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- OTHELLO
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- Act 5 Scene 1
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- (Enter Iago and Roderigo)
- l1l Iago Here, stand behind this bulk. Straight will he come.
- l2l Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home.
- l3l Quick, quick, fear nothing. IÆll be at thy elbow.
- l4l It makes us or it mars us. Think on that,
- l5l And fix most firm thy resolution.
- l6l Roderigo Be near at hand. I may miscarry in Æt.
- l7l Iago Here at thy hand. Be bold, and take thy stand.
- l8l Roderigo (aside) I have no great devotion to the deed,
- l9l And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons.
- l10l ÆTis but a man gone. Forth my swordùhe dies!
- l11l Iago (aside) I have rubbed this young quat almost to the sense,
- l12l And he grows angry. Now, whether he kill Cassio
- l13l Or Cassio him, or each do kill the other,
- l14l Every way makes my gain. Live Roderigo,
- l15l He calls me to a restitution large
- l16l Of gold and jewels that I bobbed from him
- l17l As gifts to Desdemona.
- l18l It must not be. If Cassio do remain,
- l19l He hath a daily beauty in his life
- l20l That makes me ugly; and besides, the Moor
- l21l May unfold me to himùthere stand I in much peril.
- l22l No, he must die. But so, I hear him coming.
- (Enter Cassio)
- l23l Roderigo I know his gait, Ætis he.
- (Attacking Cassio) Villain, thou diest.
- l24l Cassio That thrust had been mine enemy indeed,
- l25l But that my coat is better than thou knowÆst.
- l26l I will make proof of thine.
- (He stabs Roderigo, who falls)
- Roderigo O, I am slain!
- (Iago wounds Cassio in the leg from behind. Exit Iago)
- l27l Cassio (falling) I am maimed for ever. Help, ho, murder, murder!
- (Enter Othello above)
- l28l Othello The voice of Cassio. Iago keeps his word.
- l29l Roderigo O, villain that I am!
- l30l Othello It is even so.
- l31l Cassio O, help, ho! Light, a surgeon!
- l32l Othello ÆTis he. O brave Iago, honest and just,
- l33l That hast such noble sense of thy friendÆs wrongù
- l34l Thou teachest me. Minion, your dear lies dead,
- l35l And your unblessed fate hies. Strumpet, I come.
- l36l Forth of my heart those charms, thine eyes, are blotted.
- l37l Thy bed, lust-stained, shall with lustÆs blood be spotted.
- (Exit)
- (Enter Lodovico and Graziano)
- l38l Cassio What ho, no watch, no passage? Murder, murder!
- l39l Graziano ÆTis some mischance. The voice is very direful.
- l40l Cassio O, help!
- l41l Lodovico Hark.
- l42l Roderigo O wretched villain!
- l43l Lodovico Two or three groan. ÆTis heavy night.
- l44l These may be counterfeits. LetÆs think Æt unsafe
- l45l To come into the cry without more help.
- l46l Roderigo Nobody come? Then shall I bleed to death.
- (Enter Iago with a light)
- l47l Lodovico Hark.
- l48l Graziano HereÆs one comes in his shirt, with light and weapons.
- l49l Iago WhoÆs there? Whose noise is this that cries on murder?
- l50l Lodovico We do not know.
- Iago Do not you hear a cry?
- l51l Cassio Here, here. For heavenÆs sake, help me.
- Iago WhatÆs the matter?
- l52l Graziano (to Lodovico) This is OthelloÆs ensign, as I take it.
- l53l Lodovico The same indeed, a very valiant fellow.
- l54l Iago (to Cassio) What are you here that cry so grievously?
- l55l Cassio IagoùO, I am spoiled, undone by villains.
- l56l Give me some help.
- l57l Iago O me, lieutenant, what villains have done this?
- l58l Cassio I think that one of them is hereabout
- l59l And cannot make away.
- Iago O treacherous villains!
- (To Lodovico and Graziano)
- l60l What are you there? Come in and give some help.
- l61l Roderigo O, help me there!
- l62l Cassio ThatÆs one of Æem.
- l63l Iago (stabbing Roderigo) O murderous slave! O villain!
- l64l Roderigo O damned Iago! O inhuman dog!
- l65l Iago Kill men iÆ thÆ dark? Where be these bloody thieves?
- l66l How silent is this town! Ho, murder, murder!
- (To Lodovico and Graziano)
- l67l What may you be? Are you of good or evil?
- l68l Lodovico As you shall prove us, praise us.
- Iago Signor Lodovico.
- l69l Lodovico He, sir.
- l70l Iago I cry you mercy. HereÆs Cassio hurt by villains.
- l71l Graziano Cassio?
- l72l Iago How is Æt, brother?
- l73l Cassio My leg is cut in two.
- l74l Iago Marry, heaven forbid!
- l75l Light, gentlemen. IÆll bind it with my shirt.
- (Enter Bianca)
- l76l Bianca What is the matter, ho? Who is Æt that cried?
- l77l Iago Who is Æt that cried?
- Bianca O my dear Cassio,
- l78l My sweet Cassio, O, Cassio, Cassio!
- l79l Iago O notable strumpet! Cassio, may you suspect
- l80l Who they should be that have thus mangled you?
- l81l Cassio No.
- l82l Graziano I am sorry to find you thus. I have been to seek you.
- l83l Iago Lend me a garter. So. O for a chair,
- l84l To bear him easily hence!
- l85l Bianca Alas, he faints. O, Cassio, Cassio, Cassio!
- l86l Iago Gentlemen all, I do suspect this trash
- l87l To be a party in this injury.
- l88l Patience a while, good Cassio. Come, come,
- l89l Lend me a light.
- (Going to Roderigo) Know we this face or no?
- l90l Alas, my friend, and my dear countryman.
- l91l Roderigo? Noùyes, sureùO heaven, Roderigo!
- l92l Graziano What, of Venice?
- l93l Iago Even he, sir. Did you know him?
- l94l Graziano Know him? Ay.
- l95l Iago Signor Graziano, I cry your gentle pardon.
- l96l These bloody accidents must excuse my manners
- l97l That so neglected you.
- Graziano I am glad to see you.
- l98l Iago How do you, Cassio? O, a chair, a chair!
- l99l Graziano Roderigo.
- l100l Iago He, he, Ætis he.
- (Enter attendants with a chair)
- O, thatÆs well said, the chair!
- l101l Some good man bear him carefully from hence.
- l102l IÆll fetch the generalÆs surgeon.
- (To Bianca) For you, mistress,
- l103l Save you your labour. He that lies slain here, Cassio,
- l104l Was my dear friend. What malice was between you?
- l105l Cassio None in the world, nor do I know the man.
- l106l Iago (to Bianca) What, look you pale?
- (To attendants) O, bear him out oÆ thÆ
- air.
- l107l (To Lodovico and Graziano) Stay you, good gentlemen.
- (Exeunt attendants with Cassio in the chair and with
- Roderigo's body)
- (To Bianca) Look you pale, mistress?
- (To Lodovico and Graziano)
- l108l Do you perceive the ghastness of her eye?
- l109l (To Bianca) Nay, an you stare we shall hear more anon.
- (To Lodovico and Graziano)
- l110l Behold her well; I pray you look upon her.
- l111l Do you see, gentlemen? Nay, guiltiness
- l112l Will speak, though tongues were out of use.
- (Enter Emilia)
- l113l Emilia Alas, what is the matter? What is the matter, husband?
- l114l Iago Cassio hath here been set on in the dark
- l115l By Roderigo and fellows that are scaped.
- l116l HeÆs almost slain, and Roderigo dead.
- l117l Emilia Alas, good gentleman! Alas, good Cassio!
- l118l Iago This is the fruits of whoring. Prithee, Emilia,
- l119l Go know of Cassio where he supped tonight.
- l120l (To Bianca) What, do you shake at that?
- l121l Bianca He supped at my house, but I therefore shake not.
- l122l Iago O, did he so? I charge you go with me.
- l123l Emilia (to Bianca) O, fie upon thee, strumpet!
- l124l Bianca I am no strumpet, but of life as honest
- l125l As you that thus abuse me.
- Emilia As I? Fough, fie upon thee!
- l126l Iago Kind gentlemen, letÆs go see poor Cassio dressed.
- l127l (To Bianca) Come, mistress, you must tell Æs another tale.
- l128l Emilia, run you to the citadel
- l129l And tell my lord and lady what hath happed.
- l130l Will you go on afore?
- (Exit Emilia)
- (Aside) This is the night
- l131l That either makes me or fordoes me quite.
- (Exeunt)
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