Iago. 'Faith, he to-night hath boarded 8 a land-car

rack 3

If it prove lawful prize, he's made for ever.

Caf. I do not understand.

Iago. He's married.

Caf. To whom?

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Jago. Marry, toCome, Captain, will you go?

Enter Othello.

Oth. Have with you.

Caf. Here comes another troop to feek for you.

SCEN E VI.

Enter Brabantio, Rodorigo, with officers and torches.

Iaga. It is Brabantio: General, 9 be advis'd;

He comes to bad intent,

Oth. Holla! ftand there.

Rod. Signior, it is the Moor.

Bra. Down with him, thief!

[They draw on both fides. Iago. You, Rodorigo! come, Sir, 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.

ག:

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

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

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

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The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, Would ever have, t' incur a general mock, Run from her guardage to the footy bofom Of fuch a thing as thou; to fear, not to delight? "Judge me the world, if 'tis not grofs in fenfe, That thou haft practis'd on her with foul charms, 3 Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs or minerals, That weaken Nation.I'll bat't difputed on; 'Tis probable, and palpable to thinking.

rily from her father's houfe? Had the been averfe to chufing Othello, tho' he had given her medicines that took away the use of her limbs, might she not still have retain'd her fenfes, and oppos'd the marriage? Her father, 'tis evident, from feveral ofhis fpeeches, is pofitive, that he must have been abused in her rational faculties;

or fhe could not have made fo prepofterous a choice, as to wed with a Moor, a Black, and refuse the finest young gentlemen in Venice. What then have we to do with her motion being weaken'd?' If I understand any thing of the poet's meaning here, I cannot but think, he must have wrote;

Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs, or minerals,

That weaken Notion. i. e. her apprehenfion, right con ception and idea of things, under ftanding, judgment, &c. THEOB. Hanmer reads with equal pro bability,

That waken motion.

I therefore apprehend and do attach thee
For an abufer of the world, a practicer
Of arts inhibited and out of warrant.
-Lay hold upon him; if he do refiit,
Subdue him at his peril.

Oth. Hold your hands,

Both you of my inclining, and the rest.
Were it my cue to fight, I fhould have known it
Without a prompter. Where will you I go
To answer this your charge?

Bra. To prifon, 'till fit time

Of law, and courfe of direct Seffion
Call thee to answer.

Oth. What if I do obey?

How may the Duke be therewith fatisfied,
Whose meffengers are here about my fide,
Upon fome present business of the State,
To bring me to him?

Offi. True, moft worthy fignior,

The Duke's in Council; and your noble self,
I'm fure, is fent for.

Bra. How! the Duke in Council?

In this time of the night? Bring them away;
Mine's not an idle caufe. The Duke himself,
Or any
of my Brothers of the State,
Cannot but feel this wrong, as 'twere their own;
For if fuch actions may have paffage free,

* Bond-flaves, and Pagans, fhall our Statesmen be.
[Exeunt.

4 Bond-flaves, and Pagans-] Mr. Theobald alters Pagans to Pageants, for this reafon, That Pagans are as ftrict and moral all the world over, as the most regular Chriftians in the prefervation of private property. But what then?

The speaker had not this high opinion of pagan morality, as is plain from hence, that this important difcovery, fo much to the honour of paganism, was firit made by our editor.

WARBURTON.

SCENE

Duke and Senators, fet at a table with lights, and

Duke. 5

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attendants.

HERE is no compofition in these news,
That gives them credit.

1 Sen. Indeed, they're difproportion'd;
My letters fay, a hundred and feven Gallies.
Duke. And mine a hundred and forty.
2 Sen. And mine, two hundred;

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But though they jump not on a juft account,

• As in these cafes where they aim reports,

'Tis oft with diff'rence; yet do they all confirm A Turkish fleet, and bearing up to Cyprus.

Duke. Nay, it is poffible enough to judgment. I do not fecure me in the error,

But the main article I do approve

In fearful fense.

Sailors within.] What hoa! what hoa! what hoa!

Enter Sailors.

Offi. A meffenger from the Gallies.

Duke. Now?-What's the business?
Sail. The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes.
So was I bid report here to the State.

Duke. How fay you by this change?
I Sen. This cannot be,

7 By no affay of reafon. 'Tis a pageant,
To keep us in falfe gaze; when we confider
Th' 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 queftion bear it;
9 For that it ftands not in fuch warlike brace,
But altogether lacks th' abilities

That Rhodes is dress'd in. If we make thought of this,
We must not think the Turk is fo unfkilful,

To leave that latest which concerns him first

Neglecting an attempt of eafe and gain,

To wake and wage a danger profitlefs.

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

Enter a Meffenger.

Mef. The Ottomites, reverend and gracious, Steering with due courfe toward the Ifle of Rhodes, Have there injointed them with an after-fleet1 Sen. Ay, fo I thought; how many, as you guess ?

7 By no affay of reafon.] Bring it to the teft, examine it by reafon as we examine metals by the alay, it will be found counterfeit by all trials.

8 -facile queftion-] Quef tion is for the act of fecking. With more eafy endeavour.

9 For that it ftands not, &c.] The feven following lines are added fince the first edition.

POPE.

1 warlike brace,] State of defence. To arm was called to brace on the armour.

Mef.