36113244Oth. Well, thou doest best.

36123245Lod. Sir, you shall vnderstand 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.

36193250Oth. O villaine.

36203251Cas. Most heathenish, and most grosse.

36213252Lod. Now heres another discontented 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

36253256Came in, and satisfied him.

36263257Oth. O the pernitious catieffe!

36273258How came you Cassio by a handkercher,

36283259That was my wifes?

36293260Cas. I found it in my chamber,

36303261And he himselfe confest it euen now,

36313262That there he dropt it, for a speciall purpose;

36323263Which wrought to his desire.

36333264Oth. O foole, foole, foole.

36343265Cas. There is besides in Roderigoes letter

36353266How he vpbraides Iago, that he made him,

36363267Braue me vpon the watch, whereon it came,

36373268That I was cast; and euen but now he spake,

36383269After long seeming dead, Iago hurt him,

36393270Iago set him on.

36403271Lod. You must forsake this roome, and goe with vs,

36413272Your power and your command is taken off,

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 close prisoner rest,

36463277Till that the nature of your fault be knowne

36473278To the Venetian State; come, bring him away.

36483279Oth. Soft you, a word or two,

36493280I haue done the State some seruice, and they know't;