SCENE VII.

Manent Iago, and Roderigo.

lago, Do thou meet me presently at the harbour.Come hither. If thou be'ft valiant; (as they fay, base men, being in love, have then a nobility in their natures, more than is native to them) lift me; the lieutenant tonight watches on the Court of Guard. First, I × will tell thee this, Desdemona is directly in love with him,

Rod. With him? why, 'tis not poffible.

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Iago. Lay thy finger thus; and let thy foul be inftructed, Mark me, with what violence fhe firft lov'd the Moor, but for bragging, and telling her fantaftical lies. And will she love him ftill for prating? let not thy difcreet heart think it. Her eye must be fed. And what delight shall she have to look on the devil? When the blood is made dull with the act of fport, there fhould be, and to f give fatiety a fresh appetite,

So the qu's and 1st f; the reft, you for thou.

t Firft q. babour.

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again to inflame it, loveliness in favour,

z So the qu's, three ift fo's, J. and C; the reft, fingers.

a The three laft fo's and R. omit

u So the qu's and C; the reft, thi- firf. ther.

w R. omits of.

* So the qu's; the reft read muß for will.

y So the 2d q. the fo's, R. P. H. and

b For, And will she love him, the fo's, R. and C. read, To love him.

The qu's, the for thy.
The ft q. fo for it.

The 2d q. the fo's, R. and P. read

C; the rest point thus,-thee, this Del- a game for again. demona, &c.

The qu's omit to,

fympathy

fympathy in years, manners, and beauties: all which the Moor is defective in. Now, for want of thefe required conveniences, her delicate tenderness will find itself abus'd, begin to heave the gorge, difrelifh and abhor the Moor;' very nature will inftru&t her in it, and compel her to fome fecond choice. Now, fir, this granted, (as it is a most pregnant and unforced pofition) who ftands foeminently in the degree of this fortune, as Caffio does? a knave very voluble; no farther confcionable, than in putting on the mere form of civil and humane feeming, for the better compaffing of his falt and most hidden loofe" affections °; P a subtle, flippery knave, a finder 9 out of * occa--` fions, that has an eye can ftamp and counterfeit advantages, though true advantage never prefent itself. "A devilish knave! befides, the knave is handsome, young, and hath all thofe requifites in him, that folly and green minds look after. A peftilent compleat knave, and the woman hath found him already.

Rod. I cannot believe that in her, fhe 's full of most bleft condition,

x The 2d q. conditions.

The qu's, to for in.

h The 2d q. omits a,

iSo the qu's and C; the rest, eminent.

k The 1ft q. band-feeming; R. and P. buman fieming.

1 The fo's and R. compass.

m The 1ft q. omits moft and leafe,

n So the qu's; the rest affection.

• After affections, the fo's, R. and C. infert, Why none, why none,

r Before occafions J. inferts warm, as in no other edition. The fo's read otcafion.

The sft f. be's for bas.

The Ift q. counterfeit the true advantages never present themselves.

u The qu's omit, A devilish knave! w So all before P; he and all after,

P So the qu's; the rest, a flippery and except C. read of fur in.

lago. Bleft fig's end! the wine fhe drinks is made of grapes. If fhe had been bleft, fhe would never have lov'd the Moor. Bleft pudding! Didft thou not see her paddle with the palm of his hand? didft not mark that?

Rod. Yes, that I did; but that was but courtesy.

their breaths embrac'd Roderigo! when these f hard at hand & comes incorporate conclufion: I have brought you

Iago, Letchery, by this hand; an index and obfcure prologue to the hiftory of luft and foul thoughts. They met fo near with their lips, that together. • Villainous thoughts, mutualities fo marshal the way, the mafter and main exercife, the Pish-But, fir, be you rul'd by me. from Venice. Watch you to-night. For the command, I'll lay 't upon you. Caffio knows you not: I'll not be far from you. Do you find fome occafion to anger Caffia, either by fpeaking too loud, or tainting his difcipline, or from what other course you pleafe, which the time fhall more favourably minifter.

Red. Well.

lago. Sir, he is rafh, and very fudden in choler: and = haply ° • with his truncheon may ftrike at you. Provoke

y The qu's omit, Bleft pudding!
z The 1ft q. omits, didft not mark
that?

The qu's and C. omit, that I did.
The 1ft q omits obfcure.

The 1ft q. omits Villainous thoughts!
The qu's omit Roderigo.

e The fo's and R. mutabilities.

The qu's, band at band.

The 2d q. comes, Roderigo, the mafter and the main, &c.

the.

h The Ift q. and J. omit mafter and

iSecond q. incorrupt.

* The qu's omit Pik.

1 The 2d q. omits tb.; the 1ft q. reads your for the.

m The 1st q. caufe for courfe.

n The three laft fo's, and all after but F. and C. read happily; zd q. bopiy. • So the qu's; the rest omit with bis truncheon.

him that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny, whofe qualifications fhall come into no true tafte' again, but by the difplanting of Caffio. So fhall you have a fhorter journey to your defires, by the means I fhall then have to prefer them, and the "impediment moft profitably removed, without which there y were no expectation of our profperity.

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Rod. I will do this, if can bring it to any oppor

tunity.

Iago. I warrant thee. Meet me by and by at the citadel. I muft fetch his neceffaries afhore. Farewel

Rod. Adieu.

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VIII.

[Exit,

Manet Iago.

Iago. That Caffio loves her, I do well a believe it: That she loves him, 'tis apt, and of great credit. The Moor, howbeit that I endure him not,

The ad q. reads difplaying for difplanting; T.'s duodecimo reads tranfplanting, followed by W.

u So all before R.'s duodecimo, which reads impediments; followed by the reft, except C.

w Second q. profitable.

y So all before P. who reads was for were, making nonsense of the sentence; and is implicitly followed by the reft, except J. and C.

z So the qu's and C; the reft, you for I; but the fenfe requires 1; for Iago had brought the affair to opportunity, by fixing on Roderigo for one of the watch ; Roderigo's part remained to be done, viz. provoking Caffio, which in this fpeech he promises to do, If opportunity offered to give him cause.

2 So the qu's; the fo's, R. and C.

x The fo's, R. and C. read without believe 't z. P, and all the reft, believe.

The which, &c.

Is

Is of a conftant, loving, noble nature;
And, I dare think, he'll prove to Desdemona
A most dear husband. Now I do love her too,
Not out of abfolute luft, though peradventure,
I stand accountant for as great a fin;

But partly led to diet my revenge,
For that I do fufpect the lufty Moor
Hath leapt into my feat.

The thought whereof
Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards,
And nothing can, or fhall content my foul,

'Till I am & even'd with him, wife for wife. Or failing fo, yet that I put the Moor

At least into a jealousy so strong,

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That judgment cannot cure. Which thing to do,
If this poor trash of Venice, whom I trace
For his quick hunting, ftand the putting on,
I'll have our Michael Caffio on the hip,

Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb,

(For I fear Caffio with my night-cap TM too—)

Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me
For making him egregiously an afs,

And practifing upon his peace and quiet,

Even to madness. 'Tis here, but yet confus'd;
Knavery's plain face is never seen 'till us'd.

b Qu's, noble, loving.

So all before P. who omits do, fole lowed by the reft, except C.

The qu's, lead for led.

e The qu's, luftfull.

f The 4th f. and R. thoughts.

2 The 1ft q. and J. even.

[Exit.

h W. and J. read last for least.

i T. and W. read brach for trash. k For trace the 1st q. reads crush; W. cherish.

1 So the qu's, W. H. and C; the reft, right for rank.

mi Qu'sy 10,

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