983Othe. Come: let vs to the Castle.

984Newes (Friends) our Warres are done:

985The Turkes are drown'd.

986How do's my old Acquaintance of this Isle?

987(Hony) you shall be well desir'd in Cyprus,

988I haue found great loue among'st them. Oh my Sweet,

989I prattle out of fashion, and I doate

990In mine owne comforts. I prythee, good Iago,

991Go to the Bay, and disimbarke my Coffers:

992Bring thou the Master to the Cittadell,

993He is a good one, and his worthynesse

994Do's challenge much respect. Come Desdemona,

995Once more well met at Cyprus.

997Iago. Do thou meet me presently at the Harbour.

998Come thither, if thou be'st Valiant, (as they say base men

999being in Loue, haue then a Nobilitie in their Natures,

1000more then is natiue to them) list-me; the Lieutenant to

1001night watches on the Court of Guard. First, I must tell

1002thee this: Desdemona, is directly in loue with him.

1003Rod. With him? Why,'tis not possible.

1004Iago. Lay thy finger thus: and let thy soule be in-

1005structed. Marke me with what violence she first lou'd

1006the Moore, but for bragging, and telling her fantasticall

1007lies. To loue him still for prating, let not thy discreet

1008heart thinke it. Her eye must be fed. And what delight

1009shall she haue to looke on the diuell? When the Blood

1010is made dull with the Act of Sport, there should be a

1011game to enflame it, and to giue Satiety a fresh appetite.

1012Louelinesse in fauour, simpathy in yeares, Manners,

1013and Beauties: all which the Moore is defectiue in. Now

1014for want of these requir'd Conueniences, her delicate

1015tendernesse wil finde it selfe abus'd, begin to heaue the,

1016gorge, disrellish and abhorre the Moore, very Nature wil

1017instruct her in it, and compell her to some second choice.

1018Now Sir, this granted (as it is a most pregnant and vn-

1019forc'd position) who stands so eminent in the degree of

1020this Forune, as Cassio do's: a knaue very voluble: no

1021further conscionable, then in putting on the meere forme

1022of Ciuill, and Humaine seeming, for the better compasse

1023of his salt, and most hidden loose Affection? Why none,

1024why none: A slipper, and subtle knaue, a finder of occa-

1025sion: that he's an eye can stampe, and counterfeit Ad-

1026uantages, though true Aduantage neuer present it selfe.

1027A diuelish knaue: besides, the knaue is handsome, young:

1028and hath all those requisites in him, that folly and greene

1029mindes looke after. A pestilent compleat knaue, and the

1030woman hath found him already.

1031Rodo. I cannot beleeue that in her, she's full of most

1032bless'd condition.

1033Iago. Bless'd figges-end. The Wine she drinkes is

1034made of grapes. If shee had beene bless'd, shee would

1035neuer haue lou'd the Moore: Bless'd pudding. Didst thou

1036not see her paddle with the palme of his hand? Didst not

1037marke that?

1038Rod. Yes, that I did: but that was but curtesie.

1039Iago. Leacherie by this hand: an Index, and obscure

1040prologue to the History of Lust and foule Thoughts.

1041They met so neere with their lippes, that their breathes

1042embrac'd together. Villanous thoughts Rodorigo, when

1043these mutabilities so marshall the way, hard at hand

1044comes the Master, and maine exercise, th'incorporate

1045conclusion: Pish. But Sir, be you rul'd by me. I haue

1046brought you from Venice. Watch you to night: for

1047the Command, Ile lay't vpon you. Cassio knowes you

1048not: Ile not be farre from you. Do you finde some oc-

1049casion to anger Cassio, either by speaking too loud, or

1050tainting his discipline, or from what other course

1051you please, which the time shall more fauorably mi-

1052nister.

1053Rod. Well.

1054Iago. Sir, he's rash, and very sodaine in Choller: and

1055happely may strike at you, prouoke him that he may: for

1056euen out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to Mutiny.

1057Whose qualification shall come into no true taste a-

1058gaine, but by the displanting of Cassio. So shall you

1059haue a shorter iourney to your desires, by the meanes I

1060shall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment

1061most profitably remoued, without the which there were

1062no expectation of our prosperitie.

1063Rodo. I will do this, if you can bring it to any oppor-

1064tunity.

1065Iago. I warrant thee. Meete me by and by at the

1066Cittadell. I must fetch his Necessaries a Shore. Fare-

1067well.

1068Rodo. Adieu. Exit.

1069Iago.That Cassio loues her, I do well beleeu't:

1070That she loues him, 'tis apt, and of great Credite.

1071The Moore (how beit that I endure him not)

1072Is of a constant, louing, Noble Nature,

1073And I dare thinke, he'le proue to Desdemona

1074A most deere husband. Now I do loue her too,

1075Not out of absolute Lust, (though peraduenture

1076I stand accomptant for as great a sin)

1077But partely led to dyet my Reuenge,

1078For that I do suspect the lustie Moore

1079Hath leap'd into my Seate. The thought whereof,

1080Doth (like a poysonous Minerall) gnaw my Inwardes:

1081And nothing can, or shall content my Soule

1082Till I am eeuen'd with him, wife, for wift.

1083Or fayling so, yet that I put the Moore,

1084At least into a Ielouzie so strong

1085That iudgement cannot cure. Which thing to do,

1086If this poore Trash of Venice, whom I trace

1087For his quicke hunting, stand the putting on,

1088Ile haue our Michael Cassio on the hip,

1089Abuse him to the Moore, in the right garbe

1090(For I feare Cassio with my Night-Cape too)

1091Make the Moore thanke me, loue me, and reward me,

1092For making him egregiously an Asse,

1093And practising vpon his peace, and quiet,

1094Euen to madnesse. 'Tis heere: but yet confus'd,

1095Knaueries plaine face, is neuer seene, till vs'd. Exit.

1098Herald. It is Othello's pleasure, our Noble and Vali-

1099ant Generall. That vpon certaine tydings now arriu'd,

1100importing the meere perdition of the Turkish Fleete:

1101euery man put himselfe into Triumph. Some to daunce,

1102some to make Bonfires, each man, to what Sport and

1103Reuels his addition leads him. For besides these bene-

1104ficiall Newes, it is the Celebration of his Nuptiall. So

1105much was his pleasure should be proclaimed. All offi-

1106ces are open, & there is full libertie of Feasting from this