As double as the Duke's: he will divorce you,
Or put upon you what restraint and grievance
The law, with all his might t' enforce it on,
• Will give him cable.

Oth. Let him do his fpight:

My services, which I have done the Signory,
Shall out-tongue his complaints. 'Tis yet to know,
("Which, when I know that boafting is an honour,
I shall promulgate) I fetch my life and being

W

From men of royal height, and my demerits
May speak, and bonneted, 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 unhoufed free condition

Put into circumfcription and confine,

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

Enter Caffio, with officers and torches

lago. These are the raised father, and his friends:

You were beft to go in.

Oth. Not I: I muft be found.

• Second q. Duke for Duke's.
P So the qu's; the reft, or for and.
4 The 2d q. reads greevances.
The 1ft q. reads That for The.
The qu's, Weele for Will.
The ad q. fervice.

u The rit q. omits, Which when I know.

w The aft q. reads provulgate,

* So the aft q; the ad, bight; the rest, fiege.

y So T. J. and C; P.'s duodecimo and W. unbonneting, i. e. without pulling off the bonnet; H. reads c'en bonmeted; the reft, unbonneted,

z 7. reads light comes, &c.

a The fo's, R. and C. read yand, b So the qu's the rest, Thefe for Thefe.

My parts, my title and my perfect soul

Shall manifeft me rightly. Is it they?

Iago. By Janus, I think, no.

Oth. The fervants of the Duke, and my lieutenant.— The goodness of the night upon f you, friends!

What is the news?

Caff. The Duke does greet you, General;

And he requires your hafte, poft hafte, appearance,
Even on the inftant.

Oth.

What's the matter, think you?

Caff. Something from Cyprus, as I may divine;
It is a business of fome heat. The gallies
Have fent a dozen 1 fequent messengers
This very night, at one another's heels:

And many of the confuls, 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,

k

The Senate hath sent about three feveral quefts,
To fearch

you out.

Oth. 'Tis well I am found by you.

I will but spend a word here in the house,

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

Caff. I do not understand,

Iago. He's married.

Caff. To whom?

Iago. Marry, to-Come, captain, will you go?
Enter Othello.

Oth. Have with you.

Caff. Here comes another troop to feck for you.

Enter Brabantio, Roderigo, and others with lights and

weapons.

Iago. It is Brabantio: General, be advis'd;

He comes to bad intent.

Oth. Holla! ftand there.

Rod. Signior, it is the Moor.

Bra. Down with him, thief!

Iago. You, Roderigo? Come, fir, I am for youOth. Keep up your bright fwords, for the dew will ruft 'em. Good Signior, you fhall more command with years, Than with your weapons.

• The 1ft q. reads carrick; the 2d, carriad; the ft f. carra; the other fo's, R. and P. carrac.

A carack is a huge fhip of burthen, ufed by the Spaniards and Portuguese. Ital. Caracca. H.

So the qu's and C: the reft, Exe Brabantio, Roderigo, with officers and torches.

s Here R. and all after but C. direct [They draw on both fides. But the foregoing direction for the

entrance with

▷ First q. 1ft f. and C. who for weapons (which we are to fuppofe already drawn) makes this direction us

vbom.

9 The Ift q. reads, Ha, with who? neceffary. The ad, Ha' with you.

Bra.

Bra. O thou foul thief! where haft thou ftow'd my

daughter?

Damn'd as thou art, thou haft enchanted her;

For I'll refer me to all things of fenfe,

"If fhe in chains of magick were not bound, Whether a maid fo tender, fair, and happy, So oppofite to marriage that fhe fhunn'd

x

The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Would ever have, to incur a general mock,
Run from her guardage to the footy bosom

Of fuch a thing as thou; to fear, not to delight?

a

Judge me the world, if 'tis a not gross in sense,

That thou haft practis'd on her with foul charms,
Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs or minerals
That weaken notion. I'll have 't disputed on ;
'Tis portable, and palpable to thinking.
I therefore apprehend and do attach thee
• For an abufer of the world, a practicef
Of arts inhibited and out of warrant.
Lay hold upon him; if he do refift,
Subdue him at his peril.

The it q. thing.

a The 1st q. omits this line.

H. reads, wealthiest.

* T.'s duodecimo and W. read culled For curled; this is W's emendation. H. reads cull'd.

are fix.

a The ad q. reads no for not.

b The 2d q. and fo's, weakens H. waken.

c This is an emendation of T. followed by P.'s duodecimo, W. J. and C;

y The three ift fo's, dearling; 4th, the reft read motion. darling for darlings.

z The lines in italic are omitted in the 1ft q. P. calls them five lines, and J. fcores them accordingly; but they

So the 24 g; the reft, probable for

portable.

e The ift q. reads, Such an abuser,

&c.

Were it my cue to fight, I fhould have known it

Without a prompter. Where will you that I go
To answer this your charge?

Bra. To prifon, till fit time

Of law, and course of direct feffion
Call thee to answer.

Oth. What if I 1 do obey?

How may the Duke be therewith fatisfied,
Whofe meffengers are here about my fide,
Upon fome prefent business of the state

n

Offi. 'Tis true, moft worthy Signior, The Duke's in council; and your noble felf, I am fure, is fent for.

Bra. How! the Duke in council?

In this time of the night? Bring him away;
Mine 's not an idle caufe. The Duke himself,
Or any of my brothers of the ftate,

Cannot but feel this wrong as 'twere their own;
For if fuch actions may have paffage free,
Bond-flaves, and P Pagans, fhall our ftatefinen be. [Exeunt.

f The 4th f. reads hand.

g The 1ft q. reads Qu. for cue.

h The fo's and R. read Whither for Where.

i P. omits that, and the after-editors, except C.

k The aft f. omits I.

1 P. and H. omit do.

m The qu's beare for bring.

n So all before P. who omits 'Tis ; followed by the rest, except C..

o The ad f. nigh.

P T. reads Pageants for Pagans. See Heath in loc.

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