600May trumpet to the world. My heart's
subdu'd
601Euen to the very quality of my Lord;
602I
saw
Othello's vi
sage in his mind,
603And to his Honours and his valiant parts,
604Did I my
soule and Fortunes con
secrate.
605So that (deere Lords) if I be left behind
606A Moth of Peace, and he go to the Warre,
607The Rites for why I loue him, are bereft me:
608And I a heauie interim
shall
support
609By his deere ab
sence. Let me go with him.
610Othe. Let her haue your voice.
611Vouch with me Heauen, I therefore beg it not
612To plea
se the pallate of my Appetite:
613Nor to comply with heat the yong a
ffe
cts
614In my defun
ct, and proper
satisfa
ction.
615But to be free, and bounteous to her minde:
616And Heauen defend your good
soules, that you thinke
617I will your
serious and great bu
sine
sse
scant
618When
she is with me. No, when light wing'd Toyes
619Of feather'd
Cupid,
seele with wanton dulne
sse
620My
speculatiue, and o
ffic'd In
strument:
621That my Di
sports corrupt, and taint my bu
sine
sse:
622Let Hou
se-wiues make a Skillet of my Helme,
623And all indigne, and ba
se aduer
sities,
624Make head again
st my E
stimation.
625Duke. Be it as you
shall priuately determine,
626Either for her
stay, or going: th'A
ffaire cries ha
st:
627And
speed mu
st an
swer it.
628Sen. You mu
st away to night.
629Othe. With all my heart.
630Duke. At nine i'th'morning, here wee'l meete againe.
631Othello, leaue
some O
fficer behind
632And he
shall our Commi
ssion bring to you:
633And
such things el
se of qualitie and re
spe
ct 635Othe. So plea
se your Grace, my Ancient,
636A man he is of hone
sty and tru
st:
637To his conueyance I a
ssigne my wife,
638With what el
se needfull, your good Grace
shall think
641Good night to euery one. And Noble Signior,
642If Vertue no delighted Beautie lacke,
643Your Son-in-law is farre more Faire then Blacke.
644Sen. Adieu braue Moore, v
se
Desdemona well.
645Bra. Looke to her (Moore) if thou ha
st eies to
see:
646She ha's deceiu'd her Father, and may thee.
Exit. 647Ot-he. My life vpon her faith. Hone
st Iago,
648My
Desdemona mu
st I leaue to thee:
649I prythee let thy wife attend on her,
650And bring them after in the be
st aduantage.
651Come
Desdemona, I haue but an houre
652Of Loue, of wordly matter, and dire
ction
653To
spend with thee. We mu
st obey the the time.
Exit. 655Iago. What
sai
st thou Noble heart?
656Rod. What will I do, think'
st thou?
657Iago. Why go to bed and
sleepe.
658Rod. I will incontinently drowne my
selfe.
659Iago. If thou do'
st, I
shall neuer loue thee after. Why
661Rod. It is
sillyne
sse to liue, when to liue is torment:
662and then haue we a pre
scription to dye, when death is
664Iago. Oh villanous: I haue look'd vpon the world
665for foure times
seuen yeares, and
since I could di
stingui
sh
666betwixt a Bene
fit, and an Iniurie: I neuer found man that
667knew how to loue him
selfe. Ere I would
say, I would
668drowne my
selfe for the loue of a Gynney Hen, I would
669change my Humanity with a Baboone.
670Rod. What
should I do? I confe
sse it is my
shame
671to be
so fond, but it is not in my vertue to amend it.
672Iago. Vertue? A
figge, 'tis in our
selues that we are
673thus, or thus. Our Bodies are our Gardens, to the which,
674our Wills are Gardiners. So that if we will plant Net
- 675tels, or
sowe Lettice: Set Hi
sope, and weede vp Time:
676Supplie it with one gender of Hearbes, or di
stra
ct it with
677many: either to haue it
sterrill with idlene
sse, or manu
- 678red with Indu
stry, why the power, and Corrigeable au
- 679thoritie of this lies in our Wills. If the braine of our liues
680had not one Scale of Rea
son, to poize another of Sen
su
- 681alitie, the blood, and ba
sene
sse of our Natures would
682condu
ct vs to mo
st prepo
strous Conclu
sions. But we
683haue Rea
son to coole our raging Motions, our carnall
684Stings, or vnbitted Lu
sts: whereof I take this, that you
685call Loue, to be a Se
ct, or Seyen.
687Iago. It is meerly a Lu
st of the blood, and a permi
ssion
688of the will. Come, be a man: drowne thy
selfe? Drown
689Cats, and blind Puppies. I haue profe
st me thy Friend,
690and I confe
sse me knit to thy de
seruing, with Cables of
691perdurable toughne
sse. I could neuer better
steed thee
692then now. Put Money in thy pur
se
: follow thou the
693Warres, defeate thy fauour, with an v
surp'd Beard. I
say
694put Money in thy pur
se. It cannot be long that
Desdemona 695should continue her loue to the Moore. Put Money in
696thy pur
se: nor he his to her. It was a violent Commence
- 697ment in her, and thou
shalt
see an an
swerable Seque
- 698stration, put but Money in thy pur
se. The
se Moores
699are changeable in their wils:
fill thy pur
se with Money.
700The Food that to him now is as lu
shious as Locu
sts,
701shalbe to him
shortly, as bitter as Coloquintida. She
702mu
st change for youth: when
she is
sated with his body
703she will
find the errors of her choice. Therefore, put Mo
- 704ney in thy pur
se. If thou wilt needs damne thy
selfe, do
705it a more delicate way then drowning. Make all the Mo
- 706ney thou can
st: If San
ctimonie, and a fraile vow, be
- 707twixt an erring Barbarian, and
super-
subtle Venetian be
708not too hard for my wits, and all the Tribe of hell, thou
709shalt enioy her: therefore make Money: a pox of drow
- 710ning thy
selfe, it is cleane out of the way. Seeke thou ra
- 711ther to be hang'd in Compa
ssing thy ioy, then to be
712drown'd, and go without her.
713Rodo. Wilt thou be fa
st to my hopes, if I depend on
715Iago. Thou art
sure of me: Go make Money: I haue
716told thee often, and I re-tell thee againe, and againe, I
717hate the Moore. My cau
se is hearted; thine hath no le
sse
718rea
son. Let vs be coniun
ctiue in our reuenge, again
st 719him. If thou can
st Cuckold him, thou do
st thy
selfe a
720plea
sure, me a
sport. There are many Euents in the
721Wombe of Time, which wilbe deliuered. Trauer
se, go,
722prouide thy Money. We will haue more of this to mor
- 724Rod. Where
shall we meete i'th'morning?
726Rod. Ile be with thee betimes.
727Iago. Go too, farewell. Do you heare
Rodorigo?
728Rod. Ile
sell all my Land.
Exit. 729Iago. Thus do I euer make my Foole, my pur
se:
730For I mine owne gain'd knowledge
should prophane
731If
I would time expend with
such Snpe ,
But