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Clown: She is stirring, sir: if she will stir hither, I shallseem to notify unto her.Othello Act III, scene iI never knewA Florentine more kind and honest.CASSIO: Do, good my friend.[Exit Clown.][Enter IAGO.]In happy time, Iago.IAGO: You have not been a-bed, then?CASSIO: Why, no; the day had brokeBefore we parted. I have made bold, Iago,To send in to your wife: my suit to herIs, that she will to virtuous DesdemonaProcure me some access.IAGO:I’ll send her to you presently;And I’ll devise a mean to draw the MoorOut of the way, that your converse and businessMay be more free.CASSIO: I humbly thank you for’t.[Exit Iago.]42[Enter EMILIA.]EMILIA: Good morrow, good Lieutenant: I am sorryFor your displeasure; but all will sure be well.The general and his wife are talking of it;And she speaks for you stoutly: the Moor replies,That he you hurt is of great fame in Cyprus,And great affinity, and that in wholesome wisdomHe might not but refuse you; but he protests he loves youAnd needs no other suitor but his likingsTo take the safest occasion by the frontTo bring you in again.CASSIO:Yet, I beseech you,If you think fit, or that it may be done,Give me advantage of some brief discourseWith Desdemona alone.EMILIA:Pray you, come in;I will bestow you where you shall have timeTo speak your bosom freely.CASSIO: I am much bound to you.[Exeunt.]
SCENE II: A room in the castle.[Enter OTHELLO, IAGO, and Gentlemen.]OTHELLO: These letters give, Iago, to the pilot;And by him do my duties to the senate:That done, I will be walking on the works;Repair there to me.Othello Act III, scene ii & iiiDESDEMONA: O, that’s an honest fellow. Do not doubt,Cassio,But I will have my lord and you againAs friendly as you were.CASSIO:Bounteous madam,Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio,He’s never any thing but your true servant.IAGO:Well, my good lord, I’ll do’t.OTHELLO: This fortification, gentlemen, shall we see’t?Gentleman: We’ll wait upon your lordship.[Exeunt.]SCENE III: The garden of the castle.[Enter DESDEMONA, CASSIO, and EMILIA.]DESDEMONA: I know’t; I thank you. You do love my lord:You have known him long; and be you well assuredHe shall in strangeness stand no further offThan in a polite distance.CASSIO:Ay, but, lady,That policy may either last so long,Or feed upon such nice and waterish diet,Or breed itself so out of circumstance,That, I being absent and my place supplied,My general will forget my love and service.DESDEMONA: Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will doAll my abilities in thy behalf.EMILIA: Good madam, do: I warrant it grieves my husband,As if the case were his.43DESDEMONA: Do not doubt that; before Emilia hereI give thee warrant of thy place: assure thee,If I do vow a friendship, I’ll perform itTo the last article: my lord shall never rest;I’ll watch him tame and talk him out of patience;His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift;
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SCENE II: A room in the castle.[Enter OTHELLO, IAGO, and Gentlemen.]OTHELLO: These letters give, Iago, to the pilot;<strong>An</strong>d by him do my duties to the senate:That done, I will be walking on the works;Repair there to me.Othello Act III, scene ii & iiiDESDEMONA: O, that’s an honest fellow. Do not doubt,Cassio,But I will have my lord and you againAs friendly as you were.CASSIO:Bounteous madam,Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio,He’s never any thing but your true servant.IAGO:Well, my good lord, I’ll do’t.OTHELLO: This fortification, gentlemen, shall we see’t?Gentleman: We’ll wait upon your lordship.[Exeunt.]SCENE III: The garden of the castle.[Enter DESDEMONA, CASSIO, and EMILIA.]DESDEMONA: I know’t; I thank you. You do love my lord:You have known him long; and be you well assuredHe shall in strangeness stand no further offThan in a polite distance.CASSIO:Ay, but, lady,That policy may either last so long,Or feed upon such nice and waterish diet,Or breed itself so out of circumstance,That, I being absent and my place supplied,My general will forget my love and service.DESDEMONA: Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will doAll my abilities in thy behalf.EMILIA: Good madam, do: I warrant it grieves my husband,As if the case were his.43DESDEMONA: Do not doubt that; before Emilia hereI give thee warrant of thy place: assure thee,If I do vow a friendship, I’ll perform itTo the last article: my lord shall never rest;I’ll watch him tame and talk him out of patience;His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift;
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