To your own person. Nay, when I have suit. Oth. I will deny thee nothing. Whereon I do beseech thee, grant me this, Des. Shall I deny you? no: Farewel, my lord. Oth. Farewel, my Desdemona, I'll come strait. Des. Æmilia, come; be, as your fancies teach you. Whate'er you be, I am obedient. [Exeunt. Manent OTHELLO and IAGO. Oth. Excellent wench!--Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee; and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again. Iago. My noble lord,——— Oth. What dost thou say, Iago? Iago. Did Michael Cassio, when you wooed my Know of your love? [Lady, Oth. He did, from first to last; why dost thou ask? Iago. But for a satisfaction of my thought, No farther harm. (57) Fearful. The frequent mention in the plays of fear, fright, shaking, trembling, and the like, have relation to the wavering libations of the moon: this interpretation is applicable to the long tirades upon fear in Hudibras. Oth. Why of thy thought, Iago? [her. Iago. I did not think he'd been acquainted with Iago. Indeed! Oth. Indeed! ay, indeed. Is he not honest? Iago. Honest, my lord? Oth. Honest? ay, honest. Discernest thou [aught in that? Iago. My lord, for aught I know. Oth. What dost thou think? Iago. Think, my lord!- [echoest me; Oth. Think, my lord? why, by Heaven, thou As if there were some monster in thy thought, Too hideous to be shewn. Thou dost mean some thing; I heard thee say but now, thou lik' dst not that,— What did'st not like? And when I told thee, he was of my counsel, Iago. My lord, you know I love you. Oth. I think thou dost : And for I know thou art full of love and honesty, And weighest thy words before thou givest them Therefore these stops of thine fright me the more For such things in a false disloyal knave Are tricks of custom; but, in a man that's just, They're cold dilations working from the heart, That passion cannot rule. Iago. For Michael Cassio, I dare be sworn, I think, that he is honest. Iago. Men should be what they seem. Or those that be not, would they might seem none Oth. Certain, men should be what they seem. Iago. Why, then, I think Cassio's an honest man. Oth. Nay, yet there's more in this ; 1 praythee s peak to me as to thy thinkings. As thou dost ruminate and give thy worst of The worst of words. Iago. Good my lord, Tho' I am bound to every act of duty, [thoughts I am not bound to that all slaves are free to; [false; Keep leets and law-days, and in sessions sit Oth. Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago, If thou but think'st him wronged, and mak'st A stranger to thy thoughts. [his ear Iago. I do beseech you, Though I, perchance, am vicious in my guess(As, I confess, it is my nature's plague To spy into abuse; and oft my jealousy Shapes faults that are not ;) I entreat you then, Your wisdom would not build yourself a trouble Oth. What dost thou mean? Iago. Good name in man and woman, dear my Is the immediate jewel of their souls. [lord, Who steals my purse, steals trash, 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his; and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that, which not enriches him, Oth. I'll know thy thoughts Iago. You cannot, if my heart were in your hand; Nor shall not, whilst 'tis in my custody. Oth. Ha! Iago. Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss, (58) Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger; [loves! Iago. Poor, and content, is rich, and rich But riches endless, is as poor as winter, [enough; To him that ever fears he shall be poor. Good Heaven! the souls of all my tribe defend Oth. Why? why is this? Think'st thou I'd make a life of jealousy? With fresh suspicions? No; to be once in doubt, (58) Observe the resemblance of horns on the head of Othello's prototype, such as are introduced in his figure, 98, ante. (59) Exchange me for a goat. If the south side of the moon be placed uppermost, in which case Othello will be upside down, the shadows which constitute his person will be found to resemble a goat, with its face to the right, as drawn in figure 103. The goat, so designated, has the |