ACT V LOD. What, not to pray Sc. II GRA. Отн. Well, thou dost best. Torments will ope your lips. LOD. Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n, And here another: the one of them imports The death of Cassio to be undertook By Roderigo. OTH. O Villain! 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 Came in and satisfied him. OTH. 310 O, the pernicious Caitiff! 320 How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief That was my wife's? CAS. I found it in my chamber: And he himself confess'd but even now That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose, Which wrought to his desire. OTH. LOD. You must forsake this room, and go with us: If there be any cunning cruelty That can torment him much and hold him long, OTH. Soft you! a word or two before you go. I have done the State some service, and they know 't; 330 No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that lov'd not wisely, but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, down this; Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes, GRA. 350 [stabs himself. All that's spoke is marr'd. ОTн. I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss. 360 [falls on the bed, and dies. CAS. This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon; For he was great of heart. O Spartan Dog, And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor, For they succeed on you. To you, Lord Governor, 1 i.e. Judas Iscariot. 370 [exeunt. TAURUS: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL TO CÆSAR. CANIDIUS: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL TO ANTONY. SILIUS: AN OFFICER IN VENTIDIUS'S ARMY. EUPHRONIUS: AN AMBASSADOR FROM ANTONY TO CESAR. ALEXAS: MARDIAN, A EUNUCH: SELEUCUS: ATTENDANTS ON CLEOPATRA. DIOMEDES: A SOOTHSAYER. A CLOWN. CLEOPATRA: QUEEN OF Egypt. OCTAVIA: SISTER TO CÆSAR, AND WIFE TO ANTONY. OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, MESSENGERS, AND OTHER ATTENDANTS. |