1<SCENE><TITLE>SCENE I. Venice. A street.</TITLE> 2<STAGEDIR>Enter RODERIGO and IAGO</STAGEDIR> 3 4<SPEECH> 5<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 6<LINE>Tush! never tell me; I take it much unkindly</LINE> 7<LINE>That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse</LINE> 8<LINE>As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this.</LINE> 9</SPEECH> 10 11<SPEECH> 12<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 13<LINE>'Sblood, but you will not hear me:</LINE> 14<LINE>If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me.</LINE> 15</SPEECH> 16 17<SPEECH> 18<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 19<LINE>Thou told'st me thou didst hold him in thy hate.</LINE> 20</SPEECH> 21 22<SPEECH> 23<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 24<LINE>Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city,</LINE> 25<LINE>In personal suit to make me his lieutenant,</LINE> 26<LINE>Off-capp'd to him: and, by the faith of man,</LINE> 27<LINE>I know my price, I am worth no worse a place:</LINE> 28<LINE>But he; as loving his own pride and purposes,</LINE> 29<LINE>Evades them, with a bombast circumstance</LINE> 30<LINE>Horribly stuff'd with epithets of war;</LINE> 31<LINE>And, in conclusion,</LINE> 32<LINE>Nonsuits my mediators; for, 'Certes,' says he,</LINE> 33<LINE>'I have already chose my officer.'</LINE> 34<LINE>And what was he?</LINE> 35<LINE>Forsooth, a great arithmetician,</LINE> 36<LINE>One Michael Cassio, a Florentine,</LINE> 37<LINE>A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife;</LINE> 38<LINE>That never set a squadron in the field,</LINE> 39<LINE>Nor the division of a battle knows</LINE> 40<LINE>More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric,</LINE> 41<LINE>Wherein the toged consuls can propose</LINE> 42<LINE>As masterly as he: mere prattle, without practise,</LINE> 43<LINE>Is all his soldiership. But he, sir, had the election:</LINE> 44<LINE>And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof</LINE> 45<LINE>At Rhodes, at Cyprus and on other grounds</LINE> 46<LINE>Christian and heathen, must be be-lee'd and calm'd</LINE> 47<LINE>By debitor and creditor: this counter-caster,</LINE> 48<LINE>He, in good time, must his lieutenant be,</LINE> 49<LINE>And I--God bless the mark!--his Moorship's ancient.</LINE> 50</SPEECH> 51 52<SPEECH> 53<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 54<LINE>By heaven, I rather would have been his hangman.</LINE> 55</SPEECH> 56 57<SPEECH> 58<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 59<LINE>Why, there's no remedy; 'tis the curse of service,</LINE> 60<LINE>Preferment goes by letter and affection,</LINE> 61<LINE>And not by old gradation, where each second</LINE> 62<LINE>Stood heir to the first. Now, sir, be judge yourself,</LINE> 63<LINE>Whether I in any just term am affined</LINE> 64<LINE>To love the Moor.</LINE> 65</SPEECH> 66 67<SPEECH> 68<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 69<LINE>I would not follow him then.</LINE> 70</SPEECH> 71 72<SPEECH> 73<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 74<LINE>O, sir, content you;</LINE> 75<LINE>I follow him to serve my turn upon him:</LINE> 76<LINE>We cannot all be masters, nor all masters</LINE> 77<LINE>Cannot be truly follow'd. You shall mark</LINE> 78<LINE>Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave,</LINE> 79<LINE>That, doting on his own obsequious bondage,</LINE> 80<LINE>Wears out his time, much like his master's ass,</LINE> 81<LINE>For nought but provender, and when he's old, cashier'd:</LINE> 82<LINE>Whip me such honest knaves. Others there are</LINE> 83<LINE>Who, trimm'd in forms and visages of duty,</LINE> 84<LINE>Keep yet their hearts attending on themselves,</LINE> 85<LINE>And, throwing but shows of service on their lords,</LINE> 86<LINE>Do well thrive by them and when they have lined</LINE> 87<LINE>their coats</LINE> 88<LINE>Do themselves homage: these fellows have some soul;</LINE> 89<LINE>And such a one do I profess myself. For, sir,</LINE> 90<LINE>It is as sure as you are Roderigo,</LINE> 91<LINE>Were I the Moor, I would not be Iago:</LINE> 92<LINE>In following him, I follow but myself;</LINE> 93<LINE>Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,</LINE> 94<LINE>But seeming so, for my peculiar end:</LINE> 95<LINE>For when my outward action doth demonstrate</LINE> 96<LINE>The native act and figure of my heart</LINE> 97<LINE>In compliment extern, 'tis not long after</LINE> 98<LINE>But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve</LINE> 99<LINE>For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.</LINE> 100</SPEECH> 101 102<SPEECH> 103<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 104<LINE>What a full fortune does the thicklips owe</LINE> 105<LINE>If he can carry't thus!</LINE> 106</SPEECH> 107 108<SPEECH> 109<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 110<LINE>Call up her father,</LINE> 111<LINE>Rouse him: make after him, poison his delight,</LINE> 112<LINE>Proclaim him in the streets; incense her kinsmen,</LINE> 113<LINE>And, though he in a fertile climate dwell,</LINE> 114<LINE>Plague him with flies: though that his joy be joy,</LINE> 115<LINE>Yet throw such changes of vexation on't,</LINE> 116<LINE>As it may lose some colour.</LINE> 117</SPEECH> 118 119<SPEECH> 120<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 121<LINE>Here is her father's house; I'll call aloud.</LINE> 122</SPEECH> 123 124<SPEECH> 125<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 126<LINE>Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell</LINE> 127<LINE>As when, by night and negligence, the fire</LINE> 128<LINE>Is spied in populous cities.</LINE> 129</SPEECH> 130 131<SPEECH> 132<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 133<LINE>What, ho, Brabantio! Signior Brabantio, ho!</LINE> 134</SPEECH> 135 136<SPEECH> 137<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 138<LINE>Awake! what, ho, Brabantio! thieves! thieves! thieves!</LINE> 139<LINE>Look to your house, your daughter and your bags!</LINE> 140<LINE>Thieves! thieves!</LINE> 141</SPEECH> 142 143 144<STAGEDIR>BRABANTIO appears above, at a window</STAGEDIR> 145 146<SPEECH> 147<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 148<LINE>What is the reason of this terrible summons?</LINE> 149<LINE>What is the matter there?</LINE> 150</SPEECH> 151 152<SPEECH> 153<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 154<LINE>Signior, is all your family within?</LINE> 155</SPEECH> 156 157<SPEECH> 158<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 159<LINE>Are your doors lock'd?</LINE> 160</SPEECH> 161 162<SPEECH> 163<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 164<LINE>Why, wherefore ask you this?</LINE> 165</SPEECH> 166 167<SPEECH> 168<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 169<LINE>'Zounds, sir, you're robb'd; for shame, put on</LINE> 170<LINE>your gown;</LINE> 171<LINE>Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul;</LINE> 172<LINE>Even now, now, very now, an old black ram</LINE> 173<LINE>Is topping your white ewe. Arise, arise;</LINE> 174<LINE>Awake the snorting citizens with the bell,</LINE> 175<LINE>Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you:</LINE> 176<LINE>Arise, I say.</LINE> 177</SPEECH> 178 179<SPEECH> 180<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 181<LINE>What, have you lost your wits?</LINE> 182</SPEECH> 183 184<SPEECH> 185<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 186<LINE>Most reverend signior, do you know my voice?</LINE> 187</SPEECH> 188 189<SPEECH> 190<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 191<LINE>Not I what are you?</LINE> 192</SPEECH> 193 194<SPEECH> 195<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 196<LINE>My name is Roderigo.</LINE> 197</SPEECH> 198 199<SPEECH> 200<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 201<LINE>The worser welcome:</LINE> 202<LINE>I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors:</LINE> 203<LINE>In honest plainness thou hast heard me say</LINE> 204<LINE>My daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness,</LINE> 205<LINE>Being full of supper and distempering draughts,</LINE> 206<LINE>Upon malicious bravery, dost thou come</LINE> 207<LINE>To start my quiet.</LINE> 208</SPEECH> 209 210<SPEECH> 211<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 212<LINE>Sir, sir, sir,--</LINE> 213</SPEECH> 214 215<SPEECH> 216<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 217<LINE>But thou must needs be sure</LINE> 218<LINE>My spirit and my place have in them power</LINE> 219<LINE>To make this bitter to thee.</LINE> 220</SPEECH> 221 222<SPEECH> 223<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 224<LINE>Patience, good sir.</LINE> 225</SPEECH> 226 227<SPEECH> 228<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 229<LINE>What tell'st thou me of robbing? this is Venice;</LINE> 230<LINE>My house is not a grange.</LINE> 231</SPEECH> 232 233<SPEECH> 234<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 235<LINE>Most grave Brabantio,</LINE> 236<LINE>In simple and pure soul I come to you.</LINE> 237</SPEECH> 238 239<SPEECH> 240<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 241<LINE>'Zounds, sir, you are one of those that will not</LINE> 242<LINE>serve God, if the devil bid you. Because we come to</LINE> 243<LINE>do you service and you think we are ruffians, you'll</LINE> 244<LINE>have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse;</LINE> 245<LINE>you'll have your nephews neigh to you; you'll have</LINE> 246<LINE>coursers for cousins and gennets for germans.</LINE> 247</SPEECH> 248 249<SPEECH> 250<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 251<LINE>What profane wretch art thou?</LINE> 252</SPEECH> 253 254<SPEECH> 255<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 256<LINE>I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter</LINE> 257<LINE>and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.</LINE> 258</SPEECH> 259 260<SPEECH> 261<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 262<LINE>Thou art a villain.</LINE> 263</SPEECH> 264 265<SPEECH> 266<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 267<LINE>You are--a senator.</LINE> 268</SPEECH> 269 270<SPEECH> 271<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 272<LINE>This thou shalt answer; I know thee, Roderigo.</LINE> 273</SPEECH> 274 275<SPEECH> 276<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 277<LINE>Sir, I will answer any thing. But, I beseech you,</LINE> 278<LINE>If't be your pleasure and most wise consent,</LINE> 279<LINE>As partly I find it is, that your fair daughter,</LINE> 280<LINE>At this odd-even and dull watch o' the night,</LINE> 281<LINE>Transported, with no worse nor better guard</LINE> 282<LINE>But with a knave of common hire, a gondolier,</LINE> 283<LINE>To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor--</LINE> 284<LINE>If this be known to you and your allowance,</LINE> 285<LINE>We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs;</LINE> 286<LINE>But if you know not this, my manners tell me</LINE> 287<LINE>We have your wrong rebuke. Do not believe</LINE> 288<LINE>That, from the sense of all civility,</LINE> 289<LINE>I thus would play and trifle with your reverence:</LINE> 290<LINE>Your daughter, if you have not given her leave,</LINE> 291<LINE>I say again, hath made a gross revolt;</LINE> 292<LINE>Tying her duty, beauty, wit and fortunes</LINE> 293<LINE>In an extravagant and wheeling stranger</LINE> 294<LINE>Of here and every where. Straight satisfy yourself:</LINE> 295<LINE>If she be in her chamber or your house,</LINE> 296<LINE>Let loose on me the justice of the state</LINE> 297<LINE>For thus deluding you.</LINE> 298</SPEECH> 299 300<SPEECH> 301<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 302<LINE>Strike on the tinder, ho!</LINE> 303<LINE>Give me a taper! call up all my people!</LINE> 304<LINE>This accident is not unlike my dream:</LINE> 305<LINE>Belief of it oppresses me already.</LINE> 306<LINE>Light, I say! light!</LINE> 307</SPEECH> 308 309 310<STAGEDIR>Exit above</STAGEDIR> 311 312<SPEECH> 313<SPEAKER>IAGO</SPEAKER> 314<LINE>Farewell; for I must leave you:</LINE> 315<LINE>It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place,</LINE> 316<LINE>To be produced--as, if I stay, I shall--</LINE> 317<LINE>Against the Moor: for, I do know, the state,</LINE> 318<LINE>However this may gall him with some cheque,</LINE> 319<LINE>Cannot with safety cast him, for he's embark'd</LINE> 320<LINE>With such loud reason to the Cyprus wars,</LINE> 321<LINE>Which even now stand in act, that, for their souls,</LINE> 322<LINE>Another of his fathom they have none,</LINE> 323<LINE>To lead their business: in which regard,</LINE> 324<LINE>Though I do hate him as I do hell-pains.</LINE> 325<LINE>Yet, for necessity of present life,</LINE> 326<LINE>I must show out a flag and sign of love,</LINE> 327<LINE>Which is indeed but sign. That you shall surely find him,</LINE> 328<LINE>Lead to the Sagittary the raised search;</LINE> 329<LINE>And there will I be with him. So, farewell.</LINE> 330</SPEECH> 331 332<STAGEDIR>Exit</STAGEDIR> 333<STAGEDIR>Enter, below, BRABANTIO, and Servants with torches</STAGEDIR> 334 335<SPEECH> 336<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 337<LINE>It is too true an evil: gone she is;</LINE> 338<LINE>And what's to come of my despised time</LINE> 339<LINE>Is nought but bitterness. Now, Roderigo,</LINE> 340<LINE>Where didst thou see her? O unhappy girl!</LINE> 341<LINE>With the Moor, say'st thou? Who would be a father!</LINE> 342<LINE>How didst thou know 'twas she? O she deceives me</LINE> 343<LINE>Past thought! What said she to you? Get more tapers:</LINE> 344<LINE>Raise all my kindred. Are they married, think you?</LINE> 345</SPEECH> 346 347<SPEECH> 348<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 349<LINE>Truly, I think they are.</LINE> 350</SPEECH> 351 352<SPEECH> 353<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 354<LINE>O heaven! How got she out? O treason of the blood!</LINE> 355<LINE>Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds</LINE> 356<LINE>By what you see them act. Is there not charms</LINE> 357<LINE>By which the property of youth and maidhood</LINE> 358<LINE>May be abused? Have you not read, Roderigo,</LINE> 359<LINE>Of some such thing?</LINE> 360</SPEECH> 361 362<SPEECH> 363<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 364<LINE>Yes, sir, I have indeed.</LINE> 365</SPEECH> 366 367<SPEECH> 368<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 369<LINE>Call up my brother. O, would you had had her!</LINE> 370<LINE>Some one way, some another. Do you know</LINE> 371<LINE>Where we may apprehend her and the Moor?</LINE> 372</SPEECH> 373 374<SPEECH> 375<SPEAKER>RODERIGO</SPEAKER> 376<LINE>I think I can discover him, if you please,</LINE> 377<LINE>To get good guard and go along with me.</LINE> 378</SPEECH> 379 380<SPEECH> 381<SPEAKER>BRABANTIO</SPEAKER> 382<LINE>Pray you, lead on. At every house I'll call;</LINE> 383<LINE>I may command at most. Get weapons, ho!</LINE> 384<LINE>And raise some special officers of night.</LINE> 385<LINE>On, good Roderigo: I'll deserve your pains.</LINE> 386</SPEECH> 387 388 389<STAGEDIR>Exeunt</STAGEDIR> 390</SCENE> 391