Duke. Be it as you shall privately determine, Either for stay, or going: the affairs cry-haste! And speed must answer; you must hence to-night. Des. To-night, my lord! Duke. This night. Oth. With all my heart. Duke. At ten i'the morning here we'll meet again. Othello, leave some officer behind, And he shall our commission bring to you; Óth. Please your grace, my ancient; A man he is of honesty and trust; To his conveyance I assign my wife, With what else needful your good grace shall think To be sent after me. Duke. Let it be so. Good-night to every one.-And, noble signior, Your son-in-law is far more fair than black. [Exeunt the DUKE, LODOVICO, the other SENATORS, MARCO, PAULO, GIOVANNI, and LUCA. Bra. Look to her, Moor; have a quick eye to see; She has deceiv'd her father, may do thee. [Exeunt BRABANTIO and GRATIANO. Oth. My life upon her faith.-Honest Iago, My Desdemona must I leave to thee: I pr'ythee, let thy wife attend on her; And bring her after in the best advantage.Come, Desdemona; I have but an hour Of love, of worldly matters and direction, To spend with thee: we must obey the time. [Exeunt OTHELLO, DESDEMONA, and CASSIO. Rod. Iago, Iago. What say'st thou, noble heart? Iago. Why, go to bed, and sleep. Rod. I will incontinently drown myself. Iago. Well, if thou dost, I shall never love thee after it. Why, thou silly gentleman! Rod. It is silliness to live, when to live is a torment: and then have we a prescription to die, when death is our physician. Lugo. O villanious! I have look'd upon the world for four times seven years: and since I could distinguish betwixt a benefit and an injury, I never found man that knew how to love himself. Ere I would say, I'd drown myself for the love of a Guinea-hen, I'd change my humanity with a baboon. Rod. What should I do? I confess, it is my shame to be so fond; but it is not in my virtue to amend it. Iago. Virtue! a fig! 'tis in ourselves, that we are thus, or thus. Come, be a man: Drown thyself? drown cats, and blind puppies! I profess me thy friend, and I could never better stead thee than now. Put money in thy purse: follow these wars; I say, put money in thy purse. It cannot be, that Desdemona should long continue her love to the Moor,put money in thy purse!-nor he his to her: it was a violent commencement, and thou shalt see an answerable sequestration; put but money in thy purse!If sanctimony and a frail vow, betwixt an erring Barbarian and a super-subtle Venetian, be not too hard for my wits, and all the tribe of hell, thou shalt enjoy her therefore make money. A plague of drowning! it is clean out of the way: seek thou rather to be hanged in compassing thy joy, than to be drowned and go without her. Rod. Wilt thou be fast to my hopes, if I depend on the issue? Iago. Thou art sure of me:-Go, make money :I have told thee often, and I tell thee again and again, I hate the Moor: My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason: Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him: If thou canst cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, and me a sport. Traverse; go; We will have more of this to provide thy money. morrow. Adieu. Rod. Where shall we meet i' the morning? Rod. I'll be with thee betimes. Iago. Go to; farewell. Do you hear, Roderigo? Rod. What say you? Iago. No more of drowning,-do you hear? But for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor; That thinks men honest, that but seem to be so ; A's asses are : I have 't-it is engender'd:-Hell and night Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light. [Exit. D ACT THE SECOND. SCENE I. Cyprus. A Platform before the Town. Enter MONTANO, CASSIO, and JULIO. Cas. Thanks to the valiant of this warlike isle, For I have lost him on a dangerous sea! Cas. His bark is stoutly timber'd, and his pilot Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death, Stand in bold cure. [Without.] A sail! a sail! a sail! Cas. What noise? Enter ANTONIO. [A Cannon fired. Ant. The town is empty; on the brow o' the sea Stand ranks of people, and they cry—a sail! Cas. My hopes do shape him for the governor. I pray you, sir, go forth, And give us truth who 'tis that is arriv'd. Jul. I shall. [Exeunt ANTONIO and JULIO. Mont. But, good lieutenant, is your general wived? Cas. Most fortunately: he hath achiev'd a maid That paragons description, and wild fame, Enter JULIO and ANTONIO. Now, who has put in ? Jul. 'Tis one lago, ancient to the general. Cas. He has had most favourable and happy speed: Their common natures, letting go safely by Mont. What is she? Cas. She that I spake of, our great captain's captain, Left in the conduct of the bold Iago.— O behold, The riches of the ship is come on shore!— Enter IAGO, DESDEMONA, RODERIGO, EMILIA, Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of Heaven, Des. I thank you, valiant Cassio. What tidings can you tell me of my lord? [Cannon fired. Cas. But, hark! a sail :-See for the news. [Exit ANTONIO. [To EMILIA, kissing her. Good ancient, you are welcome:-Welcome, mis tress. Let it not gall your patience, good Iago, |