Cas. Dear general, I never gave you cause. Oth. I do believe it, and I ask your pardon: Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil, Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body? Iago. Demand me nothing; what you know, From this time forth I never will speak word. Gra. Torments will ope your lips. Oth. Well, thou dost best. [fall'n, Lod. Sir, you shall understand what hath beWhich, as I think, you know not; here's a letter, Found in the pocket of the slain Rodorigo, And here another; one of them imports The death of Cassio to be undertook By Rodorigo. Oth. Oh villain! Cas. Most heathenish and most gross. Lod. Now here's another discontented paper Found in his pocket too; aud this, it seems, Rodorigo meant t' have sent this damned villain ; But that, belike, Iago, in the interim Came in and satisfied him. Oth. Oh thou pernicious caitiff! How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief Cas. I found it in my chamber; . And he himself confess'd it but even now, That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose, Oth. Oh fool, fool, fool! Cas. There is besides, in Rodorigo's letter, Lod. You must forsake this room and go with That can torment him much, and hold him long, Oth. Soft you; a word or two before you go. Of one that loved, not wisely, but too well; Richer than all his tribe; of one, whose eyes, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Lod. Oh bloody period! Gra. All that is spoke is marred. [Stabs himself. Oth. I kiss'd thee, ere I killed thee.-No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss. [To Desdem. [Dies. Cas. This did I fear, but thought he had no For he was great of heart. Lod. Oh Spartan dog! [weapon, [To Iago. More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea! Look on the tragic loading of this bed; This is thy work. The object poisons sight,- And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor, Remains the censure of this hellish villain: [Exeunt. LORENZO, in love with Jessica. SHYLOCK, a Jew: TUBAL, a Jew, his Friend. LAUNCELOT GOBBO, a Clown, Servant to Shylock. OLD GOBBO, Father to Launcelot. SALERIO, a Messenger from Venice. LEONARDO, Servant to Bassanio. Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Jailer, Servants, and other Attendants. SCENE, partly at Venice, and partly at Belmont, the Seat of Portia, on the Continent. |