Emil. This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven, Than thou wast worthy her.
Oth. Peace, you were best. Emil. Thou hast not half the power to do me harm,
As I have to be hurt. O gull! O dolt! As ignorant as dirt! thou hast done a deed,— I care not for thy sword; I'll make thee known, Though I lost twenty lives :-Help!elp, ho! help! The Moor has kill'd my mistress; Murder! mur- der !
Enter Montano, Gratiano, and Iago.
Mon. What is the matter! How now, general? Emil. O, are you come, lago? you have done well,
That men must lay their murders on your neck. Gra. What is the matter?
Emil. Disprove this villain, if thou be'st a man: He says, thou told'st him that his wife was false : I know, thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain: Speak, for my heart is full.
Iago. I told him what I thought; and told no
Than what he found himself was apt and true. Emil. But did you ever tell him she was false? Iago. I did.
Emil. You told a lie; an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie; a wicked lie:
She false with Cassio!- Did you say with Cassio? Iago. With Cassio, mistress; Go to, charm your tongue. [to speak; Emil. I will not charm my tongue; I am bound My mistress here lies murder'd in her bed. All. O heavens forefend !
Emil. And your reports have set the murder on. Oth. Nay, stare not, masters; it is true, indeed. Gra. 'Tis a strange truth.
Mon. O monstrous act! Emil.
Villainy, villainy, villainy! I think upon't, I think,-I smell't;-O villainy!thought so then;-I'll kill myself for grief. O villainy, villainy!
Iago. What, are you mad? I charge you, get you home. [speak; Emil. Good gentlemen, let me have leave to 'Tis proper I obey him, but not now : Perchance, lago, I will ne'er go home. Oth. O! O! O! [Hanging over his wife. Emil. Nay, lay thee down, and roar; For thou hast kill'd the sweetest innocent,
That e'er did lift up eye.
I scarce did know you, uncle: There lies your niece,
Whose breath, indeed, these hands have newly stopp'd:
I know this act shows horrible and grim.
Gra. Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead;
Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in twain: did he live now, This sight would make him do a desperate turn, Yea, curse his better angel from his side, And fall to reprobation.
Oth. "Tis pitiful; but yet Iago knows, That she with Cassio hath the act of shame A thousand times committed; Cassio confess'd it: And she did gratify his amorous works With that recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her; I saw it in his hand; It was a handkerchief, an antique token My father gave my mother. Emil. O heaven! O heavenly powers! Iago. Come, hold your peace. Emil. 'Twill out, 'twill out;-I hold my peace, No, I will speak as liberal as the air; Let heaven, and men, and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak. Iago. Be wise, and get you home. Emil.
I will not. [Iago offers to stab his wife. Fye: Your sword upon a woman?
Emil. O thou dull Moor! that handkerchief thou
I found by fortune, and did give my husband; For often with a solemn earnestness, (More than, indeed, belong'd to such a trifle,) He begg'd of me to steal it.
Iago. Villainous whore! Emil. She give it Cassio! no, alas; I found it, And I did give't my husband. Iago. Filth, thou liest. Emil. By heaven, I do not; I do not, gentlemen: O murderous coxcomb! what should such a fool Do with so good a wife?
[Iago stabs Emilia, then runs out. Are there no stones in heaven, But what serve for the thunder ?-Precious villain! Gra. The woman falls; sure he has kill'd his wife.
Emil. Ay, ay: 0, lay me by my mistress' side! Gra. He's gone, but his wife's kill'd.
Mon. "Tis a notorious villain. Take you this
Which I have here recovered from the Moor: Come, guard the door without; let him not pass, But kill him rather; I'll after that same villain, For 'tis a damned slave.
[Exeunt Montano and Gratiano. Oth. I am not valiant neither, But ever puny whipster gets my sword :But why should honour outlive honesty ? Let it go all.
Emil. What did thy song bode, lady? Hark, can'st thou hear me? I will play the swan, And die in musick ;- Willow, willow, willow.Moor, she was chaste; she lov'd thee, cruel Moor; So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true; So speaking as I think, I die,-Î die.
Oth. I have another weapon in this chamber, It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper ;O, here it is:- Uncle, I must come forth.
Gra. [Within.] If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear;
Thou hast no weapon, and perforce must suffer. Oth. Look in upon me then, and speak with me, Or, naked as I am, I will assault thee.
Gra. What is the matter? Oth.
Behold! I have a weapon; [Rising. A better never did itself sustain
Upon a soldier's thigh: I have seen the day, That with this little arm, and this good sword, I have made my way through more impediments Than twenty times your stop:--But, O vain boast! Who can control his fate? 'tis not so now. Be not afraid though you do see me weapon'd; Here is my journey's end, here my butt, And very sea-mark of my utmost sail. Do you go back dismay'd? 'tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires ;-Where should Othello go?— Now, how dost thou look now? O ill-starr'd wench! Pale as thy smock! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it. Cold, cold, my girl? Even like thy chastity.-
O cursed, cursed slave!-Whip me, ye devils, From the possession of this heavenly sight! Blow me about in winds! roast me in sulphur! Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire!- O Desdemona! Desdemona! dead? Dead? O! O! O!
Lod. Now here's another discontented paper, Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems, Roderigo meant to have sent this damned villain; But that, belike, Iago in the interim Came in and satisfied him.
Oth. O the pernicious caitiff!- How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief That was my wife's?
Cas. I found it in my chamber: And he himself confess'd, but even now, That there he dropp'd it, for a special purpose, Which wrought to his desire.
O fool! fool! fool! Cas. There is, besides, in Roderigo's letter,- How he upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch; whereon it came That I was cast: And even but now he spake, After long seeming dead,-Iago hurt him, Iago set him on.
Lod. You must forsake this room, and go with us: Your power and your command is taken off, And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave,- If there be any cunning cruelty,
Enter Lodovico, Montano, Cassio carried in a That can torment him much, and hold him long,
chair, and Officers, with Iago, prisoner.
Lod. Where is this rash and most unfortunate
Oth. That's he, that was Othello; here I am. Lod. Where is that viper? bring the villain forth. Oth. I look down towards his feet ;-but that's a fable:
If that thou be'st a devil, I cannot kill thee. [Othello wounds Iago. Lod. Wrench his sword from him. Iago. I bleed, sir; but not kill'd. Oth. I am not sorry neither; I'd have thee live; For, in my sense, 'tis happiness to die.
Lod. O thou Othello, that was once so good, Fall'n in the practice of a cursed slave, What shall be said to thee?
An honourable murderer, if you will; For nought I did in hate, but all in honour. Lod. This wretch hath part confess'd his lainy:
Did you and he consent in Cassio's death? Oth. Ay.
It shall be his: You shall close prisoner rest, Till that the nature of your fault be known To the Venetian state.-Come, bring him away. Oth. Soft you; a word or two, before you go.
I have done the state some service, and they know it;
No more of that:-I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, [speak Nor set down aught in malice: then must you Of one, that lov'd not wisely, but too well; Of one, not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one, whose hand, Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away, Richer than all his tribe; of one, whose subdu'd Albeit unused to the melting mood, [eyes, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum: Set you down this: And say, besides,-that in Aleppo once, vil-Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian, and traduc'd the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him-thus.
Cas. Dear general, I never gave you cause. Oth. I do believe it, and I ask your pardon. Will you, I pray you, demand that demi-devil, Why he hath thus ensnar'd my soul and body? Iago. Demand me nothing: What you know, you know:
From this time forth I never will speak word. Lod. What? not to pray? Gra.
Torments will ope your lips.
Oth. Well, thou dost best. Lod. Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n, Which, as I think, you know not: Here is a letter, Found in the pocket of the slain Roderigo ; And here, another: the one of them imports The death of Cassio to be undertook By Roderigo.
Most heathenish, and most gross!
More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea! Look on the tragick loading of this bed; [To Iago. This is thy work: the object poisons sight;- Let it be hid.-Gratiano, keep the house, And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor, For they succeed to you.-To you, lord governor, Remains the censure of this hellish villain; The time, the place, the torture,-O enforce it! Myself will straight aboard; and, to the state, This heavy act with heavy heart relate. [Exeunt.
Approof, proof, approbation Approve, to justify, to make good, to establish, to recommend to approbation.
Approved, felt, experienced, con- victed by proof Approvers, persons who try Aqua-vitæ, strong waters Arbitrate, to determine Arch, chief
Argentine, silver
Argier, Algiers
Action, direction by mute signs, Argosies, ships of great burthen,
charge or accusation.
Action-taking, litigious.
Additions, titles or descriptions. Address, to make ready. Addressed, or addrest, ready. Advance, to prefer, to raise to ho- Adversity, contrariety. Advertisement, admonition. Advertising, attentive. Advice, consideration, discretion, thought.
Advise, to consider, recollect. Advised, not precipitant, cool, Afeard, afraid." Affect, love.
Allowance, approbation Amaze, to perplex or confuse
Argument, subject for conversa- tion, evidence, proof Arm, to take up in the arms Aroint, avaunt, begone [another A-rom, successively, one after Art, practice as distinguished from theory, theory Articulate, to enter into articles Articulated, exhibited in articles Artificial, ingenious, artful As, as if Aspect, countenance Aspersion, sprinkling Assay, test Assinego, a he-ass
Assurance, conveyance or deed Assured, affianced Astringer, a falconer Ates, instigation from Ate, the mischievous goddess that in-
cites bloodshed Atomies, minute particles dis- cernible in a stream of sun- shine that breaks into a dark- ened room, atoms Atone, to reconcile Attasked, reprehended, Attended, waited for Attent, attentive Attorney, deputation Attorneyship, the agency of another Attornied, supplied by substitu- tion of embassies [or gives Attributive, that which attributes
Ames-ace, the lowest chance of Avaunt, contemptuous dismission
Banning, cursing
Banquet, a slight refection, a de- Bans, curses Bar, barrier
[sert [manner Barbed, caparisoned in a warlike Barful, full of impediments Barm, yeast
Barn, or bairn, a child Barnacle, a kind of shell-fish Base, dishonoured
[son-base Base, a rustic game, called pri- Bases, a kind of dress used by knights on horseback Basilisks, a species of cannon Basta, Spanish, 'tis enough Bastard, raisin wine Bat, a club or staff Bate, strife, contention Bate, to flutter as a hawk Batlet, an instrument used by washers of clothes Batten, to grow fat Battle, army
Bavin, brush wood Bancock, a jolly cock
Bay, the space between the main beams of a roof
Bay-window, bow window, one
in a recess [sprit Beak, the forecastle, or the boltBeard, to oppose in a hostile manner, to set at defiance.
Bearing, carriage, demeanour Bearing-cloth, a mantle used at christenings
Beat, in falconry, to flutter Beating, hammering, dwelling Beaver, helmet in general [upon Beck, a salutation made with the [head corrected Becomed, becoming Beetle, to hang over the base Being, abode Belongings, endowments Be-mete, be-measure Be-moiled, be-draggled, be-mired Bending, unequal to the weight Benefit, beneficiary [passion Bent, the utmost degree of any Benumbed, inflexible, immoveable Beshren, ill befall Best, bravest Bestowed, left, stowed, or lodged Bestraught, distraught or distract- [permit or suffer Beteem, to give, to pour out, to Bewray, betray, discover Bezonian, a term of reproach Bid, to invite, to pray Biding, place, abiding Bigging, a kind of cap Bilberry, the whortleberry Bilbo, a Spanish blade of peculiar excellence
Averring, confirming Audacious, spirited, animated Audrey, a corruption of Ethel- dreda [tions Augurs, auguries or prognostica- Aukward, adverse the learned Authentic, an epithet applied to Anful, reverend, worshipful Anless, not producing awe
Baccare, stand back, give place Bale, misery, calamity Baleful, baneful
Balked, bathed or piled up Balm, the oil of consecration Band, bond
Bandog, village dog, or mastiff Bank, to sail along the banks.
Bilboes, a species of fetters Bill, a weapon carried by watch- men, a label, or advertisement, articles of accusation Bird-bolt, a species of arrow Bisson, blind
tokens of respect Ceremonious, superstitious
Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at Certes, certainty, in truth [command Cess, measure
Blank, the white mark at which | Bush, the sign of a public-house | Ceremonies, honorary ornaments, Blast, burst [an arrow is shot Busky, woody. See Bosky Blear, to deceive But, only, unless, except Blench, to start off Blent, blended, mixed Blind-worm, the slow-worm Blistered, puffed out like blisters Blood, ancestry, high spirits, true metal, passions, natural propen- sities
Buxom, obedient, under good By, according to, by means of By'rlakin, by our ladykin or little lady
Bore, the caliber of a gun, the ca- Canvas-climber,
pacity of the barrel
Bores, stabs or wounds
Bosky, woody
Bosom, wish, heart's desire Bots, worms in the stomach of a Bourn, boundary, rivulet [horse) Bow, yoke [of defence Brace, armour for the arm, state Brach, a species of hound Braid, crafty or deceitful Brake, a thicket, furze-bush Brave, to make fine or splendid Bravery, showy dress Brawl, a kind of dance
Breach, of the sea, breaking of the Breast, voice, surface Breath, breathing, voice Breathe, to utter [practice Breathed, inured by constant Breathing, complimentary. Breeched, sheathed [punishment Breeching, liable to school-boy Bridal, the nuptial feast Brief, a short account, letter, or
a sailor who climbs to adjust the sails Cap, the top, the principal [cap Cap, to salute by taking off the Capable, perceptible, intelligent, quick of apprehension, ample, capacious
Capitulate, to make head Capon, metaphor for a letter Capricious, lascivious Captious, capacious or recipient Carack, a ship of great bulk Carbonadoed, scotched like meat for the gridiron Card, perhaps a sea-chart Care, to make provision, to take Care, inclination Careires, the motion of a horse Carkanet, necklace or chain Carl, clown or husbandman Carlot, peasant Carper, a critic Carpet-consideration, on a carpe Carriage, import [a festivity Carried, conducted or managed Carry, to prevail over Cart, a chariot [outside-garb Case, contemptuously for skin, Case, to strip naked Casques, helmets
Cassock, a horseman's great-coat Cast, to empty as a pond, to dis- miss or reject Cast, cast up, reckoned Castilian, an opprobrious term Castiliano vulgo, a cant term of contempt
Cataian, some kind of sharper Catling, a small lute-string made of catgut
Cavaleroes, airy, gay fellows Caviare, a delicacy made of the roe of sturgeon Cautelous, insidious, cautious Cease, decease, die, to stop Censure, judgment, opinion Censure, to judge Censured, sentenced, estimated Centuries, companies of an hun- dred men each
Chace, a term at tennis Chair, throne Chamber, ancient name for Lon- Chamber, a species of great gun Chamberers, men of intrigue Champain, an open country Chance, fortune
Changeling, a child changed Channel, a kennel [writing Character, description, hand- Character, to write, to infix strongly [letters are made
Charactery, the matter with which Chares, task-work
Charge, to put to expense
Charge, commission, employment Charge-house, the free-school Chariest, most cautious Chariness, caution
Charitable, dear, endearing Charles's-wain, the constellation called the Bear
Charneco, a sort of sweet wine Charter, a privilege Chaudron, entrails Cheater, escheator, an officer in the exchequer; a gamester Check, command, control Check, to object to, to rebuke Checks, probably for ethics Cheer, countenance [stones Cherry-pit, a play with cherry- Cheveril, soft or kid leather Chew, to ruminate, consider Chewet, a noisy chattering bird Chide, to resound, to echo, to scold, to be clamorous Chiding, sound Chiding, noisy
Child, a female infant Childing, unseasonably pregnant Chopin, a high shoe or clog Chough, a bird of the daw kind Christom, the white cloth put on a new baptized child Chrystals, eyes
Chuck, chicken, a term of endearChuff, rich, avaricious
Cicatrice, the scar of a wound Circumstance, detail of an argu
ment, a circumlocution Cital, recital
Cite, to incite, to show, to prove Civil, grave or solemn [human Civil, human creature, any thing Clack-dish, a beggar's-dish Claw, to flatter
Clear, pure, blameless, innocent, quite, fully, perfectly Clearest, purest, freest from evil Clear-story, a species of windows in a church
Cleave, to unite with closely Clerkly, like a scholar Cliff, a key in music Cling, to shrink or shrivel up Clinquant, glittering, shining Clip, to embrace, to infold Closely, secretly, privately Clout, the white mark at which archers take aim [milies Clown, a licensed jester in fa- Clubs, a popular cry on a street- Clutched, grasped [quarrel Coach-fellow, one who draws with a confederate
Coasting, conciliatory, inviting
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