¶Des. Nay, heauen doth know.
¶Em. I will be hang'd, if
some eternall villaine,
2840Some bu
sie and in
sinuating rogue,
¶Some cogging, cou
sening
slaue, to get
some office,
¶Haue not deui
sde this
slander, I'le be hang'd el
se.
¶Iag. Fie, there is no
such man, it is impo
ssible.
¶Des. If any
such there be, heauen pardon him
.
2845Em. A halter pardon him, and hell gnaw his bones:
¶Why
should he call her whore
? who keepes her company?
¶What place, what time, what forme, what likelihood?
¶The Moore's abus'd by
some outragious knaue:
¶Some ba
se notorious knaue,
some
scuruy fellow,
¶O heauen, that
such companions thoud
st vnfold,
¶And put in euery hone
st hand a whip,
2855To la
sh the ra
scall naked through the world,
¶Euen from the Ea
st to the We
st.
¶Iag. Speake within dores.
¶Em. O fie vpon him;
some
such
squire he was,
¶That turnd your wit, the
seamy
side without,
2860And made you to
su
spect me with the Moore.
¶Iag. You are a foole, goe to.
¶VVhat
shall I doe to win my Lord againe?
¶Good friend goe to him, for by this light of heauen,
2865I know not how I lo
st him.
¶Iag. I pray you be content, tis but his humour,
2880The bu
sine
sse of the State does him offence,
2880.1And he does chide with you.
¶Des. If t'were no other.
¶Iag. Tis but
so, I warrant you,
¶Harke how the
se In
struments
summon you to
supper,
¶And the great Me
ssengers of
Venice stay,
2885Goe in, and weepe not, all things
shall be well.
Exit women._
¶Rod. I doe not finde that thou deal
st iu
stly with me.
¶Iag. VVhat in the contrary?
¶Rod. Euery day, thou dofft
st me, with
some deui
se
Iago;
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