[6404]
Des. What is your pleasure?
Oth. Let me see your eyes;[6405] 25 Look in my face.[6405]
Des. What horrible fancy's this?
Oth. [To Emilia] Some of your function, mistress;[6406] Leave procreants alone and shut the door; Cough, or cry hem, if any body come: Your mystery, your mystery: nay, dispatch. [Exit Emilia.[6407] 30
Des. Upon my knees, what doth your speech import?[6408] I understand a fury in your words, But not the words.[6409][6410]
Oth. Why, what art thou?[6410]
Des. Your wife, my lord; your true and loyal wife.[6410] 35
Oth. Come, swear it, damn thyself;[6410][6411] Lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves[6411][6412] Should fear to seize thee: therefore be double-damn'd;[6411][6413] Swear thou art honest.[6411]
Des. Heaven doth truly know it.
Oth. Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.[6414] 40
Des. To whom, my lord? with whom? how am I false?[6415]
Oth. O Desdemona! Away! away! away![6416]
Des. Alas the heavy day! Why do you weep?[6417] Am I the motive of these tears, my lord?[6418] If haply you my father do suspect[6419] 45 An instrument of this your calling back, Lay not your blame on me: if you have lost him,[6420][6421] Why, I have lost him too.[6421]
Oth. Had it pleased heaven[6422] To try me with affliction; had they rain'd[6423] All kinds of sores and shames on my bare head,[6424] 50 Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips, Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes,[6425] I should have found in some place of my soul[6426] A drop of patience: but, alas, to make me[6427] A fixed figure for the time of scorn[6428] 55 To point his slow unmoving finger at![6428] Yet could I bear that too; well, very well: But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live or bear no life, The fountain from the which my current runs,[6429] 60 Or else dries up; to be discarded thence! Or keep it as a cistern for foul toads[6430] To knot and gender in! Turn thy complexion there,[6431][6432] Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd cherubin,[6431][6433] Ay, there, look grim as hell![6431][6434] 65
Des. I hope my noble lord esteems me honest.[6435]
Oth. O, ay; as summer flies are in the shambles,[6436] That quicken even with blowing. O thou weed,[6437][6438] Who art so lovely fair and smell'st so sweet[6437][6439] That the sense aches at thee, would thou hadst ne'er been born![6437][6440] 70
Des. Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
Oth. Was this fair paper, this most goodly book, Made to write 'whore' upon? What committed![6441] Committed! O thou public commoner![6442] I should make very forges of my cheeks,[6442][6443] 75 That would to cinders burn up modesty,[6442] Did I but speak thy deeds. What committed![6442][6444] Heaven stops the nose at it, and the moon winks; The bawdy wind, that kisses all it meets, Is hush'd within the hollow mine of earth,[6445] 80 And will not hear it. What committed![6446] Impudent strumpet![6447]
Des. By heaven, you do me wrong.
Oth. Are not you a strumpet?
Des. No, as I am a Christian: If to preserve this vessel for my lord From any other foul unlawful touch[6448] 85 Be not to be a strumpet, I am none.
Oth. What, not a whore?
Des. No, as I shall be saved.
Oth. Is't possible?
Des. O, heaven forgive us!
Oth. I cry you mercy then:[6449] I took you for that cunning whore of Venice 90 That married with Othello. [Raising his voice] You, mistress,[6450] That have the office opposite to Saint Peter, And keep the gate of hell!
Re-enter EMILIA.
You, you, ay, you![6451] We have done our course; there's money for your pains:[6452] I pray you, turn the key, and keep our counsel. [Exit. 95
Emil. Alas, what does this gentleman conceive? How do you, madam? how do you, my good lady?
Des. Faith, half asleep.
Emil. Good madam, what's the matter with my lord?[6453]
Des. With who?[6454] 100
Emil. Why, with my lord, madam.[6455]
Des. Who is thy lord?
Emil. He that is yours, sweet lady.[6456]
Des. I have none: do not talk to me, Emilia;[6457] I cannot weep, nor answer have I none[6458] But what should go by water. Prithee, to-night[6459] 105 Lay on my bed my wedding sheets: remember;[6460] And call thy husband hither.
Emil. Here's a change indeed! [Exit.[6461]
Des. 'Tis meet I should be used so, very meet.[6462] How have I been behaved, that he might stick The small'st opinion on my least misuse? 110
Re-enter EMILIA with IAGO.[6463]
Iago. What is your pleasure, madam? How is't with you?[6464]
Des. I cannot tell. Those that do teach young babes[6465] Do it with gentle means and easy tasks: He might have chid me so; for, in good faith,[6466] I am a child to chiding.
Iago. What's the matter, lady?[6467] 115
Emil. Alas, Iago, my lord hath so bewhored her, Thrown such despite and heavy terms upon her, As true hearts cannot bear.[6468]
Des. Am I that name, Iago?
Iago. What name, fair lady?
Des. Such as she says my lord did say I was.[6469] 120
Emil. He call'd her whore: a beggar in his drink Could not have laid such terms upon his callat.[6470]
Iago. Why did he so?
Des. I do not know; I am sure I am none such.[6471]
Iago. Do not weep, do not weep. Alas the day! 125
Emil. Hath she forsook so many noble matches,[6472] Her father and her country and her friends,[6473] To be call'd whore? would it not make one weep?
Des. It is my wretched fortune.
Iago. Beshrew him for't![6474][6475] How comes this trick upon him?[6474]
Des. Nay, heaven doth know. 130
Emil. I will be hang'd, if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue, Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, Have not devised this slander; I'll be hang'd else.[6476]
Iago. Fie, there is no such man; it is impossible. 135
Des. If any such there be, heaven pardon him![6477]
Emil. A halter pardon him! and hell gnaw his bones![6478] Why should he call her whore? who keeps her company?[6478] What place? what time? what form? what likelihood?[6478] The Moor's abused by some most villanous knave,[6479] 140 Some base notorious knave, some scurvy fellow. O heaven, that such companions thou'ldst unfold,[6480] And put in every honest hand a whip To lash the rascals naked through the world[6481] Even from the east to the west!
Iago. Speak within door.[6482] 145
Emil. O, fie upon them! Some such squire he was[6483] That turn'd your wit the seamy side without, And made you to suspect me with the Moor.
Iago. You are a fool; go to.
Des. O good Iago,[6484] What shall I do to win my lord again? 150 Good friend, go to him; for, by this light of heaven,[6485] I know not how I lost him. Here I kneel:[6486][6487] If e'er my will did trespass 'gainst his love[6487] Either in discourse of thought or actual deed,[6487][6488] Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense,[6487] 155 Delighted them in any other form,[6487][6489] Or that I do not yet, and ever did,[6487] And ever will, though he do shake me off[6487] To beggarly divorcement, love him dearly,[6487] Comfort forswear me! Unkindness may do much;[6487][6490] 160 And his unkindness may defeat my life,[6487] But never taint my love. I cannot say 'whore':[6487][6491] It doth abhor me now I speak the word;[6487][6492] To do the act that might the addition earn[6487] Not the world's mass of vanity could make me.[6487] 165
Iago. I pray you, be content; 'tis but his humour: The business of the state does him offence, And he does chide with you.[6493]
Des. If 'twere no other,--
Iago. 'Tis but so, I warrant. [Trumpets within.[6494] Hark, how these instruments summon to supper![6495] 170 The messengers of Venice stay the meat:[6496] Go in, and weep not; all things shall be well.
[Exeunt Desdemona and Emilia.[6497]
Enter RODERIGO.
How now, Roderigo![6498]
Rod. I do not find that thou dealest justly with me.[6499]
Iago. What in the contrary? 175
Rod. Every day thou daffest me with some device,[6500][6501] Iago; and rather, as it seems to me now, keepest from me[6502][6501] all conveniency than suppliest me with the least advantage[6501][6503][6504] of hope. I will indeed no longer endure it; nor am I yet[6501][6504] persuaded to put up in peace what already I have foolishly[6501] 180 suffered.[6501]
Iago. Will you hear me, Roderigo?
Rod. Faith, I have heard too much; for your words[6505][6506] and performances are no kin together.[6506][6507]
Iago. You charge me most unjustly. 185
Rod. With nought but truth. I have wasted myself[6508] out of my means. The jewels you have had from me to[6509] deliver to Desdemona would half have corrupted a votarist:[6510] you have told me she hath received them and returned[6511] me expectations and comforts of sudden respect[6512] 190 and acquaintance; but I find none.[6513]
Iago. Well; go to; very well.[6514]
Rod. Very well! go to! I cannot go to, man; nor 'tis[6515] not very well: by this hand, I say 'tis very scurvy, and[6516] begin to find myself fopped in it.[6517] 195
Iago. Very well.
Rod. I tell you 'tis not very well. I will make myself[6518] known to Desdemona: if she will return me my jewels, I will give over my suit and repent my unlawful solicitation; if not, assure yourself I will seek satisfaction of you.[6519] 200
Iago. You have said now.[6520]
Rod. Ay, and said nothing but what I protest intendment[6521][6522] of doing.[6522]
Iago. Why, now I see there's mettle in thee; and even from this instant do build on thee a better opinion than[6523] 205 ever before. Give me thy hand, Roderigo: thou hast taken against me a most just exception; but yet, I protest, I[6524] have dealt most directly in thy affair.[6525]
Rod. It hath not appeared.
Iago. I grant indeed it hath not appeared, and your 210 suspicion is not without wit and judgement. But, Roderigo, if thou hast that in thee indeed, which I have greater reason[6526] to believe now than ever, I mean purpose, courage and valour, this night show it: if thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world[6527] 215 with treachery and devise engines for my life.
Rod. Well, what is it? is it within reason and compass?[6528]
Iago. Sir, there is especial commission come from[6529][6530] Venice to depute Cassio in Othello's place.[6530]
Rod. Is that true? why then Othello and Desdemona[6530] 220 return again to Venice.[6530]
Iago. O, no; he goes into Mauritania, and takes away[6530][6531] with him the fair Desdemona, unless his abode be lingered[6530] here by some accident: wherein none can be so determinate[6530][6532] as the removing of Cassio.[6530] 225
Rod. How do you mean, removing of him?[6530][6533]
Iago. Why, by making him uncapable of Othello's[6530][6534] place; knocking out his brains.[6530]
Rod. And that you would have me to do?[6535]
Iago. Ay, if you dare do yourself a profit and a right.[6536] 230 He sups to-night with a harlotry, and thither will I go to him:[6537] he knows not yet of his honourable fortune. If you will watch his going thence, which I will fashion to fall out between twelve and one, you may take him at your pleasure: I will be near to second your attempt, and he shall fall between 235 us. Come, stand not amazed at it, but go along with me; I will show you such a necessity in his death that you shall think yourself bound to put it on him. It is now high[6538] supper-time, and the night grows to waste: about it.[6539]
Rod. I will hear further reason for this. 240
Iago. And you shall be satisfied. [Exeunt.[6540]
Act IV, Scene III — Another room in the castle.
Enter OTHELLO, LODOVICO, DESDEMONA, EMILIA, and Attendants.[6541]
Lod. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further.[6542]
Oth. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk.[6543]
Lod. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship.
Des. Your honour is most welcome.
Oth. Will you walk, sir?[6544] O,--Desdemona,--[6544][6545] 5
Des. My lord?[6546]
Oth. Get you to bed on the instant; I will be returned[6547][6548] forthwith: dismiss your attendant there: look it be done.[6548][6549]
Des. I will, my lord.
[Exeunt Othello, Lodovico, and Attendants.[6550]
Emil. How goes it now? he looks gentler than he did. 10
Des. He says he will return incontinent: He hath commanded me to go to bed,[6551] And bade me to dismiss you.
Emil. Dismiss me![6552]
Des. It was his bidding; therefore, good Emilia, Give me my nightly wearing, and adieu: 15 We must not now displease him.
Emil. I would you had never seen him![6553]
Des. So would not I: my love doth so approve him, That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns,--[6554] Prithee, unpin me,--have grace and favour in them.[6555] 20
Emil. I have laid those sheets you bade me on the bed.[6556]
Des. All's one. Good faith, how foolish are our minds![6557] If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me[6558] In one of those same sheets.[6559]
Emil. Come, come, you talk.
Des. My mother had a maid call'd Barbara:[6560] 25 She was in love; and he she loved proved mad[6561][6562] And did forsake her: she had a song of 'willow;'[6561][6563][6564] An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it: that song to-night Will not go from my mind; I have much to do[6565][6566][6567] 30 But to go hang my head all at one side[6566][6568][6569] And sing it like poor Barbara. Prithee, dispatch.[6566][6568][6570]
Emil. Shall I go fetch your night-gown?[6566][6571]
Des. No, unpin me here.[6566] This Lodovico is a proper man.[6566]
Emil. A very handsome man.[6566] 35
Des. He speaks well.[6566][6572]
Emil. I know a lady in Venice would have walked[6566] barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.[6566][6573]
Des. [Singing] The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,[6566][6574] Sing all a green willow;[6566] 40 Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,[6566] Sing willow, willow, willow:[6566] The fresh streams ran by her, and murmur'd her moans;[6566] Sing willow, willow, willow;[6566][6575] Her salt tears fell from her, and soften'd the stones;--[6566][6576] 45 Lay by these:--[6566][6577][6578] [Singing] Sing willow, willow, willow;[6566][6577] Prithee, hie thee; he'll come anon:--[6566][6577] [Singing] Sing all a green willow must be my garland.[6566] Let nobody blame him; his scorn I approve,--[6566] 50 Nay, that's not next. Hark! who is't that knocks?[6566][6579]
Emil. It's the wind.[6580]
Des. [Singing] I call'd my love false love; but what said he then?[6581][6582] Sing willow, willow, willow:[6575][6581] If I court moe women, you'll couch with moe men.[6581][6583] 55 So get thee gone; good night. Mine eyes do itch;[6584][6585] Doth that bode weeping?[6585][6586]
Emil. 'Tis neither here nor there.
Des. I have heard it said so. O, these men, these men![6587] Dost thou in conscience think,--tell me, Emilia,--[6587] That there be women do abuse their husbands[6587] 60 In such gross kind?[6587][6588]
Emil. There be some such, no question.
Des. Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?[6589]
Emil. Why, would not you?
Des. No, by this heavenly light!
Emil. Nor I neither by this heavenly light; I might[6590][6591] do't as well i' the dark.[6590][6592] 65
Des. Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?[6593]
Emil. The world's a huge thing: it is a great price[6594][6595] For a small vice.[6594]
Des. In troth, I think thou wouldst not.[6596]
Emil. In troth, I think I should; and undo 't when I[6597] had done. Marry, I would not do such a thing for a[6598] 70 joint-ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats,[6599] nor caps, nor any petty exhibition; but, for the whole[6600] world,--why, who would not make her husband a cuckold to[6601] make him a monarch? I should venture purgatory for 't.[6602]
Des. Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong[6603][6604] 75 For the whole world.[6603]
Emil. Why, the wrong is but a wrong i' the world; and having the world for your labour, 'tis a wrong in your own world, and you might quickly make it right.
Des. I do not think there is any such woman. 80
Emil. Yes, a dozen; and as many to the vantage as would store the world they played for. But I do think it is their husbands' faults[6605] If wives do fall: say that they slack their duties[6605] And pour our treasures into foreign laps,[6605] 85 Or else break out in peevish jealousies,[6605] Throwing restraint upon us, or say they strike us,[6605][6606] Or scant our former having in despite,[6605] Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace,[6605] Yet have we some revenge. Let husbands know[6605] 90 Their wives have sense like them: they see and smell[6605] And have their palates both for sweet and sour,[6605] As husbands have. What is it that they do[6605] When they change us for others? Is it sport?[6605] I think it is: and doth affection breed it?[6605] 95 I think it doth: is't frailty that thus errs?[6605] It is so too: and have not we affections,[6605] Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have?[6605][6607] Then let them use us well: else let them know,[6605][6608] The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.[6605][6609] 100
Des. Good night, good night: heaven me such uses send,[6610] Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend! [Exeunt.
FOOTNOTES:
[6212] ACT IV. SCENE I.] Actus 4. Q₁. Actus Quartus. Scæna Prima. Ff. Actus 4. Scæna 1. Q₂ Q₃.
Cyprus. Before the castle.] The same. Capell. A Room of State. Rowe. A Court before the Palace. Theobald.
Enter....] Ff. Enter Iago and Othello. Qq.
[6213] Iago!] Iago? Ff. Iago. Qq.
[6214] Think ... private?] As one line, S. Walker conj.
What ... private?] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Ff. Continued to Othello, Lettsom conj.
[6215] kiss] kisse. Qq. kisse? F₁ F₂ F₃. kiss? F₄.
[6216] friend] Qq F₁. friends F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6217] in bed] Ff. abed Qq.
[6218] tempts and] tempts not, Hanmer (Warburton).
[6219] So] Qq. If Ff.
[6220] But if I] But I F₃ F₄.
[6221] handkerchief--] Rowe. handkerchiefe. Ff Q₂ Q₃. handkercher. Q₁.
[6222] Why, then,] om. Seymour conj.
[6223] protectress] proprietor Hanmer. propertied Warburton. proprietress Capell.
too] to Q₁.
[6224] infected] Qq. infectious Ff.
[6225] all] ill Pope (ed. 2).
[6226] That's ... said] As one line, S. Walker conj.
What, ... wrong?] Divided as by Dyce. One line in Qq Ff.
[6227] If I had said] If I said Pope.
[6228] heard] heare F₂. hear F₃ F₄.
[6229] Or] Or by the Q₁.
[6230] Convinced] F₂ F₃ F₄. Conuinced Q₁ (Dev. and Chip.) F₁. Coniured Q₁ (Cap.) Q₂. Conjured Q₃. Convinc'd Theobald, Hanmer, and Capell.
Convinced or] Convinc'd her and Keightley.
supplied] suppled Theobald, Hanmer, and Capell.
cannot] they cannot Theobald. then cannot Hanmer. straight cannot Capell.
[6231] blab--] Malone. blab: Capell. blab. Qq F₃ F₄. blab.) F₁ F₂.
[6232] Faith] Q₁. Why The rest.
did--I ... he did.] Qq. did: I ... he did. Ff. did I know not what;--he did. Rann (Mason conj.)
[6233] What? what?] Ff. But what? Q₁. What? Q₂ Q₃.
[6234] Lie--] Lye-- Rowe. Lye. Qq Ff.
With her, on] Qq. With her? on Ff.
[6235]] We say ... belie her.] Omitted by Pope.
[6236] 'Zounds,] Zouns, Q₁. Omitted in the rest.
[6237] Handkerchief] handkerchers Q₁. handkerchiefs Q₂ Q₃.
confessions] Ff. confession Qq.
handkerchief] hankerchers Q₁. handkerchiefs Q₂ Q₃. handkerchief--handkerchief Theobald.
[6238] To confess ... to confess.] Put in the margin by Pope. Omitted by Hanmer.
[6239] To confess ... devil!] Omitted in Q₁.
[6240] shadowing] shadowy Becket conj. shuddering Collier MS.
passion] Omitted by Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, and Warburton.
instruction] Iustruction F₁. induction Hanmer (Warburton). infraction Becket conj.
[6241] shakes] shake Rowe.
[6242] [Falls ... trance.] Omitted in Q₁ (Cap.) He fals downe. Q₁ (Dev. and Chip.)
[6243] Work on ... Othello!] Divided as in Ff. Prose in Qq.
[6244] medicine, work!] Theobald. medicine, worke: Qq. medicine workes. F₁ F₂. medicine works. F₃ F₄.
[6245] SCENE II. Pope.
[6246] fall'n] fell Theobald.
[6247] his] the F₄.
[6248] No, forbear;] Omitted in Ff.
[6249] his] om. Q₃.
[6250] stirs] starres Q₃.
[6251] [Exit Cassio.] As in Rowe. Opposite mocke me? line 59, in Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in Q₁ Ff.
[6252] head] hand F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6253] thou] om. Q₃.]
you! no, by] you? no by Q₁ Q₂. you not, by Ff. you no by Q₃.
heaven.] heaven; I mock you not. Capell.
[6254] fortune] Ff. fortunes Qq.
like] life F₂.
[6255] it] om. Qq.
Good sir] God sir Q₁ (Cap.)
[6256] every] ever Q₃.
[6257] there's millions] millions are Pope.
[6258] lie] lyes Q₁.
[6259] peculiar] prculiar F₂. peculior Q₃.
case] Qq F₁. cause F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6260] 'tis] this Q₃. it is Hanmer, ending lines 68-73 case ... hell, ... in ... chaste ... am, ... wise ... apart.
[6261] S. Walker would read as four lines, ending chaste!... am, ... wise; ... apart.
[6262] let] let not Q₃.
[6263] she] om. Steevens conj.
[6264] 'tis] that's Capell (corrected in Errata).
you] you now Hanmer.
[6265] o'erwhelmed] ere while mad Q₁.
[6266] unsuiting] vnsuting Q₁ (Dev.) vnfitting Q₁ (Cap.) Q₂. unfitting Q₃. resulting Ff.
[6267] laid] layd F₁. layed Qq.
'scuse upon] scuse upon Q₂ Q₃. scuse, upon Q₁. scuses upon F₁. scuses on F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6268] Bade] Bid Q₁. Bad The rest.
return] retire Qq.
here] her Q₃.
[6269] Do] om. Qq.
[6270] fleers] geeres Q₁ (Cap.) Q₂ Q₃. Ieeres Q₁ (Dev.)
gibes] Iibes Q₁ (Dev.)
[6271] hath] Ff. has Qq.
[6272] you are] Qq. y'are Ff.
in spleen] a spleen Capell (Johnson conj.) one spleen Lettsom conj.
[6273] thou] om. Capell.
[6274] cunning] cunuing Q₁ (Cap.)
[6275] Iago.] aago. F₂.
[6276] yet] om. Q₃.
[Othello retires.] Othello withdraws. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[6277] clothes] cloathes Qq. cloath F₁ F₂. cloth F₃ F₄.
it is a creature] Omitted in Q₃.
[6278] refrain] refraine Qq. restraine F₁ F₂. restrain F₃ F₄.
[6279] Re-enter Cassio.] Steevens (1793). Enter Cassio. Ff. Ent. Cassio. or Enter Cas. Qq (opposite line 96). Enter Cassio, at a Distance. Capell. Transferred to follow wrong, line 102, by Dyce.
[6280] SCENE III. Pope.
[6281] construe] Rowe. conster Qq. conserve Ff.
[6282] Poor] Our Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
behaviour] Qq. behaviours Ff.
[6283] now] Qq. om. Ff.
[6284] worser] worse Q₃.
give Qq F₁. gave F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6285] [Speaking lower. Rowe.
power] Qq. dowre Ff.
[6286] caitiff] caitiffe Ff. cative Qq.
[6287] Marked as 'Aside' by Theobald.
[6288] a woman] Qq. woman Ff.
[6289] i' faith] ifaith Q₁. indeed The rest.
[6290] it] om. Pope.
[6291] importunes] in portunes Q₃.
[6292] o'er] on Q₁ Q₂, reading Now ... on as one line. out Q₃, dividing as Q₁ Q₂.
well said, well said.] Ff. well said. Qq.
[6293] you ... you] Qq. ye ... you Ff.
triumph,] triumph o'er me, Collier MS.
Roman] rogue Warburton.
[6294] I ... ha!] Prose first in Pope. Two lines, the first ending wit, in Q₁. Three, ending beare ... it ... ha, in Ff. Three, ending customer; ... wit, ... ha, in Q₂ Q₃.
[6295] I marry her!] I marry her? Qq. I marry. Ff.
what, a customer!] Omitted in Q₁.
I prithee] I prethee Qq. prythee F₁ F₂. prethee F₃. prithee F₄.
[6296] So, so, so, so:] So, so: F₃ F₄.
they] om. Q₁.
win] F₄. wins Q₁ Q₂. wines Q₃. winnes F₁ F₂ F₃.
[6297] Faith] Q₁. Why The rest.
that] om. Q₁.
shall] Qq F₃ F₄. om. F₁ F₂.
[6298] very] om. Hanmer.
[6299] Have ... me?] Erased in Collier MS.
Have] Ff. Ha Qq.
scored me? Well.] scoar'd me? Well. F₁ Q₂ Q₃. stor'd me well. Q₁. scoar'd me; Well. F₂ F₃ F₄. coxed me? Well. Jackson conj.
[6300] This ... promise.] Prose in Qq. Three lines, ending out: ... her ... promise, in Ff.
[6301] beckons] Qq F₃ F₄. becomes F₁. becons F₂.
[6302] the other] Ff. tother Qq.
[6303] the] Ff. this Qq.
[6304] and, by this hand, she falls me thus] Collier. by this hand she fals thus Q₁. and falls me thus Ff. fals me thus Q₂ Q₃.
[6305] neck--] Rowe. A full stop in Qq Ff.
[6306] gesture] iesture Q₁ F₁.
[6307] So ... ha!] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.
[6308] lolls] iolls Q₂. jolls Q₃.
hales Q₁ Q₂. hals Q₃. shakes Ff.
[6309] Now ... to.] Prose in Ff. Two lines in Qq.
[6310] O] om. Qq.
not] Qq F₁. now F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6311] throw it] Ff. throw't Qq.
[6312] Before ... comes] Continued to Cassio in Q₂ Q₃.
[6313] SCENE IV. Pope.
'Tis ... one.] Continued to 'Iago' in Q₁.
fitchew] ficho Q₁.
Enter Bianca.] As in Dyce. After line 141 in Qq. After line 142 in Ff.
[6314] handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.
[6315] the work] the whole worke Q₁.
[6316] not know] Qq. know not Ff.
[6317] your] Ff. the Qq.
[6318] [Casting it to him. Collier (Collier MS.)
[6319] How ... now!] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[6320] An] Qq. If Ff.
an] Qq. if Ff.
[6321] Faith] Q₁. The rest omit.
i' the] Qq. in the Ff.
street] Q₂ Q₃. streete Q₁. streets Ff.
[6322] Will ... there?] You sup there. Q₂ Q₃.
[6323] Faith] Q₁. Yes The rest.
[6324] to; say] F₂ F₃ F₄. to, say Q₁. too: say F₁. to say Q₂ Q₃.
[Exit Cassio.] Qq. Exit. Ff.
[6325] SCENE V. Manent Othello and Jago. Pope.
[Advancing] Coming hastily from his Concealment. Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[6326] Iago] Iaga Q₂.
[6327] Iago. Yours ... Oth.] Omitted in Qq.
[6328] I would ... woman!] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.
[6329] that.] Ff. that Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁.
[6330] Ay,] I, Ff. And Qq.
[6331] stone] a stone Q₂ Q₃.
[6332] hath] Ff. has Qq.
[6333] but] not Q₂ Q₃.
[6334] and Qq F₁. a F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6335] invention:--] Dyce. invention!-- Rowe. invention. Qq. invention? Ff.
[6336] O,] om. Qq.
[6337] O ... condition!] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.
[6338] thousand thousand] Qq. thousand, a thousand Ff.
[6339] a condition] condition Pope.
[6340] Nay,] I Q₁.
Nay ... certain:] A separate line in Ff.
[6341] O Iago ... Iago!] the pitty. Q₁. oh the pitty. Q₂ Q₃.
[6342] are] Ff. be Qq.
[6343] touch] Ff. touches Qq.
[6344] night. I'll] night I'le Q₁. night Ile Q₂ Q₃.
[6345] beauty] her beauty F₃ F₄.
[6346] her in] here in Q₃.
[6347] even] Even in Pope, reading as verse.
[6348] Good, good:] In a separate line in Ff.
pleases: very] Ff. pleases, very Q₂ Q₃. pleases very Q₁.
[6349] And ... midnight.] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.
[6350] Excellent ... same?] One line in Ff. Two in Qq.
[A trumpet within.] As in Dyce. A Trumpet. Qq, after midnight, line 205. Omitted in Ff.
[6351] Something ... him.] As in Qq. See note (VIII).
[6352] Venice, sure. 'Tis] Theobald. Venice sure, tis Q₁. Venice sure; tis Q₂. Venice sure 'tis Q₃.
[6353] Enter ...] As in Theobald. After line 205 in Qq Ff.
[6354] God save the] Q₁. Save you Qq F₁ F₂. Save you, F₃ F₄.
sir] om. Seymour conj., reading with Q₁.
[6355] senators] Qq. the senators Ff.
[Gives ... letter.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[6356] pleasures] good pleasures Hanmer.
[Opens ...] opens, and peruses it Capell. om. Qq Ff.
[6357] I ... Cyprus.] Divided as in Ff Q₂ Q₃. One line in Q₁.
[6358] very] om. Capell.
[6359] you] you, sir Capell.
[6360] lord?] Ff. lord. Qq.
[6361] [Reads] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.
[6362] 'twixt my] betweene thy Q₁.
[6363] atone] attune Becket conj.
[6364] By my troth] Q₁. Trust me The rest.
I am] I'm Steevens (1793).
[6365] you mad.] you--glad. Anon. conj.
Why] Ff. How Qq.
Othello?] Qq Ff. Othello,-- Dyce.
[6366] [Striking her.] Theobald. om. Qq Ff.
[6367] woman's] womens Qq.
[6368] [Going.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[6369] an] Qq. om. Ff.
[6370] she's] she is Q₃.
[6371] tears.] tears? Warner conj.
[6372] home] here Q₁.
[6373] [He strikes her. Anon. MS. See note (IV).
[Exit Des.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
[6374] Goats and monkeys] As in Qq. A separate line in Ff.
[6375] SCENE VII. Manent Lodovico and Jago. Pope.
[6376] This the nature] Pope. This the noble nature Qq. Is this the nature Ff.
[6377] Whom] Which Pope.
[6378] accident] accidents Jennens.
nor] or Hanmer.
chance] change Theobald.
[6379] graze] raze Theobald (Warburton).
[6380] light of] Qq F₁. of light F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6381] that] what Pope.
breathe] Q₁ F₃ F₄. breath The rest.
[6382] censure What] Jennens. censure, What Qq. censure. What Ff.
[6383] if what] if as Q₁.
[6384] Is it] It is Q₃.
[6385] this] Qq. his Ff.
[6386] him] om. Q₂ Q₃.
[6387] after] after him Q₂ Q₃.
[6388] I am sorry] I'm sorry Pope.
that I am] that I was Hanmer.
[6389] SCENE II.] SCENE VIII. Pope.
A room in the castle.] Malone. An Apartment in the Palace. Theobald.
[6390] You ... seen] As two lines, the first ending heard, S. Walker conj.
[6391] then?] Ff. then. Qq.
[6392] Yes,] Ff. Yes, and Qq.
she] Qq Ff. her Pope.
[6393] them] Ff. 'em Qq.
[6394] Nor] Never Q₃.
[6395] Never.] Never, my lord. Keightley, reading Nor ... lord as one line.
[6396] her gloves, her mask] Ff. her mask, her gloves Qq.
nothing?] Q₁ Ff. nothing Q₂. nothing, Q₃.
[6397] have] F₁ F₂. ha Qq. hath F₃ F₄.
[6398] heaven] heavens Q₁.
requite] Q₁ F₂ F₃ F₄. requit F₁. require Q₂ Q₃.
[6399] their wives] her sex Q₁.
[6400] [Exit ...] Exit Æmilia. Ff. Exit Emillia. Qq (after slander).
[6401] whore] one Hanmer.
[6402] closet] closet, Qq.
[6403] I have] Ff. I ha Qq. I've Pope.
Enter Desdemona with ...] Enter Desdemona and ... Qq Ff. Re-enter Emilia with Desdemona. Capell.
[6404] SCENE IX. Pope.
Pray] Qq. Pray you Ff.
[6405] Let ... face.] Divided as in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.
[6406] [To Emilia] Hanmer.
[6407] nay] May F₁.
[Exit Emilia.] Omitted in Q₂ Q₃.
[6408] knees] Qq. knee Ff.
doth] Ff. does Qq.
[6409] But not the words] Qq. Omitted in Ff. But not your words Pope.
[6410] But ... thyself;] Two lines, the first ending lord; in Capell. Three, ending words ... true ... thyself; in Steevens (1793).
[6411] Come ... honest.] Arranged as in Qq. Prose in Ff. Three lines, ending one ... thee ... honest, in Rowe.
[6412] Lest] Q₂ Q₃. Least Q₁. least F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄ and Rowe.
[6413] seize] F₄. cease Qq. ceaze F₁ F₂. ceise F₃.
[6414] Heaven ... hell.] As in Qq Ff. Rowe divides the line at knows.
[6415] To ... false?] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[6416] O Desdemona] Qq. Ah Desdemon Ff. Ah, Desdemona Theobald.
[6417] heavy] heavenly Q₃.
[6418] motive] occasion Qq.
these] Ff. those Qq.
[6419] haply Qq. happely F₁ F₂ F₃. happily F₄.
[6420] you have] you've Pope.
[6421] lost ... lost] left ... left Q₁.
[6422] Why] Qq. om. Ff.
heaven] heavens Johnson. God Anon. conj.
[6423] they] Ff. he Qq. it Hanmer.
rain'd] ram'd Q₁.
[6424] kinds] Q₃. kindes Q₁ Q₂. kind Ff.
bare head] Qq F₄. bare-head F₁ F₂ F₃.
[6425] Given] Give Q₃.
utmost] Ff. om. Qq.
[6426] place] Ff. part Qq.
[6427] drop] prop Theobald conj. (withdrawn).
[6428] A ... at!] See note (IX).
[6429] fountain] foundation Q₃.
[6430] cistern] F₄. cesterne Qq F₁ F₂. cestern F₃.
toads] taodes Q₃.
[6431] Turn ... Des. I hope] Turn thee, complexion, there, Ay, there ... hell. Des. Patience ... cherubim--I hope Becket conj.
[6432] there] thence Warburton.
[6433] thou] Ff. thy Qq.
[6434] Ay, there,] Capell. Ay, there Theobald. I here Qq F₃ F₄. I heere F₁ F₂. There, there Hanmer. Ay, here, Johnson.
[6435] noble] om. F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6436] summer flies] sommer flyes F₁ F₂. sommer flies F₃. summer-flies F₄. summers flies Qq.
shambles] shamples Q₃.
[6437] That ... born!] Divided as in Capell. Four lines, ending blowing: ... faire?... thee, ... borne in Qq. Four, ending weed: ... sweete, ... thee, ... borne, in Ff.
[6438] thou] Ff. thou blacke Q₁. thou black Q₂ Q₃. thou bale Warburton. thou base Heath conj.
[6439] Who] Ff. why Qq.
and] Ff. Thou Qq.
[6440] aches] akes Qq F₁. askes F₂. asks F₃ F₄.
ne'er] ne're Qq. never Ff.
[6441] upon] on Q₁.
What] What, Q₁. What, what Theobald. What sin Keightley.
[6442] Committed ... committed!] Omitted in Q₁.
[6443] my] thy Grant White conj.
[6444] Did] Should Capell (corrected in Errata).
I but] but I F₃ F₄.
deeds] deed Jennens.
What] What, what Theobald. What sin Keightley.
[6445] hollow] hallow Q₁.
[6446] hear it] Steevens. hear't Qq Ff. hear of it Keightley.
What committed!] Committed? Hanmer, reading And ... strumpet! as one line. Committed! what, committed! Capell. Committed! what! Seymour conj. What sin committed! Keightley.
[6447] Imprudent strumpet!] As in Capell. At end of line 81 in Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[6448] other] hated Q₁.
[6449] forgive us] forgivenesse Q₁.
then] om. Q₁.
[6450] [Raising....] Edd. (Globe ed.) om. Qq Ff.
Act IV, Scene X — Pope
You, mistress,] Come you, mistress, Hanmer. You, mistress, there! Capell.
[6451] keep] Rowe. keepes Qq F₁ F₂. keeps F₃ F₄.
gate of] Ff. gates in Qq.
Re-enter....] As in Dyce. Enter Emillia. After line 87 in Q₁; after line 90 in Q₂ Q₃. Enter Æmilia. Ff (after line 91). After Othello in Pope.
You, you, ay, you!] I, you, you, you; Q₁.
[6452] have] Ff. ha Qq.
[6453] Good madam] Arranged as in Qq. In a separate line in Ff.
[6454] who?] whom? F₂ F₃ F₄. whom, Æmilia? Hanmer.
[6455] Why] om. Capell.
[6456] Des. Who ... lady.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6457] have] Ff. ha Qq.
[6458] answer] Q₁ Q₃. answere Q₂. answeres F₁ F₂. answers F₃ F₄.
[6459] Prithee,] Pray Pope.
[6460] my wedding] our wedding Q₁.
[6461] Here's] Here is Qq.
[6462] very meet] very well Q₁.
[6463] small'st] Ff Q₂ Q₃. smallest Q₁.
on] of Pope.
least misuse] greatest abuse Q₁. great'st abuse Steevens (1773). least misdeed Collier MS.
Re-enter....] Capell. Enter Iago and Emillia. Qq. Enter Iago, and Æmilia. Ff.
[6464] SCENE XI. Pope.
What ... you?] One line in Pope. Two in Qq Ff.
[6465] young] Qq. yong F₁. your F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6466] have] Ff. ha Qq.
[6467] to] at Q₁.
What's] F₄. What is Qq F₁ F₂ F₃.
[6468] As] Qq. That Ff.
bear] beare Qq. beare it F₁ F₂. bear it F₃ F₄.
[6469] says] sayes Qq. said Ff.
[6470] laid] layed Q₁ Q₂. laied Q₃.
such] worse Capell conj.
[6471] I am sure] I'm sure Pope.
[6472] Hath] Ff. Has Qq.
[6473] and her friends] all her friends Q₁.
[6474] Beshrew ... him?] As in Ff. One line in Qq.
[6475] for't] Ff. for it Qq.
[6476] Have] Qq F₁. Has F₂ F₃ F₄.
I'll] I'le Q₁. Ile Q₂ Q₃. I will Ff.
[6477] there be] there are Q₂ Q₃.
[6478] A halter ... likelihood?] Three lines in Qq. Six in Ff.
[6479] most villanous] outragious Q₁.
[6480] heaven] Qq. heavens Ff
companions] companion Hanmer.
thou'ldst] shouldst Q₃.
[6481] rascals] rascalls F₁. rascall Qq F₂ F₃. rascal F₄.
[6482] door] dores Qq.
[6483] them] Ff. him Qq.
[6484] O good Iago] Qq. Alas Iago F₁ F₂. Alass, Iago F₃. Alas, Iago F₄.
[6485] for] om. Pope.
[6486] I know ... kneel:] One line in Ff. Two in Q₂ Q₃.
[Kneeling. Rowe.
[6487] Here ... make me.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6488] Either] Or Pope.
discourse of thought] discursive thought Jackson conj.
of thought] Ff. or thought Q₂ Q₃.
[6489] them in] Q₂ Q₃. them: or Ff. them on Rowe.
[6490] forswear me! Unkindness] for sware me unkindnesse Q₃.
[6491] cannot] can't Pope.
[6492] doth] Q₂ Q₃. do's Ff.
[6493] And ... you.] Qq. Omitted in Ff.
[6494] other,--] other-- Pope. other. Qq Ff.
'Tis] Tis Qq. It is Ff.
warrant] Ff. warrant you Qq.
[Trumpets within.] Trumpets. Rowe. om Qq Ff.
[6495] summon] Ff. summon you Qq.
[6496] The ... meat] Knight. The messengers of Venice staies the meate F₁. The messenger of Venice staies the meate F₂ F₃ F₄ (stayes the meat F₃ F₄). And the great messengers of Venice stay Q₁. The meate, great messengers of Venice stay Q₂ Q₃.
[6497] well] will Q₃.
[Exeunt....] Ff. Exit women. Qq.
[6498] SCENE XII. Pope.
[6499] I ... me.] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
[6500] daffest] daff'st Collier. dofftst Qq. dafts F₁. dofts F₂ F₃ F₄. doffest Q (1695).
device] F₂ F₃ F₄. devise Qq F₁.
[6501] Every ... suffered.] Prose in Ff Q₂ Q₃. Six lines in Q₁.
[6502] me now,] me, thou Q₁.
[6503] than] then Qq F₁ F₂ F₃. thou F₄. that Warburton.
[6504] advantage of hope] hope of advantage Collier conj.
[6505] Faith] Q₁. Sir Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.
for] Qq. and Ff. See note (X).
[6506] Prose in Ff. Two lines in Q₁. Three in Q₂ Q₃.
[6507] performances] Ff. performance Qq.
[6508] With ... truth.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6509] my] Ff. om. Qq.
[6510] to] Qq. om. Ff.
[6511] hath] Ff. has Qq.
them] Ff. em Qq.
[6512] expectations] Ff. expectation Qq.
comforts] comforst Q₃.
[6513] acquaintance] Ff Q₂. acquittance Q₁. acquintance Q₃.
[6514] very well] very good Q₁.
[6515] nor 'tis] it is Q₁.
[6516] by ... scurvy] Q₁. Nay I think it is scurvy Ff. I say t' is very scurvy Q₂ Q₃.
[6517] fopped] fopt Qq Ff. fob'd Rowe.
[6518] I tell you 'tis] Ff. I say it is Qq.
[6519] I will] Ff. I'le Q₁. Ile Q₂ Q₃.
[6520] now.] now? Anon. conj.
[6521] and said] and I have said Q₁.
[6522] intendment] Ff. entendment Qq.
[6523] instant] time Q₁.
build] I build Rowe.
[6524] exception] Ff. conception Qq.
but yet] but Rowe (ed. 2).
[6525] affair] affaires Q₁.
[6526] in thee] Ff. within thee Qq.
[6527] enjoy] Ff. enjoyest Qq.
[6528] what is it?] Ff. Omitted in Qq.
[6529] especial] a special Malone conj.
commission] command Q₁.
[6530] Sir ... brains.] Prose in Ff. Eleven irregular lines in Qq.
[6531] takes] Qq. taketh Ff.
[6532] wherein] whereof Capell conj.
[6533] of] Qq. om. Ff.
[6534] by making] making Capell conj.
uncapable] incapable Hanmer.
[6535] do?] Pope. doe. Q₁ F₁ Q₂ F₂. doe Q₃. do. F₃ F₄.
[6536] if] Ff. and if Qq.
a right] Ff. right Qq.
[6537] harlotry] harlot Q₁.
[6538] high] nigh Mason conj.
[6539] waste] F₃. wast The rest. waist Malone conj.
[6540] [Exeunt.] Ff Q₂ Q₃. Ex. Iag. and Rod. Q₁.
[6541] SCENE III.] SCENE XIII. Pope.
Another room....] Malone. A Room.... Capell.
Enter....] Ff. Enter ... Desdemona, Lodovico,.... After about it, line 239 of previous scene, in Q₁. Enter ... Desdemona, Lodovico.... Q₂ Q₃.
[6542] I do beseech] 'Beseech Capell.
[6543] me] om. F₃ F₄.
'twill] it shall Qq.
[6544] Will ... Desdemona,--] As in Capell. One line in Qq Ff.
[6545] O,--] Capell. O Qq. Oh Ff.
Desdemona,--] Capell. Desdemona. Qq Ff.
[Stepping back. Capell.
[6546] lord?] Capell. lord. Qq. Ff. lord! Hanmer.
[6547] on the] on th' Ff. o' the Qq.
[6548] returned forthwith:] return'd forthwith: Ff. return'd, forthwith, Q₁. return'd, forthwith Q₂ Q₃.
[6549] dismiss] dispatch Qq.
look it] look't Ff.
[6550] [Exeunt....] Capell. Exeunt. Qq (after done, line 8). Exit Ff (after done, line 8). Ex. Lod. &c. Hanmer (after line 5).
[6551] He hath] Qq. And hath Ff.
[6552] bade] Q₂ Q₃. bad Q₁. bid Ff.
Dismiss] To dismiss Keightley.
[6553] I would] Q₁ F₂ F₃ F₄. I, would F₁. Would Q₂ Q₃.
[6554] checks] cheeks Jennens.
his frowns] and frownes Qq.
[6555] grace ... them.] a grace and favour. S. Walker conj.
in them] om. Ff.
[6556] laid] laied Q₁ Q₂.
those] these Q₁.
bade] Q₁. bad The rest.
[6557] one. Good faith,] one.--Good faith, Dyce. one good faith: Q₁. one, good father; Q₂ Q₃. one: good Father, Ff.
[6558] thee] om. F₁.
[6559] those] Qq. these Ff.
[6560] Barbara] Barbary Qq. Barbarie F₁.
[6561] and ... her:] and he, she lov'd, forsook her, And she prov'd mad Warburton.
[6562] mad] bad Capell (Theobald conj.) man Jackson conj. false Keightley.
[6563] had] has Q₁.
[6564] willow] willough F₁ F₂.
[6565] Will ... do] One line in Ff. Two in Q₂ Q₃.
[6566] I have ... next.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6567] I have] I've Pope.
to do] ado Pope.
[6568] But ... dispatch.] Prose in Q₂ Q₃.
[6569] But] Not Hanmer (Theobald conj.)
at one] on one Hanmer. o' one Capell.
[6570] Barbara] Brabarie F₁. Barbary Q₂ Q₃.
[6571] go] om. Capell.
[6572] He speaks] And he speaks Capell.
[6573] barefoot] barefooted Q₂ and Q (1695).
for] fore Q₃.
nether] neither Qq F₂.
[going on with her undressing. Capell.
[6574] Des. [Singing] Desdemona sings. Qq. Des. Ff.
sighing] Q₂. singing Ff. singhing Q₃. sining F₁ (Devonshire copy).
[6575] willow, willow, willow] Q₂ Q₃. willough, &c. F₁ F₂ F₃. willow, &c. F₄.
[6576] Her salt] The salt Capell.
and] Ff. which Qq.
[6577] See note (XI).
[6578] [giving her her Jewels. Capell.
[6579] Hark!] Hark! hark! Capell.
who is't that] Ff. who's that Qq.
[6580] It's] Ff (its F₂). It is Q₁. T'is Q₂ Q₃.
[6581] I ... men] Omitted in Q₁.
[6582] [Singing] om. Qq Ff.
false love] false Q₂ Q₃.
[6583] moe women] mo women F₁ Q₂ F₂ Q₃. no women F₃ F₄. more women Rowe.
couch] touch Upton conj.
moe men] mo men Ff Q₂ Q₃. more men Rowe.
[6584] So] Now Q₁.
[6585] Mine ... weeping?] As in Ff Q₂ Q₃. One line in Q₁.
[6586] Doth] Ff. does Q₁. Does Q₂ Q₃.
[6587] Des. I have ... question.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6588] kind] kindes Q₂ Q₃.
[6589] deed] thing Q₂ Q₃.
[6590] Nor ... dark.] Prose by Hanmer. Two lines, the first ending light, in Qq Ff.
[6591] Nor] No, nor Capell, reading as verse.
[6592] do 't as well i'] doe it as well in Q₁. as well doe it in Q₂ Q₃.
[6593] Wouldst] Would Q₁.
deed] thing Q₁.
[6594] The ... vice.] Divided as in Qq. The first line ends thing: in Ff. Prose in Hanmer. Dyce (ed. 2) prints it ... vice as a couplet.
[6595] world's ... it is] world is ... it is Qq. _world is ... 'tis_ Steevens.
[6596] In troth] Good troth Q₁.
[6597] In troth] By my troth Q₁.
undo 't] unswear 't Hanmer.
[6598] done] done it Qq.
[6599] nor for measures] or for measures Qq.
petticoats] or petticotes Q₁.
[6600] nor caps] Q₁ Ff. or caps Q₂ Q₃.
petty] such Q₁.
the whole] Qq. all the whole Ff.
world,--] Capell. world? Q₁. world: The rest.
[6601] why,] vds pitty, Q₁.
[6602] for 't] Ff. for it Qq.
[6603] Beshrew ... world.] Divided as in Qq Ff. Prose in Jennens.
[6604] a wrong] wrong Q₂ Q₃.
[6605] But ... so.] Omitted in Q₁.
[6606] upon] on Rowe (ed. 2).
[6607] sport] sports Warburton.
[6608] them ... them] Ff. em ... em Q₂ Q₃.
[6609] The ills] The ill Q₃.
so] F₁ Q₂ Q₃. to. F₂ F₃ F₄.
[6610] Good ... send,] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.
heaven] God Q₁.
uses] usage Q₁.
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]
Act V, 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.
Act V, 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.