1040story of lu
st and foule thoughts
: they met
so neere with their lips,
¶that their breathes embrac'd together. When the
se mutualities
¶so mar
shall the way, hand at hand, comes the maine exerci
se, the in-
¶corporate conclu
sion. But
sir, be you rul'd by mee, I haue brought
¶you from
Venice: watch you to night, for your command I'le lay't
¶vpon you,
Cassio knowes you not, I'le not be farre from you, do you
¶finde
some occa
sion to anger
Cassio, either by
speaking too loud, or
1050tainting his di
scipline, or from what other cau
se you plea
se; which
¶the time
shall more fauourably mini
ster.
¶Iag. Sir he is ra
sh, and very
suddain in choler, and haply with his
1055Trunchen may
strike at you; prouoke him that he may, for euen out
¶of that, will I cau
se the
se of
Cypres to mutiny, who
se quallification
¶shall come into no true tru
st again't, but by the di
splanting of
Cassio:
¶So
shall you haue a
shorter iourney to your de
sires by the meanes I
1060shal then haue to prefer them, & the impediment, mo
st profitably re-
¶mou'd, without which there were no expectation of our pro
sperity.
¶Rod. I will doe this, if I can bring it to any opportunity.
1065Iag. I warrant thee, meete me by and by at the Cittadell; I mu
st
¶fetch his nece
ssaries a
shore. --- Farewell.
¶Iag. That
Cassio loues her, I doe well beleeue it;
1070That
she loues him, tis apt and of great credit;
¶The Moore howbe't, that I indure him not,
¶Is of a con
stant, noble, louing nature;
¶And I dare thinke, hee'le proue to
Desdemona,
¶A mo
st deere husband: now I doe loue her too,
1075Not out of ab
solute lu
st, tho peraduenture.
¶I
stand accountant for as great a
sin,
¶But partly lead to diet my reuenge,
¶For that I doe
su
spect the lu
stfull Moore,
¶Hath leap'd into my
seate, the thought whereof
1080Doth like a poi
sonous minerall gnaw my inwards,
¶And nothing can, nor
shall content my
soule,
¶Till I am euen with him, wife, for wife
:
¶Or failing
so, yet that I put the Moore,
¶At lea
st, into a Iealou
sie
so
strong,
