Oth. Think, my Lord!

why doft thou echo me,

m

As if there were fome monfter in " thy thought,

Too hideous to be fhewn? Thou " doft mean fomething:

I heard thee fay but now, thou lik'dft not that,

When Caffio left my wife. What did❜st not like?
And when I told thee, he was of my counfel,

P In my whole course of wooing, thou cry'dft, Indeed?
And didft contract and purse thy brow together,

As if thou then hadft fhut up in thy brain
Some horrible 9 conceit. If thou doft love me,
Shew me thy thought.

Iago. My Lord, you know, I love you.

Oth. I think, thou doft:

And, for I know, thou art full of love and honefty,

And weigh'ft thy words before thou' giv'st them breath,
Therefore these ftops of thine fright me the more.
For fuch things, in a falfe difloyal knave,

Are tricks of custom; but, in a man that's just,
They are "clofe dilations working from the heart,
That paffion cannot rule.

Jago. For Michael Caffio,

I dare be fworn, I think, that he is honeft,

So the 2d q. and 7; the 1ft q. and C. By heaven be echoes me, &c. the fo's and R. Alas, thou echo'ft me; P. and the rest, Why by beav'n thou echo'st me, m First and C. bis for thy. n First q. didft for doft.

"The fo's and R. even for but. P The fo's and R. of for in.

9 The 1st q. counsell; R. conceits.

The three laft fo's omit And,

s The 1ft q. give.

The 1ft q. affright.

u So the qu's, it f. P. J. and C; the reft, cold for clofe.

w For dilations, the 1ft q. P. and C. read denotements; H. diftillations, omitting clofe.

x The 1ft q. prefume for be fworn. y The ad q. omits that.

Oth.

Oth. I think fo too.

Iago. Men fhould be what they feem;

Or, thofe that be not, 'would they might feem none!
Oth. Certain, men fhould be what they seem.
lago. Why then I think Caffio's an honest man
Oth. Nay, yet there's more in this;

I pr'ythee, fpeak to me as to thy thinkings;

C

d

As thou doft ruminate; and give thy worst of thoughts,
The worft of f words.

Iago. Good my Lord, pardon me.

Though I am bound to every act of duty,

I am not bound to that all flaves are free to.

Utter my thoughts? - Why, fay, they are vile and false;
As where's that palace, whereinto foul things

i

Sometimes intrude not? Who has a breaft fo pure,

* But fome uncleanly apprehenfions

m

Keep leets and law-days, and in 'feffions TM fit
With meditations lawful?

Oth. Thou doft confpire against thy friend, Iago,
If thou but think'ft him wrong'd, and mak'ft his ear
A ftranger to thy thoughts.

z For none W. reads knaves; Heath propofes be known for feem none. But I think the old reading is plain enough. Men fhould be what they feem, i. e. those << that seem honeft should be honest, or thefe that be not what they feem, i. e. honeft, would they might feem nune, i. e. have no feeming or appearance of honefty. The 2d q. omits none.

So the qu's and aft f; the reft, pray skee.

b The 1ft q. omits as.

The 1ft q. the for thy.
d The 2d q. omits worst of.
e First q. thought.
f The ift q. word.

g R. I am not bound, &c.
h The fo's omit to.

i The fo's and R that for a.
* The fo's, Wherein for But fome.
1 The qu's and C. feffion.
m The 2d q. fit for fit.

lago. I do befeech you,

Though I, perchance, am vicious in my guess,
As I confefs it is my nature's plague

To spy into • abuses; and P oft my jealousy
Shapes faults that are not; I intreat you then,
From one that fo imperfectly conjects,
'You'd take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble
Out of "my scattering and unsure observance.

It were not for your quiet, nor your good,

W

Nor for my manhood, honefty, or wisdom,
To let you know my thoughts.

Oth. What doft thou mean?

Iago. Good name in man and woman, dear my Lord, Is the immediate jewel of their fouls.

Who fteals my purse, fteals trash; 'tis fomething, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his; and has been flave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name,

Robs me of that, which not enriches him,

And makes me poor

indeed.

B

■ H. 'Cause for Though; W. Think.

So the 1ft q. and W; the reft, con

• So all before P; he and all after,

except C. read abuse.

ceits for conjects.

So the ift q; the 2d, Will for You'd;

P The fo's, R.'s octavo, and P.'s duo- the fo's, R. and C. Would; P. and all decimo, of for oft.

9 For I intreat you then, the fo's, R. and C. read, that your wisdom ; to which the ad q. adds yet.

For imperfectly. J. reads improbably ; and fays it is fo in the old quarto; but in neither of the qu's I collate is it to : be found, nor does S. mention any fuch reading.

after, except C. read the line thus, Your wisdom would not build yourself a trouble.

The fo's, R. and C, bis for my. w So the qu's and C; the reft, and for or.

x The 1ft q. Zowns for What deft them

mean,

y The 1ft q. woman's.

z The qu's, our for their.

Oth.

a

Oth. By heaven, I'll know thy thoughts

Iago. You cannot, if my heart were in your hand; Nor fhall not, whilft 'tis in my cuftody.

с Oth. Ha!

Iago. O beware, my Lord, of jealoufy;

It is f a green-ey'd monfter, which doth & mock

The meat it feeds on. h That cuckold lives in blifs,

k

Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;

But oh, what damned minutes tells he o'er,

Who doats, yet doubts; suspects, yet' ftrongly loves!
Oth. O mifery!

Iago. Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough;
But riches" finelefs is as poor as winter,

a All but the ift q. omit By beaven. The 1ft q. and C. thought.

c This fpeech omitted in the 1st q. d The ift q. omits my Lord.

"It is a green ey'd monster, &c. I am apt to think Shakespeare had here the crocodile in his eye, who by its tears is faid to deceive and entice its prey. To mock is ufed by our Author to fignify to delude and deceive. But if this be the

allufion, what is the meat that Jealousy feeds on? And the context seems to fhew that Shakespeare makes Love the food of Jealoufy, "That Cuckold lives "in blifs, who, certain of his fate, loves "not his wronger;" he feels not the pang of Jealoufy, because he wants that which nourishes and fupports it, viz. Love." But oh, what damned minutes tells he o'er, Who doats yet doubts, "fufpects yet strongly loves." But how

g H. make for mock.

h The 2d q. What for That.

i The 2d q. Who certain of his wronger, &c.

k S. reads bates for loves, contrary to the q. 1622, which he professes to publish from. I find bates in no edition but his.

1 The fo's, foundly for firongly.
m The 2d q. rich.

n So all before P. who reads endles for finelefs; followed by all but J. and C.

• The 2d q. omits as.

To

To him that ever fears he shall be poor.

Good heaven! the fouls of all my tribe defend

From jealousy.

Oth. Why? why is this?

Think'ft thou I'd make a life of jealousy?

To follow ftill the changes of the moon

With fresh fufpicions? No; to be once in doubt,
Is once to be refolv'd. Exchange me for a goat,
When I shall turn the bufinefs of my foul
To fuch exfuffolate, and blown furmises,
Matching" thy inference. 'Tis not to make me jealous,
To fay my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company,
Is free of speech, fings, plays, and dances well;
Where virtue is, these are more virtuous.
Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw
The fimalleft fear, or doubt of her revolt;
For she had eyes and chose me. No, Iago,
I'll fee before I doubt; when I doubt, prove;
And, on the proof, there is no more but this,
Away at once with love, or jealousy.

Iago. I am glad of To fhew the love and

b

a

this; for now I fhall have reafon duty that I bear you

? Firft q. God for beaven.

9 C. inferts Iago after this.

The fo's omit once. H. inferts at before once.

All before H. read exufflicate (so does C.) except the 3d f. which reads exuflicated.

The fo's, blowed for blown.

u The three laft fo's, the for thy..

w The fo's emit well,

x W. reads make for are.

y So the qu's, ift f, W. and C; the rest, most for m:re.

z The 2d q. chofer..

a H. and for or.

b The qu's, it for this.