And she speaks for you stoutly: The Moor replies, And needs no other suitor, but his likings, Cas. If you think fit, or that it may be done,- Emil. Yet, I beseech you,— Pray you, come in; To speak your bosom freely. Cas. Í am much bound to you. [Exeunt. I will bestow you where you shall have time SCENE II. A Room in the Castle. Enter OTHELLO, IAGO, and Gentlemen. Oth. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot; Iago. Well, my good lord, I'll do't. Oth. This fortification, gentlemen,-shall we see't? Gent. We'll wait upon your lordship. [Exeunt. SCENE III. Before the Castle. Enter DESDEMONA, CASSIO, and EMILIA. Des. Be thou assur'd, good Cassio, I will do All my abilities in thy behalf. Emil. Good madam, do; I know it grieves my husband, As if the case were his. Des. O, that's an honest fellow.-Do not doubt, Cassio, But I will have my lord and you again As friendly as you were. Cas. Bounteous madam, Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio, He's never any thing but your true servant. Des. O, sir, I thank you: You do love my lord: You have known him long; and be you well assur'd, He shall in strangeness stand no further off Than in a politick distance. Cas. Ay, but, lady, Des. Do not doubt that; before Emilia here, I'll watch him tame,] Hawks and other birds are tamed by keeping them from sleep, to which management Shakspeare alludes. His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift; With Cassio's suit: Therefore be merry, Cassio; Than give thy cause away. And hear me speak. Cas. Madam, not now; I am very ill at ease, Unfit for mine own purposes. Des. Do your discretion. Well, well, [Exit CASSIO. Iago. Iago. Nothing, my lord: or if-I know not what. Oth. Was not that Cassio, parted from my wife? Jago. Cassio, my lord? No, sure, I cannot think it, That he would steal away so guilty-like, Seeing you coming. Oth. I do believe 'twas he. Des. How now, my lord? I have been talking with a suitor here, A man that languishes in your displeasure. Oth. Who is't, you mean? Des. Why, your lieutenant Cassio. Good my lord, If I have any grace, or power to move you, His present reconciliation take;" For, if he be not one that truly loves you, 7 His present reconciliation take;] To take his reconciliation, may be to accept the submission which he makes in order to be reconciled. That errs in ignorance, and not in cunning," I pr'ythee, call him back. Oth. Went he hence now? Des. Ay, sooth; so humbled, That he hath left part of his grief with me; time. Des. But shall't be shortly? The sooner, sweet, for you. Oth. Des. To-morrow dinner then? No, not to-night. I shall not dine at home; I meet the captains at the citadel. Des. Why then, to-morrow night; or Tuesday morn; Or Tuesday noon, or night; or Wednesday morn;- and not in cunning,] Cunning, for knowledge. the wars must make examples Out of their best,] The severity of military discipline must not spare the best men of their army, when their punishment may afford a wholesome example. so mammering on.] To hesitate, to stand in suspense. To bring him in! Trust me, I could do much,Oth. Pr'ythee, no more: let him come when he will; I will deny thee nothing. Des. To your own person: Nay, when I have a suit, And fearful to be granted. Oth. I will deny thee nothing: Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this, To leave me but a little to myself. Des. Shall I deny you? no: Farewell, my lord. Oth. Farewell, my Desdemona: I will come to thee straight. Des. Emilia, come:-Be it as your fancies teach you; Whate'er you be, I am obedient. Exit, with EMILIA. Oth. Excellent wretch!3 Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, What dost thou say, Iago? lago. Did Michael Cassio, when you woo'd my 2 Oth. He did, from first to last: Why dost thou ask? full of poize-] i. e. of weight. 3 Excellent wretch!] The meaning of the word wretch, is not generally understood. It is now, in some parts of England, a term of the softest and fondest tenderness. It expresses the utmost degree of amiableness, joined with an idea which perhaps all tenderness includes, of feebleness, softness, and want of protection. |