13281221Or doe but lift this arme, the be
st of you
13291222Shall
sinke in my rebuke: giue me to know
13301223How this foule rout began, who
set it on,
13311224And he that is approou'd in this o
ffence,
13321225Tho he had twin'd with me, both at a birth,
13331226Shall loo
se me; what, in a Towne of warre,
13341227Yet wild, the peoples hearts brim full of feare,
13351228To mannage priuate and dome
sticke quarrels,
13361229In night, and on the Court and guard of
safety?
13381231Mon. If partiality a
ffin'd, or league in o
ffice,
13391232Thou doe
st deliuer, more or le
sse then truth,
13421235I had rather ha this tongue out from my mouth,
13431236Then it
should doe o
ffence to
Michael Cassio: 13441237Yet I per
swade my
selfe to
speake the truth,
13451238Shall nothing wrong him. Thus it is Generall:
13461239Montanio and my
selfe being in
speech,
13471240There comes a fellow, crying out for helpe,
13481241And
Cassio following him with determin'd
sword,
13491242To execute vpon him: Sir this Gentleman
13501243Steps in to
Cassio, and intreates his pau
se;
13511244My
selfe the crying fellow did pur
sue,
13521245Le
st by his clamour, as it
so fell out,
13531246The Towne might fall in fright: he
swift of foote,
13541247Out ran my purpo
se: and I returnd the rather,
13551248For that I heard the clinke and fall of
swords:
13561249And
Cassio high in oaths, which till to night,
13571250I ne're might
see before: when I came backe,
13581251For this was briefe, I found them clo
se together,
13591252At blow and thru
st, euen as agen they were,
13601253When you your
selfe did part them.
13611254More of this matter can I not report,
13621255But men are men, the be
st sometimes forget;
13631256Tho
Cassio did
some little wrong to him,
13641257As men in rage
strike tho
se that wi
sh them be
st,
Yet
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