_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.

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]

SCENE II. _A bedchamber in the castle_: DESDEMONA _in bed asleep; a

light burning_.[6698]

_Enter_ OTHELLO.

_Oth._ It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul:

Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars!

It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood,[6699]

Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow

And smooth as monumental alabaster.[6700] 5

Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.[6701]

Put out the light, and then put out the light:[6702]

If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,

I can again thy former light restore,

Should I repent me: but once put out thy light,[6703] 10

Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,[6704]

I know not where is that Promethean heat[6705]

That can thy light relume. When I have pluck'd the rose,[6706]

I cannot give it vital growth again,

It must needs wither: I'll smell it on the tree. 15

[_Kissing her._[6707]

Ah, balmy breath, that dost almost persuade[6708]

Justice to break her sword! One more, one more:[6709]

Be thus when thou art dead, and I will kill thee,

And love thee after: one more, and this the last:[6710]

So sweet was ne'er so fatal. I must weep, 20

But they are cruel tears: this sorrow's heavenly;[6711]

It strikes where it doth love. She wakes.[6712]

_Des._ Who's there? Othello?

_Oth._ Ay, Desdemona.[6713]

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

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

_Des_. Ay, my lord. 25

_Oth._ If you bethink yourself of any crime

Unreconciled as yet to heaven and grace,

Solicit for it straight.

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

_Oth._ Well, do it, and be brief; I will walk by: 30

I would not kill thy unprepared spirit;

No; heaven forfend! I would not kill thy soul.[6716]

_Des._ Talk you of killing?[6717]

_Oth._ Ay, I do.[6717]

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

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

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

_Oth._ Hum!

_Des._ And yet I fear you; for you are fatal then[6719]

When your eyes roll so: why I should fear I know not,[6720] 40

Since guiltiness I know not; but yet I feel I fear.[6721]

_Oth._ Think on thy sins.

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

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

_Des._ That death's unnatural that kills for loving.[6724]

Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?[6725] 45

Some bloody passion shakes your very frame:

These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,[6726]

They do not point on me.

_Oth._ Peace, and be still!

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

_Oth._ That handkerchief which I so loved and gave thee[6728][6729] 50

Thou gavest to Cassio.[6730]

_Des._ No, by my life and soul![6728]

Send for the man, and ask him.[6728]

_Oth._ Sweet soul, take heed,[6731]

Take heed of perjury; thou art on thy death-bed.[6731][6732]

_Des._ Ay, but not yet to die.

_Oth._ Yes, presently:[6733]

Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin; 55

For to deny each article with oath

Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception[6734]

That I do groan withal. Thou art to die.

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

_Oth._ I say, amen.

_Des._ And have you mercy too! I never did[6736] 60

Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio[6736]

But with such general warranty of heaven

As I might love: I never gave him token.

_Oth._ By heaven, I saw my handkerchief in 's hand.[6729][6737]

O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart,[6738] 65

And makest me call what I intend to do[6739]

A murder, which I thought a sacrifice:

I saw the handkerchief.[6729]

_Des._ He found it then;

I never gave it him: send for him hither;

Let him confess a truth.

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

_Des._ What, my lord?

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

_Des._ How? unlawfully?

_Oth._ Ay.

_Des._ He will not say so.

_Oth._ No, his mouth is stopp'd;

Honest Iago hath ta'en order for't.[6742] 75

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

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

Had stomach for them all.[6744][6745]

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

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

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

_Oth._ Down, strumpet!

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

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

_Des._ But half an hour!

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

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

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

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

_Oth._ What noise is this? Not dead? not yet quite dead?[6753]

I that am cruel am yet merciful;

I would not have thee linger in thy pain:[6754] 90

So, so.[6754][6755]

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

_Oth._ Who's there?

_Emil._ [_Within_] O, good my lord, I would speak a

word with you![6756][6757]

_Oth._ Yes: 'tis Emilia. By and by. She's dead.

'Tis like she comes to speak of Cassio's death. 95

The noise was here. Ha! no more moving?[6758][6759]

Still as the grave. Shall she come in? were 't good?[6759]

I think she stirs again. No. What's best to do?[6760]

If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife:

My wife! my wife! what wife? I have no wife.[6761] 100

O, insupportable! O heavy hour!

Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse

Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe

Should yawn at alteration.[6762]

_Emil._ [_Within_] I do beseech you[6756][6763][6764]

That I may speak with you, O, good my lord![6763][6765] 105

_Oth._ I had forgot thee: O, come in, Emilia.[6766]

Soft; by and by. Let me the curtains draw.

Where art thou? [_Unlocks the door._[6767]

_Enter_ EMILIA.[6768]

What's the matter with thee now?

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

_Oth._ What, now?[6770] 110

_Emil._ But now, my lord.

_Oth._ It is the very error of the moon;

She comes more nearer earth than she was wont[6771]

And makes men mad.

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

Call'd Roderigo.[6772]

_Oth._ Roderigo kill'd![6774]

And Cassio kill'd![6774]

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

_Oth._ Not Cassio kill'd! then murder's out of tune,

And sweet revenge grows harsh.

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

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

_Oth._ That! what?

_Emil._ Out, and alas! that was my lady's voice.[6776]

Help! help, ho! help! O lady, speak again!

Sweet Desdemona! O sweet mistress, speak!

_Des._ A guiltless death I die. 125

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

_Des._ Nobody; I myself. Farewell:

Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell! [_Dies._[6778]

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

_Emil._ Alas, who knows?

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

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

_Oth._ She's like a liar gone to burning hell:[6782]

'Twas I that kill'd her.

_Emil._ O, the more angel she,[6783]

And you the blacker devil![6783]

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

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

_Oth._ She was false as water.

_Emil._ Thou art rash as fire, to say[6784][6785]

That she was false: O, she was heavenly true![6784]

_Oth._ Cassio did top her; ask thy husband else.[6786]

O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell, 140

But that I did proceed upon just grounds

To this extremity. Thy husband knew it all.[6787]

_Emil._ My husband![6788]

_Oth._ Thy husband.

_Emil._ That she was false to wedlock? 145

_Oth._ Ay, with Cassio. Nay, had she been true,[6789]

If heaven would make me such another world

Of one entire and perfect chrysolite,

I'ld not have sold her for it.

_Emil._ My husband!

_Oth._ Ay, 'twas he that told me first:[6790] 150

An honest man he is, and hates the slime

That sticks on filthy deeds.[6791]

_Emil._ My husband!

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

_Emil._ O mistress, villany hath made mocks with love![6793][6794]

My husband say that she was false![6793][6795]

_Oth._ He, woman;[6793][6796] 155

I say thy husband: dost understand the word?[6793][6796]

My friend, thy husband, honest, honest Iago.[6793]

_Emil._ If he say so, may his pernicious soul[6797]

Rot half a grain a day! he lies to the heart:[6798]

She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. 160

_Oth._ Ha![6799]

_Emil._ Do thy worst:

This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven

Than thou wast worthy her.

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

_Emil._ Thou hast not half that power to do me harm[6801] 165

As I have to be hurt. O gull! O dolt![6802]

As ignorant as dirt! thou hast done a deed--[6803]

I care not for thy sword; I'll make thee known,[6804]

Though I lost twenty lives. Help! help, ho! help![6805]

The Moor hath kill'd my mistress! Murder! murder! 170

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

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

_Emil._ O, are you come, Iago? you have done well,

That men must lay their murders on your neck.[6808]

_Gra._ What is the matter?[6809]

_Emil._ Disprove this villain, if thou be'st a man:[6810] 175

He says thou told'st him that his wife was false:

I know thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain.[6811]

Speak, for my heart is full.

_Iago._ I told him what I thought, and told no more[6812]

Than what he found himself was apt and true.[6813] 180

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

_Iago._ I did.

_Emil._ You told a lie, an odious, damned lie;

Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie!

She false with Cassio! Did you say with Cassio?[6815][6816] 185

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

_Emil._ I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to

speak:[6815][6817][6818]

My mistress here lies murder'd in her bed,--[6819][6820]

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

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

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

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

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

_Emil._ Villany, villany, villany![6819][6821]

I think upon't: I think: I smell't: O villany![6819][6821][6824]

I thought so then: I'll kill myself for grief:[6819][6821] 195

O villany, villany![6819][6821]

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

_Emil._ Good gentlemen, let me have leave to speak:

'Tis proper I obey him, but not now.

Perchance, Iago, I will ne'er go home.[6826] 200

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

_Emil._ Nay, lay thee down and roar;

For thou hast kill'd the sweetest innocent

That e'er did lift up eye.

_Oth._ [_Rising_] O, she was foul![6828]

I scarce did know you, uncle: there lies your niece,

Whose breath indeed these hands have newly stopp'd: 205

I know this act shows horrible and grim.[6829]

_Gra._ Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead:[6830]

Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief

Shore his old thread in twain: did he live now,[6831]

This sight would make him do a desperate turn, 210

Yea, curse his better angel from his side,

And fall to reprobation.[6832]

_Oth._ 'Tis pitiful; but yet Iago knows

That she with Cassio hath the act of shame[6833]

A thousand times committed; Cassio confess'd it: 215

And she did gratify his amorous works

With that recognizance and pledge of love[6834]

Which I first gave her; I saw it in his hand:

It was a handkerchief, an antique token[6835][6836]

My father gave my mother. 220

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

_Iago._'Zounds! hold your peace.

_Emil._ 'Twill out, 'twill out. I peace![6838][6839]

No, I will speak as liberal as the north:[6839][6840]

Let heaven and men and devils, let them all,[6841]

All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak. 225

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

_Emil._ I will not.

[_Iago offers to stab Emilia._

_Gra._ Fie![6843]

Your sword upon a woman![6843][6844]

_Emil._ O thou dull Moor! that handkerchief thou

speak'st of[6835][6845]

I found by fortune and did give my husband;

For often with a solemn earnestness, 230

More than indeed belong'd to such a trifle,

He begg'd of me to steal it.[6846]

_Iago._ Villanous whore!

_Emil._ She give it Cassio! no, alas, I found it,

And I did give't my husband.[6847]

_Iago._ Filth, thou liest!

_Emil._ By heaven, I do not, I do not, gentlemen. 235

O murderous coxcomb! what should such a fool

Do with so good a wife?

_Oth._ Are there no stones in heaven[6848]

But what serve for the thunder? Precious villain!

[_He runs at Iago: Iago, from behind, stabs Emilia,

and exit._[6849]

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

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

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

_Mon._ 'Tis a notorious villain. Take you this weapon,[6852]

Which I have here recover'd from the Moor:[6853]

Come, guard the door without; let him not pass,[6854]

But kill him rather. I'll after that same villain, 245

For 'tis a damned slave.

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

_Oth._ I am not valiant neither,

But every puny whipster gets my sword.

But why should honour outlive honesty?

Let it go all.

_Emil._ What did thy song bode, lady?[6856]

Hark, canst thou hear me? I will play the swan,[6856] 250

And die in music. [_Singing_] Willow, willow, willow.[6856][6857]

Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor;

So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true;

So speaking as I think, I die, I die. [_Dies._[6858]

_Oth._ I have another weapon in this chamber; 255

It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper.--[6859]

O, here it is. Uncle, I must come forth.

_Gra._[_Within_] If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear:[6860]

Thou hast no weapon, and perforce must suffer.

_Oth._ Look in upon me then, and speak with me,[6861] 260

Or, naked as I am, I will assault thee.

_Re-enter_ GRATIANO.[6862]

_Gra._ What is the matter?

_Oth._ Behold, I have a weapon;[6863]

A better never did itself sustain

Upon a soldier's thigh: I have seen the day[6864]

That with this little arm and this good sword 265

I have made my way through more impediments[6865]

Than twenty times your stop: but, O vain boast![6866]

Who can control his fate? 'tis not so now.

Be not afraid, though you do see me weapon'd;[6867]

Here is my journey's end, here is my butt[6867] 270

And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.[6867][6868]

Do you go back dismay'd? 'tis a lost fear:[6867]

Man but a rush against Othello's breast,[6867]

And he retires. Where should Othello go?[6867]

Now, how dost thou look now? O ill-starr'd wench![6867][6869] 275

Pale as thy smock! when we shall meet at compt,[6870]

This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven,

And fiends will snatch at it. Cold, cold, my girl!

Even like thy chastity. O cursed slave![6871][6872]

Whip me, ye devils,[6871][6873] 280

From the possession of this heavenly sight!

Blow me about in winds! roast me in sulphur![6874]

Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire![6875]

O Desdemona! Desdemona! dead![6876]

Oh! Oh! Oh![6876] 285

_Enter_ LODOVICO, MONTANO, CASSIO _carried in a chair, and_ Officers

_with_ IAGO, _prisoner_.[6877]

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

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

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

_Oth._ I look down towards his feet; but that's a fable.

If that thou be'st a devil, I cannot kill thee. [_Wounds Iago._[6881] 290

_Lod._ Wrench his sword from him.

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

_Oth._ I am not sorry neither: I'ld have thee live;

For, in my sense, 'tis happiness to die.

_Lod._ O thou Othello, that wert once so good,[6883]

Fall'n in the practice of a damned slave,[6884] 295

What shall be said to thee?[6885]

_Oth._ Why, any thing:

An honourable murderer, if you will;

For nought did I in hate, but all in honour.[6886]

_Lod._ This wretch hath part confess'd his villany:

Did you and he consent in Cassio's death? 300

_Oth._ Ay.

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

_Oth._ I do believe it, and I ask your pardon.[6888]

Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil[6889]

Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?[6890] 305

_Iago._ Demand me nothing; what you know, you know:

From this time forth I never will speak word.

_Lod._ What, not to pray?

_Gra._ Torments will ope your lips.

_Oth._ Well, thou dost best.

_Lod._ Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n,[6891] 310

Which, as I think, you know not. Here is a letter[6892]

Found in the pocket of the slain Roderigo,

And here another: the one of them imports[6893]

The death of Cassio to be undertook[6894]

By Roderigo.[6894]

_Oth._ O villain![6895] 315

_Cas._ Most heathenish and most gross!

_Lod._ Now here's another discontented paper,

Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems,

Roderigo meant to have sent this damned villain;

But that, belike, Iago in the interim[6896] 320

Came in and satisfied him.

_Oth._ O the pernicious caitiff![6897]

How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief[6898]

That was my wife's?[6899]

_Cas._ I found it in my chamber:

And he himself confess'd but even now[6900]

That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose 325

Which wrought to his desire.

_Oth._ O fool! fool! fool!

_Cas._ There is besides in Roderigo's letter,

How he upbraids Iago, that he made him[6901]

Brave me upon the watch; whereon it came

That I was cast: and even but now he spake[6902] 330

After long seeming dead, Iago hurt him,

Iago set him on.

_Lod._ You must forsake this room, and go with us:

Your power and your command is taken off,

And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave,[6903] 335

If there be any cunning cruelty

That can torment him much and hold him long,

It shall be his. You shall close prisoner rest,

Till that the nature of your fault be known

To the Venetian state. Come, bring away.[6904] 340

_Oth._ Soft you; a word or two before you go.[6905]

I have done the state some service, and they know't.[6906]

No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,

When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,

Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,[6907] 345

Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak[6908]

Of one that loved not wisely but too well;

Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,[6909]

Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,[6910]

Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away[6911] 350

Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes,[6912]

Albeit unused to the melting mood,

Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees[6913]

Their medicinal gum. Set you down this;[6914]

And say besides, that in Aleppo once, 355

Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk[6915]

Beat a Venetian and traduced the state,[6916]

I took by the throat the circumcised dog[6917]

And smote him, thus. [_Stabs himself._[6918]

_Lod._ O bloody period!

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

_Oth._ I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this,[6920]

Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.

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

_Cas._ This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon;

For he was great of heart.

_Lod._ [_To Iago_] O Spartan dog,[6922]

More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea! 365

Look on the tragic loading of this bed;[6923]

This is thy work: the object poisons sight;[6924]

Let it be hid. Gratiano, keep the house,

And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor,[6925]

For they succeed on you. To you, lord governor,[6926] 370

Remains the censure of this hellish villain,[6927]

The time, the place, the torture: O, enforce it!

Myself will straight aboard, and to the state

This heavy act with heavy heart relate. [_Exeunt._[6928]

FOOTNOTES:

[6611] ACT V. SCENE I.] Actus. 5. Q₁. Actus Quintus. Scena Prima. Ff.

Actus 5. Scæna 1. Q₂ Q₃.

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

Theobald.

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

_bulk_] _bulke_ Qq. _barke_ F₁ F₂. _bark_ F₃ F₄. _balk_ Singer, ed. 2

(Collier MS.) _bulwark_ Anon. conj.

[6613] _on_] Ff. _of_ Qq.

[6614] _most_] _more_ Q₂ Q₃.

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

_be bold_] Qq F₁. _behold_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_stand_] _sword_ Q₁.

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

[6616] _deed_] _dead_ Q₁.

[6617] _And_] om. Pope.

_hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

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

his Stand. Capell.

[6619] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

_rubb'd_] _fubb'd_ Becket conj.

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

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

whether_ Q₂. _angry, now whether_ Q₃.

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

[6622] _Of_] Ff. _For_ Qq.

[6623] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6624] _much_] om. Q₁.

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

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

[Exit Jago. Rowe.

[6626] _gait_] Johnson. _gate_ Qq Ff.

[Makes ... Cassio.] He runs at Cassio, and wounds him. Rowe. starting

from his Post, and making a Pass at him. Capell.

[6627] _mine_] Ff. _my_ Qq.

[6628] _know'st_] _think'st_ Q₁.

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

om. Qq Ff.

[Iago ... exit.] Fight. Iago cuts Cassion behind in the Leg, and exit.

Then Rod. and Cassio fall. Theobald. om. Qq Ff.

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

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

_maim'd_] _maind_ Q₁.

_Help_] _light_ Qq.

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

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

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

Enter Othello, at a Distance. Capell.

[6632] SCENE II. Pope.

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

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

apace;_ Qq.

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

_are_] _have_ Hanmer (ed. 2).

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

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

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

[6637] SCENE III. Pope.

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

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

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

_it is a_] Qq. _'Tis_ Ff.

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

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

[6642] _Hark_] _Hark, hark_ Keightley.

[6643] Re-enter....] Dyce (after line 47). Enter Iago with a light. Qq

(after line 45). Enter Iago. Ff (after line 45). Enter Jago, in his

Shirt. Rowe (after line 45). Enter Iago, in his Shirt, with a Light and

Sword. Theobald (after line 45).

[6644] _light_] Ff. _lights_ Qq.

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

_on_] Qq F₁. _out_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_murder?_] _murder thus?_ Collier MS.

[6646] _We_] Ff. _I_ Qq.

_Did_] Qq. _Do_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _Doe_ F₂.

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

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

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

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

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

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

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

[6652] _here_] Qq. _there_ Ff.

[6653] _them_] Ff. _em_ Qq.

[Stabs Roderigo.] Thrusts him in Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁ Ff. Jago Stabs him.

Rowe. Iago sets down his Light; makes towards Roderigo in the dark, and

stabs him. Capell.

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

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

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

_men_] _him_ Q₁.

_these_] Ff. _those_ Qq.

[counterfeiting a Search. Capell.

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

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

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

[6659] SCENE IV. Pope.

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

[6661] _O my ... Cassio!_] Prose in Qq. Two lines, the first ending

_deere Cassio_, in Ff. Capell ends the first line at _sweet Cassio_,

reading with Qq.

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

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

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

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

[6665] _To ... no?_] Divided as in Ff. Two lines, the first ending

_Cassio,_ in Q₁; three, ending _Cassio; ... light: ... no?_ in Q₂ Q₃.

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

_injury_] om. Q₁.

[6667] _Come, come;_] Omitted in Q₁.

[rising from him. Capell.

[6668] [viewing Roderigo. Capell.

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

_Yea, tis_ F₂. _Yea, 'tis_ F₃ F₄.

[6670] _What_] _Roderigo? what_ Capell conj.

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

[6672] _you_] Qq. _your_ Ff.

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

_Roderigo._ Q₁.

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

_He, he_] Ff. _He,_ Qq.

_the_] Ff. _a_ Qq.

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

om. Ff.

[6675] _general's_] _general_ F₄.

[To Bianca.] Johnson.

[6676] _Cassio,_] om. Hanmer.

[6677] _between_] _betwixt_ Qq.

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

[6679] [To Bian.] Johnson.

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

[6680] _gentlemen_] Ff. _gentlewoman_ Qq.

[To Bianca. Rowe.

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

(1695).

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

_if you stay_ Anon. conj.

_hear_] _have_ Qq.

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

_guiltinesse_ in Qq.

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

[6685] SCENE V. Pope.

_'Las, what's ... what's ... husband?_] Qq. _Alas, what is.... What

is ... husband?_ Ff, reading as two lines.

[6686] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

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

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

[6688] _fruit_] _fruite_ Qq. _fruits_ Ff.

_Prithee_] _Pray_ Q₁.

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

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

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

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

_go_] om. Pope.

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

[6694] _you_] om. Pope.

[6695] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

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

afore?_ Ff.

[Aside] First marked by Steevens (1778).

[6697] _makes_] _markes_ Q₁.

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

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

A bedchamber ... a light burning. Enter Othello.] Steevens (1773),

substantially. A bedchamber.... Enter Othello, with a light. Capell.

Enter Othello with a light. Q₁. Enter Othello with a light, and

Desdemona in her bed. Q₂ Q₃. Enter Othello, and Desdemona in her bed.

Ff. A Bed-chamber: Desdemona is discover'd asleep in her Bed. Enter

Othello. Rowe. A Bed-chamber.... Enter Othello, with a light and a

sword. Pope.

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

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

_alabaster_] F₄. _alablaster_ The rest.

[Lays down the sword. Theobald.

[6701] _more men_] _me more_ Hunter conj.

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

[6703] _me_] om. Pope.

_thy light_] Ff. _thine_ Qq.

[going towards his Wife. Capell.

[6704] _cunning'st_] _cunning_ Q₁.

[6705] _heat_] _fire_ Capell. conj.

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

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

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

Q₃.

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

out. Hanmer.

_the rose_] Qq. _thy rose_ Ff.

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

F₂).

_it_] Qq. _thee_ Ff.

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

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

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

[6709] _Justice_] _Iustice her selfe_ Qq.

_sword! One ... more:_] _sword. One more, one more:_ Ff. _sword once

more,_ Q₁. _sword: one more;_ Q₂ Q₃. _sword.--Once more--_ Jennens.

[6710] _one_] _once_ Q₁.

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

[He kisses her. Q₁.

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

[6712] _where_] _when_ Q₁.

_doth_ Ff. _does_ Qq.

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

as one line.

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

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

_Desdemona_] Qq F₃ F₄. _Desdemon_ F₁ F₂.

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

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

_may_] Q₁ Ff. _doe_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6716] _heaven_] Qq. _heavens_ Ff.

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

ending _heaven,_ in Capell.

[6718] _so_] om. F₁.

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

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

[6721] _guiltiness_] _guilt_ Pope.

_but_] om. Pope.

[6722] _They are_] _They're_ Pope.

_loves_] Qq F₁. _love_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

_I bear_] _to beare_ Q₃.

[6723] _Ay,_] om. Qq.

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

Hanmer.

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

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

[6727] _will so_] _will, so_ Q₁.

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

_handkerchiefe ... Cassio ... man, ... him,_ in Ff.

[6729] _handkerchief_] _hankercher_ Q₁.

[6730] _to_] om. F₃ F₄.

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

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

[6733] _Yes_] Qq. om. Ff.

[6734] _conception_] _conceit_ Q₁.

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

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

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

[6738] _my_] _thy_ Q₁.

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

[6740] _Let_] _And let_ Q₁.

_hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

[6741] _hath used thee._] _hath us'd thee._ Ff. _hath--vsde thee._ Q₂

Q₃. _hath--vds death._ Q₁.

[6742] _for't_] _fort_ F₂.

[6743] _O, ... interprets!_] _Oh, my feare interprets._ Ff. _My feare

interprets then,--_ Qq. _My fear interprets. Oh!_ Hanmer.

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

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

[6746] _I_] _I'm_ Hanmer.

[6747] _Out_] _O_ Qq.

_weep'st_] _weepest_ Qq.

[taking up a Pillow. Capell.

[6748] _if_] Ff. _an_ Qq.

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

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

_done._

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

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

[He stifles her.] Q₂ Q₃ (opposite _prayer!_). He stifles her. Q₁.

Smothers her. Ff. Attempts to smother her. Pope.

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

[6752] Emil. [Within]. Emillia calls within. Em. Qq (calles Q₂ Q₃).

Æmilia at the doore. Æm. Ff.

SCENE VII. Pope.

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

[6753] _noise_] Ff. _voyce_ Qq.

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

[6755] [Stabbing her. Rann.

[Within] Ff. om. Qq.

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

[6757] _good my_] _my good_ F₃ F₄.

_I would_] Ff. _I'de_ Qq.

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

[6759] _moving? Still_] _moving! still! Still_ Seymour conj. _moving?

still, Still_ S. Walker conj.

[6760] _best to do_] _the best_ Qq.

[6761] _what wife?_] _my wife;_ Q₁.

_have_] Ff. _ha_ Qq.

[6762] _Should_] Qq. _Did_ Ff.

_yawn at_] _yawn out_ Mason conj.

_alteration._] _alteration--_ Rowe.

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

with you._ Capell.

[6764] _do_] om. Pope.

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

_O_] om. Q₁.

[6766] _forgot_] _forgotten_ Q₂ Q₃.

_O_] om. Q₂ Q₃.

[6767] [Unlocks the door.] Theobald (after _now?_). Draws them, and

then opens the Door. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

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

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

_murders_] _murder_ Theobald.

[6770] _What,_] Q₁. _What?_ Ff Q₂ Q₃.

[6771] _nearer_] Ff. _neere the_ Qq.

[6772] _Cassio ... Roderigo._] Divided as in Qq. Two lines, the first

ending _kill'd,_ in Ff.

[6773] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

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

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

_Alas_] _O Lord_ Q₁. _Ahlas_ Q₂.

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

[6777] _hath_] Ff. _has_ Qq.

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

[6779] _murder'd_] _murdered_ Qq.

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

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

[6782] _burning hell_] _burne in hell_ Q₃.

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

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

in Qq.

[6785] _art rash_] _as rash_ Q₁.

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

[6787] _extremity_] _extreme_ Steevens conj.

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

[6789] Capell, reading with Ff, and Steevens (1793), reading with Qq,

end the lines _Cassio ... true._

_Ay, with_] _Ay, and with_ Keightley.

_Nay_] Qq. om. Ff.

_true_] _but true_ Collier MS.

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

[6791] _on_] _one_ Q₃.

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

_iteration, woman? I_] _iteration woman? I_ Pope. _iteration? woman, I_

Qq. _itterance, woman? I_ Ff.

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

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

_hath_] _had_ F₄. _has_ Rowe.

[6795] _that_] Q₂ Q₃. om. Ff.

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

[6797] _say_] _says_ Theobald.

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

[6799] [looking towards her Sword. Capell, corrected to 'his Sword' in

Errata. Threatening her. Collier (Collier MS.)

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

[6801] _that_] Ff. _the_ Qq.

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

See note (IV).

[6803] _thou hast_] _thou'st_ Pope.

_deed--_] Qq. _deed_ Ff.

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

_sword_] _word_ F₄.

_known_] _know_ Qq.

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

[6806] _hath_] _has_ Qq.

Gratiano,] Gragantio, Q₂ Q₃.

and others.] Qq. om. Ff.

[6807] SCENE VIII. Pope.

[staying him. Capell.

[6808] _murders_] _murder_ Qq.

[6809] Gra.] All. Q₁.

[6810] _Disprove this villain_] _Disprove it, villain_ Capell.

_Disprove this villany_ Rann (Capell conj.)

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

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

[6813] _Than_] _But_ Capell.

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

in Ff.

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

[6816] _false_] _was false_ Q₃.

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

[6818] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

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

[6820] _here lies_] _lies here_ Pope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Falling....] Oth. fals on the bed. Qq (falls Q₂ Q₃). Omitted in Ff.

hanging over his Wife. Capell. Falling on the ground. Collier MS.

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

[6829] _horrible_] Ff. _terrible_ Qq.

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

_Desdemona_] Qq F₃ F₄. _Desdemon_ F₁ F₂.

_I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[6831] _in twain_] _atwane_ Q₁.

[6832] _reprobation_] Qq. _reprobance_ Ff.

[6833] _hath_] Q₁ Ff. _had_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6834] _that_] _the_ Q₁.

[6835] _handkerchief_] _hankercher_ Q₁.

[6836] _a_] _an_ Pope.

_antique_] Qq F₁ F₂. _antick_ F₃ F₄.

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

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

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

[6839] _I peace! No,_] _I peace? No,_ Ff. _I hold my peace sir, no,_

Qq, ending the line _no_.

[6840] _I ... north_] Ff. _I ... air_ Pope. _I ... wind_ Collier MS.

_I'le be in speaking, liberall as the ayre_ Q₁. _Ile be in speaking,

liberall as the north_ Q₂ Q₃.

[6841] _them_] Ff. _em_ Qq.

[6842] [Iago....] Jago offers to stab his wife. Rowe. om. Qq Ff. Iago

strikes his wife with a sword. Anon. MS. See note (IV).

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

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

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

_of_] Ff. _on_ Qq.

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

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

[6847] _give_] Ff. _gave_ Qq.

_no_] om. F₃ F₄.

_found_] _find_ Q₃.

[6848] _wife_] Ff. _woman_ Qq.

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

[6849] _But ... Precious_] _For what then serves the thunder? Precious_

Warburton. _What serves the thunder for? Pernicious_ Anon. MS.

(pencil). See note (IV).

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

_serve_] F₄. _serves_ The rest.

_Precious_] Ff. _pretious_ Q₁. _pernitious_ Q₂ Q₃.

[He ... exit.] Edd. (Globe ed.) The Moore runnes at Iago. Iago kils his

wife. Qq (runs Q₂ Q₃, kills Q₂ Q₃), after _woman?_ line 237. Omitted in

Ff. Jago breaks through and wounds his Wife, then runs out. Rowe, after

_wife?_ line 237. Iago stabs his Wife suddenly, and runs off. Capell.

Othello offers to stab Iago, but is disarmed by Montano: Iago stabs

Emilia, and then runs out. Dyce (ed. 2).

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

[6851] [Exit Iago. Qq.

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

[giving Gra. a sword. Capell.

[6853] _have here recover'd_] Pope (ed. 2). _have here recovered_ Qq.

_have recover'd_ Ff. _recover'd have here_ Pope (ed. 1). _have now

recover'd_ Collier MS. See note (XIV).

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

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

Exit Montano. Knight.

SCENE IX. Pope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

_the ice-brook's_] _the Ice brookes_ F₁ F₂. _the Ice brooks_ F₃ F₄.

_the Isebrookes_ Qq. _the Ebro's_ Pope. _'tis ebroes_ Blackstone conj.

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

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

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

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

[6864] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

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

[6866] _your_] _you_ Q₁.

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

[6868] _And_] Ff. _The_ Q₂ Q₃.

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

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

[6871] _Even ... devils,_] Divided as by Qq Ff. The first line ends

_chastity_ in Capell, reading with Ff.

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

[6873] _ye_] Ff. _you_ Qq.

[6874] _roast_] _and roast_ F₃ F₄.

[6875] _steep-down_] Hyphened in Ff.

[6876] See note (XV).

[6877] Enter ... prisoner.] Malone, after Capell. Enter Lodovico,

Montano, Iago, and Officers, Cassio in a Chaire. Q₁. 'Iago' is omitted

in Q₂ Q₃. Enter Lodovico, Cassio, Montano, and Iago, with Officers. Ff.

Enter Lodovico, Cassio led in wounded, Montano, and Jago Prisoner, with

Officers. Rowe.

[6878] SCENE X. Pope.

_unfortunate_] Ff. _infortunate_ Qq.

[6879] [pointing to his Wife. Capell.

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

_that_] Ff. _this_ Q₁.

[6881] _that_] om. Q₁.

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

[6882] _Wrench_] _Wring_ Q₁.

_I bleed_] _Ay, bled_ Maginn conj.

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

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

[6884] _damned_] Qq. _cursed_ Ff.

[6885] _shall_] Ff. _should_ Qq.]

_thee?_] Qq F₄. _thee._ F₁ F₂ F₃.

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

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

[6888] _your_] Ff. _you_ Qq.

[6889] _I_] om. Q₁.

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

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

[6892] _not_] om. Johnson.

_Here is_] _here's_ Pope.

[6893] _the one_] _one_ Pope.

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

_undertook By_] _undertooke--by_ Q₁.

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

[6896] _interim_] _nicke_ Q₁.

[6897] _the_] Qq. _thou_ Ff.]

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

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

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

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

[6901] _upbraids_] _obraides_ Q₂ Q₃.

_Iago_] _Iagos_ Q₃.

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

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

[6903] _For_] _Fore_ Q₃.

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

[6905] _before you go_] Omitted in Q₁.

[6906] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

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

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

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

[6909] _jealous_] _Iealious_ F₁ F₂.

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

[6911] _Indian_] Qq F₂ F₃ F₄. _Indean_ F₁. _Judian_ Theobald.

_Egyptian_ Upton conj. See note (XVI).

[6912] _subdued_] om. Pope.

[6913] _Drop_] _Drops_ Q₁ F₁.

[6914] _medicinal_] _medicinall_ Qq. _medicinable_ Ff.

_gum_] _gums_ Johnson.

[6915] _Where_] _When_ Collier MS.

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

_Turbond_ (in roman) Ff.

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

_Turbond-Turk_ F₃ F₄.

[6916] _traduced_] _reduc'd_ Johnson.

[6917] _by the throat_] _by throat_ Capell.

_circumcised_] _uncircumcis'd_ Brady conj.

[6918] [Stabs himself.] He stabs himselfe. Qq. om. Ff. Pulls out a

conceal'd Dagger, and stabs himself. Capell. Wrenches a sword from a

by-stander, and stabs himself. Anon. conj.

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

[6920] [To Desdem. Theobald. Falling upon Desdem. Johnson. Throwing

himself by his Wife. Capell.

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

(Collier MS.)

[6922] [To Iago] Theobald.

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

[6923] _tragic_] _targicke_ Q₃.

_loading_] Ff. _lodging_ Qq.

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

[6925] _seize_] Ff. _ceaze_ Qq.

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

[6927] _censure_] _fensure_ Q (1695).

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

NOTES.

NOTE I.

I. 1. 16. The punctuation in the text was first given by Steevens

(1773). Most editors following Capell, including Steevens in his later

editions, have supposed 'for, certes' to be part of Othello's speech.

Mr Collier, omitting the comma, gives 'For certes' as the commencement

of Othello's words. There is no comma in either Quartos or Folios, and

the printing leaves it uncertain where the quotation is meant to begin.

NOTE II.

I. 1. 20, 21. Theobald marks 'Certes ... officer,' and 'the

Florentine's ... wife' with inverted commas, to indicate that they

are Iago's report of Othello's speeches, and supposes Iago to be the

'fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife.' 'The Poet means,' he adds,

'_Iago_ had so beautiful a Wife, that she was his _Heaven on Earth_;

that he _idoliz'd_ her; and forgot to think of Happiness in an

After-state, as placing all his Views of Bliss in the single Enjoyment

of her. In this sense, _Beauty_, when it can so seduce and ingross

a Man's Thoughts, may be said _almost to damn_ him.' Warburton's

explanation agrees substantially with that of Theobald.

NOTE III.

I. 3. 370-374. The reading in the text is that of the second and third

Quartos. The first Quarto has:

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

_Rod._ what say you?

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

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

_Iag._ Goe to, farewell, put money enough in your purse:

Thus doe I euer make my foole my purse:'

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

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

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

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

Rowe and Pope follow the Folios.

Theobald has:

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

_Rod._ What say you?

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

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

_Manet_ Iago.

_Iago._ Go to, farewel, put mony enough in your purse--

Thus, &c.'

Hanmer:

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

No more of drowning.

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

SCENE XI.

_Manet_ Iago.

_Iago._ Thus,' &c.

Warburton follows Theobald, and so does Johnson, except that he

transfers 'Exit Rodorigo' to follow the first line of Iago's speech,

and makes Scene XI. begin with the next. Capell reduces the whole to

the following:

'_Iag._ Go to, farewel.

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

_Iag._ Thus,' &c.

NOTE IV.

III. 3. 116. In the Devonshire copy of the first Quarto there is a

marginal stage direction in a 17th century hand opposite this line,

'With admiring action.' Some other stage directions and readings quoted

in our foot-notes as 'Anon. MS.' are from the same source. More than

one hand seems to have been employed, and there are other notes of a

much later date in pencil.

NOTE V.

III. 3. 153. Johnson attributes the reading 'improbably' to what he

calls 'the old Quarto.' We have not found it in any copies.

NOTE VI.

III. 3. 172. In the Devonshire copy of the first Quarto, which formerly

belonged to Steevens, and which was the original of his reprint, the

word 'loues' is partially obliterated by being changed with a pen to

'hates', but being still obscure 'hates', is written in the margin

opposite in the same hand as the stage direction mentioned in note IV.

Capell's copy has distinctly 'loues', and that this was originally

the reading of the Devonshire copy is evident from the traces of the

letters which still remain. Two lines above, opposite 'make,' a late

hand has written in pencil 'muck' (which is Becket's conjecture) in the

Devonshire copy. We have no means of ascertaining whether this note was

written before or after the publication of Becket's work.

NOTE VII.

III. 3. 405. Capell prints the words: 'What then? how then? Where's

satisfaction?' in italics, to indicate that Iago is repeating what

Othello had said.

NOTE VIII.

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

'_Iago._ I warrant something from Venice,

'Tis _Lodouico_ this, comes from the Duke.

See, your wife's with him.'

The other Folios have substantially the same reading, except that the

second has '_Lodovico_, this, comes, &c.,' and the third and fourth

'_Lodovico_, this comes, &c.'

Hanmer has:

'_Iago._ I warrant you 'tis something come from Venice.

Oh! it is _Lodovico_ from the Duke:

And see, your wife is with him.'

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

punctuation.

NOTE IX.

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

'A fixed figure, for the time of scorne,

To point his slow vnmouing fingers at--oh, oh,'

The second and third have the same except that they substitute 'finger'

for fingers. The first Folio, which is followed substantially by the

rest, has:

'The fixed Figure for the time of Scorne,

To point his slow, and mouing finger at.'

Rowe:

'A fixed Figure for the hand of Scorn

To point his slow and moving Finger at--.'

He is followed by Pope, Theobald, and Hanmer.

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

moving.'

Johnson, Capell and Jennens adopt Warburton's reading.

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

Steevens reads with the second and third Quartos, followed by Malone,

Rann and the _Variorum_ Editors.

Malone conjectures:

'A fixed figure for the scorn of time

To point his slow unmoving finger at,--'

Mason proposes 'slowly moving' for 'slow unmoving': a conjecture which

has been also made by Mr Collier's MS. corrector and adopted by Mr

Collier in his second edition.

Becket conjectures:

'A fixed figure and in scorn, for time

To point his slow-unmoving finger at.'

Jackson:

'A fix'd figure, for the type of scorn

To point his low unmoving finger at.'

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

conjecture:

'The fixed figure of the time, for scorn

To point his slow and moving finger at,--'

Mr Grant White, in his _Shakespeare's Scholar_, expressed his approval

of this conjecture, changing however, 'and moving' to 'unmoving'

in the second line. In his edition he follows, as we do, the second

Quarto. 'The time of scorn' (he says) is a phrase like 'the day of

sorrow,' 'the hour of joy,' or 'the age of progress.'

Dr Cartwright reads:

'A fixed figure for the time of scorn

To point his cold unmoving finger at.'

Mr Bailey conjectures:

'A fixed figure for the time, in scorn

To point his sly and mocking finger at.'

Mr Bullock proposes to read:

'A fixed figure for the rhymer's scorn,

To point his foul unmoving finger at.'

NOTE X.

IV. 2. 183. Mr Collier says that the Devonshire copy of F₁ has the

following: 'I have heard too much: And hell gnaw his bones

Performances....' The mistake was discovered and corrected in other

copies. This accounts for the 'and' which the corrected copies still

retain instead of 'for.'

NOTE XI.

IV. 3. 46-48. In this passage we have followed Capell's arrangement of

the text. The second Quarto has:

'_Sing willow_, &c. (Lay by these.)

_Willow, willow._

(Prethee hie thee, he'll come anon.)'

The third Quarto has the same arrangement, but misprints

_'fling-willow, &c._'

The first Folio reads:

'_Sing Willough, &c._ (Lay by these).

_Willough, Willough._ (Prythee high thee: he'll come anon).'

The second, third, and fourth Folios have 'Lady by these,' a misprint

which was corrected by Rowe in his first, but repeated in his second

edition. Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, and Warburton omitted the words

altogether.

NOTE XII.

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

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

and, in his second,

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

in which he was followed by Pope, except that the latter put a

semicolon at the end of the line. Theobald, punctuating thus,

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

supposes that the only light in the room is that which Othello carries

in his hand, and which at first he intends to extinguish, but,

changing his mind, sets down to go and kiss Desdemona. He observes,

'The _Players_, in all the Companies wherever I have seen this Tragedy

perform'd, commit an Absurdity here, in making Othello put out the

candle, which, 'tis evident, never was the Poet's intention.'

Hanmer prints:

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

Opposite line 13 he adds this stage direction, '_Sets down the Candle,

not putting it out._'

Warburton has:

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

His punctuation is adopted by Johnson.

Capell reads:

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

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

Taper._'

Mr Goldwin Smith, regarding the line in question as a stage-direction

which has crept into the text, suggests to us that the passage ought to

be printed as follows:

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

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

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

or thus:

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

[_Takes off his sword._

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

[_Puts out the light._

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

NOTE XIII.

V. 2. 86. Mr Singer, in his second edition, has here invented a

reading of the first Quarto, from a misinterpretation of Steevens's

note. He says, 'After this speech of Othello, the elder Quarto adds

an invocation from Desdemona, consisting only of "God! God! God!"'

Steevens's words, which Mr Singer adopted in his first edition, were

'consisting only of the sacred name thrice repeated.'

NOTE XIV.

V. 2. 243. Mr Collier in his _Notes and Emendations_ and in the

appendix to _Coleridge's Lectures_ gives 'now' as the insertion of his

MS. corrector. In the note on this passage in his second edition of

_Shakespeare_, he says: '_Here_ in this line is omitted in the Folio,

1623, but inserted in the corr. fo. 1632.'

NOTE XV.

V. 2. 284, 285. The reading given in the text is that of the Quartos,

substantially. The first has literatim thus:

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

The second and third:

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

The first Folio:

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

The second:

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

The third:

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

This is followed substantially by the fourth Folio and Rowe.

Pope reads:

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

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

Capell reads:

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

O, o, o!'

Steevens (1773) has:

'Oh Desdemona! Desdemona! dead!

Dead! oh! oh! oh!'

This reading is followed by Steevens himself in his later editions,

Malone, Rann, the _Variorum_ editors, Singer and Harness. Mr Knight

reads substantially with the first Folio: Mr Collier follows the

Quartos.

Mr Dyce reads:

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

Mr Staunton adopts the reading of the first Folio, putting a comma

after the first 'dead.' Mr Grant White follows Mr Dyce.

NOTE XVI.

V. 2. 350. In his note on this passage Theobald says, 'I have restor'd,

_Judian_, from the Elder _Quarto_, as the genuine and more eligible

reading.' All the Quartos we have seen read 'Indian.' He adds, 'I am

satisfied, in his _Judian_, he is alluding to _Herod_; who, in a Fit of

blind Jealousie, threw away such a Jewel of a Wife as _Mariamne_ was to

him.' This interpretation was suggested by Warburton.

'Indian' is read by the Quarto of 1695, Rowe, Pope, Capell, Jennens,

Rann, Knight, Collier, Dyce, Singer (ed. 2), Delius, Staunton, Cowden

Clarke, Hudson and Grant White.

'Judian' or 'Judean' is read by Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson,

Steevens, the _Variorum_ editors, Harness and Singer (ed. 1).

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Transcriber's Notes:

P. xix addenda incorporated in text.

Retained line wrapping in plays to retain prose line numbering.

Converted linenotes to footnotes with anchors at line ends.

Retained incorrect line numbers, e.g. there are often more than

5 lines (or occasionally less than 5) between increments of 5.

Anchors assigned to linenotes without line references.

Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical

errors.

Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.

Enclosed italics markup in _underscores_.