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With franker spirit. Therefore, as I am bound,
Receive it from me. I fpeak not yet of proof,

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Look to your wife, observe her well with Caffio;
• Wear your f eye thus; not jealous, nor fecure.
I would not have your free and noble nature
Out of felf-bounty be abus'd; look to 't;
I know our country difpofition well;

In Venice they do let & heaven fee the pranks

They dare not shew their husbands; their best conscienc
Is not to leave undone, but keep unknown.

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Oth. Doft thou fay fo?

Iago. She did deceive her father, marrying you;
And when the feem'd to fhake, and fear your looks,
She lov'd them moft.

Oth. And fo fhe did.

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lago. Why, go to then;

She that fo young could give out fuch a seeming

To feal her father's eyes up, clofe as 1oak

He thought 'twas witchcraft-But I am much to blame :
I humbly do befeech you of your pardon,

For too much loving you.

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Oth. I am bound to thee for ever.

lago. I fee this hath a little dafh'd your fpirits.

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Oth. Not a jot, not a jot.

lago. Truft me, I fear it has :

I hope you will confider, what is spoke .
Comes from P my love. But I do fee,
I am to pray you, not to ftrain my speech
To groffer iffues, nor to larger reach,
Than to fufpicion.

Oth. I will not.

Iago. Should you do fo, my Lord,

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you are mov❜d

My fpeech would fall into fuch vile fuccefs,

"As my thoughts "aim not *at. Caffio's my y worthy friend. My Lord, I fee you are mov'd.

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Oth. No, not much mov'd

* I do not think but Desdemona's honeft.

lago. Long live fhe fo! and long live you to think fo!

Oth. And yet, how nature erring from itself

Iago. Ay, there's the point; as to be bold with you, Not to affect many propofed matches

Of her own clime, complexion, and degree,

b Whereto we see in all things Nature tends,

• Foh! one may smell in fuch, a will most rank,

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Foul difproportions, thoughts unnatural.

But, pardon me, I do not in pofition

Diftinctly speak of her; though I may fear,

The 1ft q. Ifaith for Trust me.

P First f. your for my.

q So the qu's and C; the fo's, y'arez

R. and the reft, you're.

• All before P. should for would. • Fo's, vilde.

t P. reads excess for fuccefs.

So the qu's, J. and C; the reft, Which for A.

w The fo's and R. aim'd.

* The fo's omit at.

y The 1ft q. trufty for worthy.
z The fo's and R. y' are.

a The 2d q. omits I.

b Second q. Wherein.

< The qu's, Fie we may, &c.
d The 2d q. must for most.
e The qu's and C. disproportions

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Her

Her will, recoiling to her better judgment,
May fall to match you with her country forms,
And happily repent.

Oth&Farewel, farewel.

If more thou doft perceive, let me know more:
Set on thy wife to obferve.
Iago. My Lord, I take my leave.

Leave me, lago.

[ Going. Oth. Why did I marry? This honeft creature, doubtless, Sees and knows more, much more than he unfolds.

Iago. My Lord, I would I might intreat your Honour

To fcan this thing no farther; leave it to time; k Though it be fit that Caffia have his place, For fure he fills it up with great ability;

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Yet if you please to hold him off awhile,
You fhall by that perceive him and his means.
Note if
your lady " ftrain his entertainment
With any ftrong, or vehement importunity,
Much will be seen in that. In the mean time,
Let me be thought too bufy in my fears,
(As worthy cause I have to fear,

I am)

f So all before P. who reads baply fo repent; followed by the reft. It is plain that Shakespeare by bappily here meant baply or perchance; but this might then be the method of writing and pronouncing the word,

g The qu's read farewel but once. h This direction first put in by R. i The 1ft q. begins Iago's speech with this line, and puts the line before this to the foregoing speech of Cibello,

k So the rft q; the 2d and C. And though 'tis fit, &c. the reft, Athough 'tis fit, &c.

1 The ft f. omits bold; the other fo's, R. P. and H. put for bold,

m The ad q. of for off,

n i, e. Prefs hard his re-admiffion to his pay and office. Entertainment was the military term for admission of soldiers. J.

• The qu's, ber for bis.

And

And hold her free, I do befeech your honour.

Oth. Fear not my government.

Iago. I once more take my leave.

SCENE VI

Manet Othello.

Oth. This fellow's of exceeding honesty,

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And knows all P qualities, with a learned spirit,
Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard,
Tho' that her " jeffes were my dear heart-strings,

I'd whistle her off, and

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To prey at fortune.

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let her down the wind

Haply, for I am black,

And have not thofe foft parts of conversation
That b chamberers have; or, for I am declin'd
Into the vale of years, yet that's not much;
She's gone, I am abus'd, and my relief

[Exit.

'P The ad q. the fo's and R. quantities the wind behind her, the feldom returns. for qualities. If therefore a hawk was for any reafon

4 The fo's, R. and P. learn'd for to be difmiffed, fhe was let down the

learned.

First q. dealing.

wird, and from that time fhifted for

herself, and prey'd at fortune. This was

So all before P. who omits do, fol- told me by the late Mr. Clark. J.

lowed by the reft, except C.

A baggard hawk is a wild hawk, a bowk unreclaimed, or irreclaimable. J.

"Felles are fhort straps of leather tied about the legs of a hawk, by which the is held on the fift. H.

w The falconers always let fly the hawk against the wind; if the flies with

* The 20 q. derone

y Second q. pray.

z The qu's, bappily..

a So all before P; he and all after, except C. I'm for I am.

b Second q. Chambercours.

The rit q. valt for vale.

d The ad q. advis'd for abus'd."

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Muft

Muft be to loath her.

Oh curfe of marriage?

That we can call thefe delicate creatures ours,

And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad,
And live upon the vapour of f a dungeon,

Than keep a corner in the thing I love,
For others' hufes Yet 'tis the plague of great ones;
Prerogativ'd are they lefs than the bafe;
'Tis destiny unfhunnable, like death.
Even then this forked plague is fated to us
When we do quicken. Desdemona comes!

Enter Defdemona and Emilia.

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If fhe be falfe, m oh then heaven mocks itfelf:

I'll not believe it.

Def. How now, my dear Othello?

Your dinner, and the generous P iflanders,

By you invited, do attend your presence.

Oth. I am to blame.

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Oth. I have a pain upon my forehead here.

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Def. Why, that's with watching, 'twill away again;

e P. and all after, except C. infert the R. Look where foe comes.

before curse.

The qu's, in for of.

2 Qu's, a for the.

So all before P; he and the reft,

except C. read ufe for ufs.

i The fo's and R. read to for of

* Second q. This for 'Tis.

1 For Defdemona comes, the fo's and

m The fo's omit eb then.

n The fo's, mick'd.

• So the qu's; the rest, believe 7.

P The qu's, Ilander for islanders.
q The qu's and C. Why is your speecÍ

So faint?

• The 28 q. forebead, beare,

The aft q. Faith for why.

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