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By which the property of youth and maidhood
May be abus'd4 Have you not read, Roderigo,
Of some such thing?

Rod. Yes, sir; I have indeed.

Bra. Call up my brother.-O, that you had had her!Some one way, some another.-Do you know Where we may apprehend her and the Moor?

Rod. I think, I can discover him; if you please

To get good guard, and go along with me.

Bra. Pray you, lead on. At every house I'll call ; I may command at most ;-Get weapons, ho!

And raise some special officers of night.—

On, good Roderigo ;-I'll deserve your pains. [Exeunt.

SCENE II.

The same. Another Street. Enter OTHELLO, IAGO, and Attend

ants.

Iago. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience, 5

To do no contriv'd murder; I lack iniquity
Sometimes, to do me service: Nine or ten times

I had thought to have yerk'd him here under the ribs.
Oth. 'Tis better as it is.

Iago. Nay, but he prated,

And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms
Against your honour,

That, with the little godliness I have,

I did full hard forbear him. But, I pray, sir,
Are you fast married? for, be sure of this,-
That the magnifico is much beloved;
And hath, in his effect, a voice potential

As double as the duke's ; he will divorce you;
Or put upon you what restraint and grievance
The law (with all his might, to enforce it on,)
Will give him cable.

Oth. Let him do his spite:

My services, which I have done the signiory,

Shall out-tongue his complaints. 'Tis yet to know,

[4] By which the faculties of a young virgin may be infatuated, and made subject to illusions and false imagination:

wicked dreams abuse

JOHNSON.

"The curtain'd sleep." Macbeth. [5] This expression to common readers appears harsh. Stuff of the conscience is, substance, or essence of the conscience. Stuff is a word of great force in the Teutonic languages. The elements are called in Dutch Hoefd offer or head stuffs. [6] See Illustrations.

JOHNSON.

(Which, when I know that boasting is an honour,-
I shall promulgate,) I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege ;7 and my demerits
May speak, unbonneted, to as proud a fortune
As this that I have reach'd: For know, Iago,
But that I love the gentle Desdemona,

I would not my unhoused free condition'
Put into circumscription and confine

For the sea's worth. But, look! what lights come yonder ?

Enter CASSIO, at a distance, and certain Officers with torches.

Iago. These are the raised father, and his friends : You were best go in.

Oth. Not I: I must be found;

My parts, my title, and my perfect soul,
Shall manifest it rightly. Is it they?
Iago. By Janus, I think no.

lieutenant.

Oth. The servants of the duke, and my The goodness of the night upon you, friends! What is the news?

Cas. The duke does greet you, general;

And he requires your haste-post-haste appearance,
Even on the instant.

Oth. What is the matter, think you?

Cas. Something from Cyprus, as I may divine;
It is a business of some heat: the gallies
Have sent a dozen sequent messengers
This very night at one another's heels;

And many of the consuls, rais'd, and met,

Are at the duke's already: You have been hotly call'd for; When, being not at your lodging to be found,

The senate hath sent about three several quests,

To search you out.

Oth. 'Tis well I am found by you.

I will but spend a word here in the house,

[7] Men who have sat upon royal thrones. Siege is used for seat by other authors. STEEVENS.

[8] Demerits has the same meaning in our author, and many others of that age, as merits. STEEVENS.

[9] Mr. Fuseli explains the passage as follows: "I am his equal or superior in rank; and were it not so, such are my demerits, that, unbonneted, without the addition of patrician or senatorial dignity, they may speak to as proud a fortune, &c. At Venice the bonnet, as well as the toge, is a badge of aristocratic honours to this day." STEEVENS.

[1] Free from domestic cares. A thought natural to an adventurer. JOHN.

And go with you.

Cas. Ancient, what makes he here?

[Exit.

Iago. 'Faith, he to-night hath boarded a land carack; If it prove lawful prize, he's made forever.

Cas. I do not understand.

Iago. He's married.

Cas. To who?

Re-enter OTHELLO.

Iago. Marry, to-Come, captain, will you go?
Oth. Have with you.

Cas. Here comes another troop to seek for you.

Enter BRABANTIO, RODERIGO, and Officers of night, with torches and weapons.

Iago. It is Brabantio :-general, be advis'd ;3 He comes to bad intent.

Oth. Hola! stand there!

Rod. Signior, it is the Moor.

Bra. Down with him, thief! [They draw on both sides. Iago. You, Roderigo come, sir, I am for you.

Oth. Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.

Good signior, you shall more command with years,
Than with your weapons.

Bra. O thou foul thief, where hast thou stow'd my daughter?

Damn'd as thou art, thou hast enchanted her :
For I'll refer me to all things of sense,

If she in chains of magic were not bound,
Whether a maid-so tender, fair, and happy :
So opposite to marriage, that she shunn'd
The wealthy curled darlings of our nation,
Would ever have, to incur a general mock,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou; to fear, not to delight.
Judge me the world, if 'tis not gross in sense,
That thou hast practis'd on her with foul charms;
Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs, or minerals,
That waken motion-I'll have it disputed on;
'Tis probable, and palpable to thinking.

I therefore apprehend and do attach thee,
For an abuser of the world, a practiser

[2] A carack is a ship of great bulk, and commonly of great value; per haps what we now call a galleon. JOHNSON.

[3] That is, be cool ; be cautious; be discreet.

JOHNSON.

Of arts inhibited and out of warrant :-
Lay hold upon him; if he do resist,
Subdue him at his peril.

Oth. Hold your hands,

Both you of my inclining, and the rest :

Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter.-Where will you that I go
To answer this your charge?

Bra. To prison: till fit time
Of law, and course of direct session,
Call thee to answer.

Oth. What if I do obey?

How may the duke be there with satisfied;
Whose messengers are here about my side,
Upon some present business of the state,
To bring me to him?

Off. 'Tis true, most worthy signior,

The duke's in council; and your noble self, 1 am sure, is sent for.

Bra. How the duke in council !

In this time of the night !-Bring him away:
Mine's not an idle cause: the duke himself,
Or any of my brothers of the state,

Cannot but feel this wrong, as 'twere their own:
For if such actions may have passage free,
Bond-slaves, and pagans, shall our statesmen be.

SCENE HI.

[Exeunt:

The same. A Council-Chamber. The Duke, and Senators, sitting at a table; Officers attending.

Duke. There is no composition in these news,+

That gives them credit.

1 Sen. Indeed, they are disproportion'd;

My letters say, a hundred and seven gallies.
Duke. And mine, a hundred and forty.

2 Sen. And mine, two hundred :

But though they jump not on a just account,
(As in these cases where they aim reports, 5
'Tis oft with difference,) yet do they all confirm
A Turkish fleet, and bearing up to Cyprus.

[4] Composition, for consistency concordancy. WARBURTON. [5] Where men report not by certain knowledge, but by aim and conjec tare. JOHNSON.

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Duke. Nay, it is possible enough to judgment; I do not so secure me in the error,

But the main article I do approve

In fearful sense.

Sailor. [within.] What ho! what ho! what ho!

Enter an Officer with a Sailor.

Off. A messenger from the gallies.

Duke. Now? the business?

Sail. The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes :
So was I bid report here to the state,
By signior Angelo.

Duke. How say you by this change?
1 Sen. This cannot be,

By no assay of reason ; 'tis a pageant,

To keep us in false gaze: When we consider
The importancy of Cyprus to the Turk ;

And let ourselves again but understand,

That, as it more concerns the Turk than Rhodes,
So may he with more facile question bear it, 7
For that it stands not in such warlike brace,

But altogether lacks the abilities

That Rhodes is dress'd in:-if we make thought of this,

We must not think, the Turk is so unskilful,

To leave that latest which concerns him first;

Neglecting an attempt of ease, and gain,

To wake, and wage, a danger profitless.

Duke. Nay, in all confidence, he's not for Rhodes.
Of. Here is more news.

Enter a Messenger.

Mess. The Ottomites, reverend and gracious, Steering with due course toward the isle of Rhodes, Have there injointed them with an after fleet.

1 Sen. Ay, so I thought :-How many, as you guess. ? Mess. Of thirty sail and now do they re-stem Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance Their purposes toward Cyprus.-Signior Montano, Your trusty and most valiant servitor,

With his free duty recommends you thus,

And prays you to believe him.

Duke. 'Tis certain then for Cyprus.

Marcus Lucchesé, is he not in town?

[6] Bring it to the test, examine it by reason as we examine metals by the assay, it will be found counterfeit by all trials. JOHNSON. [7] He may carry it with less dispute, with less opposition.

MALONE.

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