36123245Lod. Sir, you
shall vnder
stand what hath befalne,
3246Which, as I thinke you know not: here is a letter,
36153247Found in the pocket of the
slaine
Roderigo;
36163248And here another; the one of them imports
36173249The death of
Cassio; to be vndertooke ---by
Roderigo.
36203251Cas. Mo
st heatheni
sh, and mo
st gro
sse.
36213252Lod. Now heres another di
scontented paper,
36223253Found in his pocket too, and this it
seemes,
36233254Roderigo meant to haue
sent this damned villaine,
36243255But that belike,
Iago, in the nicke
36273258How came you
Cassio by a handkercher,
36303261And he him
selfe confe
st it euen now,
36313262That there he dropt it, for a
speciall purpo
se;
36343265Cas. There is be
sides in
Roderigoes letter
36353266How he vpbraides
Iago, that he made him,
36363267Braue me vpon the watch, whereon it came,
36373268That I was ca
st; and euen but now he
spake,
36383269After long
seeming dead,
Iago hurt him,
36403271Lod. You mu
st for
sake this roome, and goe with vs,
36413272Your power and your command is taken o
ff,
36423273And
Cassio rules in
Cypres: for this
slaue,
36433274If there be any cunning cruelty,
36443275That can torment him much, and hold him long,
36453276It
shall be his: you
shall clo
se pri
soner re
st,
36463277Till that the nature of your fault be knowne
36473278To the
Venetian State; come, bring him away
. 36493280I haue done the State
some
seruice, and they know't;
No