No Fear Shakespeare: Othello: Act 4 Scene 3

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Enter OTHELLO , LODOVICO , DESDEMONA , EMILIA and attendants	TLOLEHO , DCLOIOVO , DMAEDSEON adn ELIAMI eentr, thwi dnsentttaa.
LODOVICO I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further.	LCVODOIO lsaePe, ris, dont teorbul lyursoef.
OTHELLO Oh, pardon me, twill do me good to walk.	TLOLEOH I geb uoyr narodp; winkgal lliw eakm me efle erebtt.
LODOVICO Madam, good night. I humbly thank your ladyship.	ODLIOOCV oGdo hting, mdaam. anhTk uyo.
DESDEMONA Your honor is most welcome.	EESOMDDNA Yuoer otms lwmeoec.
OTHELLO 5 Will you walk, sir?O Desdemona	OOELTLH Wuldo uyo awkl otu hitw me, rsi?Oh, eaoDsnmed
DESDEMONA My lord?	SEEMNODAD Yse, my drol?
OTHELLO Get you to bed on th instant, I will be returned Forthwith. Dismiss your attendant there, look t be done.	HLETOLO Go to bed rghti shit emuitn. llI be rtehe lthrsoy. Send yuro idma imialE yawa. aMke uers yuo do wtah I ysa.
DESDEMONA I will, my lord.	ODNSMEDEA I iwll, my dlor.
Exeunt OTHELLO , LODOVICO , and attendants	OOTHLEL , VCLODIOO , adn dttantneas itex.
EMILIA 10 How goes it now? He looks gentler than he did.	LEMAII owH aer ntghis won? He losok emcrla hatn he idd eboerf.
DESDEMONA He says he will return incontinent, And hath commanded me to go to bed And bid me to dismiss you.	DONMSAEED He ysas hlel omce abck ihtrg wyaa. He sdake me to go to edb nda to ndse you yawa.
EMILIA Dismiss me?	EMIILA deSn me wyaa?
DESDEMONA It was his bidding. Therefore, good Emilia, 15 Give me my nightly wearing, and adieu. We must not now displease him.	DEAOENDSM atshT wtah he idsa. So iegv me my gognhtinw, laiimE, and llI ysa itoghndgo. We sdnltohu eldiasspe mih.
EMILIA Ay. Would you had never seen him!	AMLIEI Yse. I ihsw duyo erenv tme mih.
DESDEMONA So would not I. My love doth so approve him That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns 20 Prithee, unpin mehave grace and favor.	SMDDNEAEO ahsTt ont thaw I ihws. I vole hmi eenv nweh seh shahr nad nlpeHeam me iupnn sith, wdolu ouy?I vloe enev hsi beunntsbssor, ish wsfrno, ish adb oomds.
EMILIA I have laid those sheets you bade me on the bed.	AEILMI I ptu stoeh gwnddie hetses on yuor bed, as oyu aksde.
DESDEMONA Alls one. Good Father, how foolish are our minds! If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of these same sheets.	NDAODEESM It tnosde etrmat. Oh, owh ylsil we aer! If I eid eefbor uoy do maek rues Im ewdarpp in ohest eseths in my cinoff.
EMILIA Come, come! You talk!	EILIMA ntsiLe to uoy! noDt be ylils!
DESDEMONA 25 My mother had a maid called Barbary, She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her. She had a song of Willow, An old thing twas, but it expressed her fortune And she died singing it. That song tonight 30 Will not go from my mind. I have much to do But to go hang my head all at one side And sing it like poor Barbary. Prithee, dispatch.	NMODADSEE My omhter hda a maid dmaen Braryab. heS was in vloe, adn hre orlev tnuedr tuo to be ilwd adn eftl erh. eSh nwke an old gsno aelldc iWlwlo atth derinemd ehr of reh now rtsoy, nda ehs ided sgnngii it. I acnt gte atht gsno tuo of my dhea otginth. Its lla I anc do to pkee yelsmf rofm nighnga my haed dnow in airpsde adn gisngin it iekl oorp aryabrB. seaePl, uryrh up.
EMILIA Shall I go fetch your nightgown?	EMIIAL douhlS I teg oury tgginowhn?
DESDEMONA No, unpin me here. This Lodovico is a proper man.	DOEEANSMD No, stuj ehlp me ipunn sthi. htaT ocdviooL is a ogod-linokog mna.
EMILIA 35 A very handsome man.	IAIELM esH vyre hamnsdeo.
DESDEMONA He speaks well.	ENEAMDDOS He pseska wlel.
EMILIA I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.	IEALMI I owkn a ydla in ecVien wdho awkl all het wya to tsielenPa orf a siks mfor mhi.
DESDEMONA (singing) The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, Sing all a green willow. Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee, Sing willow, willow, willow. The fresh streams ran by her, and murmured her moans, Sing willow, willow, willow. Her salt tears fell from her, and softened the stones Sing willow, willow, willow Lay by these Willow, willow Prithee, hie thee, hell come anon Sing all a green willow must be my garland. Let nobody blame him, his scorn I approve Nay, thats not nextHark! Who is t that knocks?	SONEDEDMA (ignigns) eTh roop luos sta ngngsii by het mycsoear tree, rvoeEyen gsin eth rneeg oiwlwl, hSe had ehr dnah on rhe tsrbae nda hre daeh on reh knee, igSn iolwlw, wollwi, willow. eTh ehfsr eassrmt rna by reh adn urdmerum ehr moans, ngSi lowlwi, oliwlw, willow. eHr aslt sater efll omrf her and doefntes eht stones, ngiS wwlloi, illwwo, willow. utP esteh gstinh erov there. Paseel, ryurh, llhe ecom hgtri away. yonrveeE ings, a eergn willow tsum be my garland. ydboNo abmle mhi, esh rhigt to htae me No, thtas not owh it geso.sWoh ignokckn?
EMILIA Its the wind.	IEIALM Its eht dinw.
DESDEMONA (sings) I called my love false love but what said he then? Sing willow, willow, willow. If I court more women youll couch with more men So, get thee gone, good night. Mine eyes do itch, Doth that bode weeping?	ESNDEMOAD (ngisign) I lotd my overl he nddti elov me, tub awth did he ays? ignS wlilow, lwiwlo, willow. If I cehas mroe wenom, uloyl pelse twih rmeo meknayO, go wyaa now. Gdoo nhgit. My seey thiisc hatt an oenm llI be ircgny onso?
EMILIA Tis neither here nor there.	ELIAMI No, it eodsnt name anyngthi.
DESDEMONA 45 I have heard it said so. Oh, these men, these men! Dost thou in conscience thinktell me, Emilia That there be women do abuse their husbands In such gross kind?	OSDEDNAEM I readh moeoens ysa hatts tahw it smean. Oh, tehse emn, sheet nem! Do yuo selohtny tihntllek me, ehitmlaErei rea mneow wohd hecta on tirhe sadhnsbu in hcus a sgdiutnisg nmanre?
EMILIA There be some such, no question.	EMIALI eThre ear owenm leik hatt out there, no iutenoqs.
DESDEMONA Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?	EEMSNDDAO odlWu yuo vree do cush a igthn rfo lla teh odwrl?
EMILIA 50 Why, would not you?	LEAIIM hyW, notlduw oyu?
DESDEMONA No, by this heavenly light!	NSEDOEMAD By the ghlti of aenevh, no, I ulwod nto!
EMILIA Nor I neither, by this heavenly light. I might do t as well i th dark.	IEMILA I tlwdoun ihrtee, by tlagidyh. It uwold be esreia to do it in eth kadr.
DESDEMONA Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?	SAEMEODND duoCl you ryllea do hsuc a ihtgn, rof all hte drowl?
EMILIA The worlds a huge thing. It is a great price for a small vice.	ILAMEI hTe wlsdor ehgu. sIt a igb zrpei fro uhcs a alslm sin.
DESDEMONA 55 In troth, I think thou wouldst not.	NEADDOEMS I dtno tnihk oyu wludo.
EMILIA In troth, I think I should, and undo t when I had done. Marry, I would not do such a thing for a joint-ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any petty exhibition. But for the whole world? Why, who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch? I should venture purgatory for t.	IEAMIL acltlyAu I kthin I ulwod, nad enht Id donu it treaf I ddi it. I udnwlot do it rof a cien igrn, or feni ienln, or tyterp snwog or tiecptosta or tsah. tuB rfo teh whole olwrd? Who dutwlno aecth on hre dubshan to make imh kgni? Id kris my lsou fro thta.
DESDEMONA Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong For the whole world.	ANDMDOESE Id evren do cshu a bad tnghi, ton rfo eht ewlho lrdwo!
EMILIA Why the wrong is but a wrong i th world, and having the world for your labor, tis a wrong in your own world, and you might quickly make it right.	MIEAIL yhW, a dba toaicn is sjtu a nowrg in shti wdlro, tub wneh yovue wno teh loweh rwdol, sti a rongw in uoyr onw dorlw, so yuo nca kema it ihgrt nhte.
DESDEMONA 60 I do not think there is any such woman.	ANSEEODDM I ntdo nkhti yan onwam ikel atth ixetss.
EMILIA Yes, a dozen, and as many to th vantage as would store the world they played for. But I do think it is their husbands faults If wives do fall. Say that they slack their duties	MIILEA Yes, a nodze of shtmae anym as reteh rae mnwoe in eth owdlr, in atcf. Btu I do nkhit tis eth dssauhbn lafut if we veiws aecth on mhte. orF tnsicean, rou sbsdanuh
And pour our treasures into foreign laps, 65 Or else break out in peevish jealousies, Throwing restraint upon us. Or say they strike us, Or scant our former having in despite. Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace, Yet have we some revenge. Let husbands know 70 Their wives have sense like them. They see and smell And have their palates both for sweet and sour, As husbands have. What is it that they do When they change us for others? Is it sport? I think it is. And doth affection breed it? 75 I think it doth. Is t frailty that thus errs? It is so too. And have not we affections, Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have? Then let them use us well, else let them know, The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.	yma otsp ieglpesn whti us, dan iegv it tuo to retho mnweo etdinsa. Or hyte yma teg elyansni jaousle, nda pkee us mfro ongig raewehny. Or ltes sya eyht iht us, or utc akbc on teh omeyn htey give us tuo of stpie. We aevh neflgesi. We may be elba to eovifgr etmh, ubt we nawt to get akbc at thme oto. daussbHn nede to knwo ahtt iehtr swive ear mhuna gbsine oot. Tyhe ees, lslme, dna sttae tesew dna ours utsj lkie ehtir sdahsbun. Why do teyh lpeecar us with rhote wemon? Do yteh do it fro fnu? I hitkn tehy do. Is it out of lust? I hktni so. Is it a eaesnwks? It is. nAd dtno we vahe sonspasi, dan a ttaes orf fun, and asesnweeks, tusj ikle nem? eThn llte etmh to atret us lelw. Or etl temh urfegi out atht teh adb stnhig we do aer ujst wtah we eelnrda omfr htme.
DESDEMONA 80 Good night, good night. Heaven me such uses send, Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend!	EMDADSNOE Gdoo hting, dgoo tighn. I pary ahtt Gdo lilw tel me anelr frmo woemn eilk ntohtta to owlolf ihret dab xeeplam, ubt to divoa it!
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Enter OTHELLO , LODOVICO , DESDEMONA , EMILIA and attendants	TLOLEHO , DCLOIOVO , DMAEDSEON adn ELIAMI eentr, thwi dnsentttaa.
LODOVICO I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further.	LCVODOIO lsaePe, ris, dont teorbul lyursoef.
OTHELLO Oh, pardon me, twill do me good to walk.	TLOLEOH I geb uoyr narodp; winkgal lliw eakm me efle erebtt.
LODOVICO Madam, good night. I humbly thank your ladyship.	ODLIOOCV oGdo hting, mdaam. anhTk uyo.
DESDEMONA Your honor is most welcome.	EESOMDDNA Yuoer otms lwmeoec.
OTHELLO 5 Will you walk, sir?O Desdemona	OOELTLH Wuldo uyo awkl otu hitw me, rsi?Oh, eaoDsnmed
DESDEMONA My lord?	SEEMNODAD Yse, my drol?
OTHELLO Get you to bed on th instant, I will be returned Forthwith. Dismiss your attendant there, look t be done.	HLETOLO Go to bed rghti shit emuitn. llI be rtehe lthrsoy. Send yuro idma imialE yawa. aMke uers yuo do wtah I ysa.
DESDEMONA I will, my lord.	ODNSMEDEA I iwll, my dlor.
Exeunt OTHELLO , LODOVICO , and attendants	OOTHLEL , VCLODIOO , adn dttantneas itex.
EMILIA 10 How goes it now? He looks gentler than he did.	LEMAII owH aer ntghis won? He losok emcrla hatn he idd eboerf.
DESDEMONA He says he will return incontinent, And hath commanded me to go to bed And bid me to dismiss you.	DONMSAEED He ysas hlel omce abck ihtrg wyaa. He sdake me to go to edb nda to ndse you yawa.
EMILIA Dismiss me?	EMIILA deSn me wyaa?
DESDEMONA It was his bidding. Therefore, good Emilia, 15 Give me my nightly wearing, and adieu. We must not now displease him.	DEAOENDSM atshT wtah he idsa. So iegv me my gognhtinw, laiimE, and llI ysa itoghndgo. We sdnltohu eldiasspe mih.
EMILIA Ay. Would you had never seen him!	AMLIEI Yse. I ihsw duyo erenv tme mih.
DESDEMONA So would not I. My love doth so approve him That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns 20 Prithee, unpin mehave grace and favor.	SMDDNEAEO ahsTt ont thaw I ihws. I vole hmi eenv nweh seh shahr nad nlpeHeam me iupnn sith, wdolu ouy?I vloe enev hsi beunntsbssor, ish wsfrno, ish adb oomds.
EMILIA I have laid those sheets you bade me on the bed.	AEILMI I ptu stoeh gwnddie hetses on yuor bed, as oyu aksde.
DESDEMONA Alls one. Good Father, how foolish are our minds! If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of these same sheets.	NDAODEESM It tnosde etrmat. Oh, owh ylsil we aer! If I eid eefbor uoy do maek rues Im ewdarpp in ohest eseths in my cinoff.
EMILIA Come, come! You talk!	EILIMA ntsiLe to uoy! noDt be ylils!
DESDEMONA 25 My mother had a maid called Barbary, She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her. She had a song of Willow, An old thing twas, but it expressed her fortune And she died singing it. That song tonight 30 Will not go from my mind. I have much to do But to go hang my head all at one side And sing it like poor Barbary. Prithee, dispatch.	NMODADSEE My omhter hda a maid dmaen Braryab. heS was in vloe, adn hre orlev tnuedr tuo to be ilwd adn eftl erh. eSh nwke an old gsno aelldc iWlwlo atth derinemd ehr of reh now rtsoy, nda ehs ided sgnngii it. I acnt gte atht gsno tuo of my dhea otginth. Its lla I anc do to pkee yelsmf rofm nighnga my haed dnow in airpsde adn gisngin it iekl oorp aryabrB. seaePl, uryrh up.
EMILIA Shall I go fetch your nightgown?	EMIIAL douhlS I teg oury tgginowhn?
DESDEMONA No, unpin me here. This Lodovico is a proper man.	DOEEANSMD No, stuj ehlp me ipunn sthi. htaT ocdviooL is a ogod-linokog mna.
EMILIA 35 A very handsome man.	IAIELM esH vyre hamnsdeo.
DESDEMONA He speaks well.	ENEAMDDOS He pseska wlel.
EMILIA I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.	IEALMI I owkn a ydla in ecVien wdho awkl all het wya to tsielenPa orf a siks mfor mhi.
DESDEMONA (singing) The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, Sing all a green willow. Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee, Sing willow, willow, willow. The fresh streams ran by her, and murmured her moans, Sing willow, willow, willow. Her salt tears fell from her, and softened the stones Sing willow, willow, willow Lay by these Willow, willow Prithee, hie thee, hell come anon Sing all a green willow must be my garland. Let nobody blame him, his scorn I approve Nay, thats not nextHark! Who is t that knocks?	SONEDEDMA (ignigns) eTh roop luos sta ngngsii by het mycsoear tree, rvoeEyen gsin eth rneeg oiwlwl, hSe had ehr dnah on rhe tsrbae nda hre daeh on reh knee, igSn iolwlw, wollwi, willow. eTh ehfsr eassrmt rna by reh adn urdmerum ehr moans, ngSi lowlwi, oliwlw, willow. eHr aslt sater efll omrf her and doefntes eht stones, ngiS wwlloi, illwwo, willow. utP esteh gstinh erov there. Paseel, ryurh, llhe ecom hgtri away. yonrveeE ings, a eergn willow tsum be my garland. ydboNo abmle mhi, esh rhigt to htae me No, thtas not owh it geso.sWoh ignokckn?
EMILIA Its the wind.	IEIALM Its eht dinw.
DESDEMONA (sings) I called my love false love but what said he then? Sing willow, willow, willow. If I court more women youll couch with more men So, get thee gone, good night. Mine eyes do itch, Doth that bode weeping?	ESNDEMOAD (ngisign) I lotd my overl he nddti elov me, tub awth did he ays? ignS wlilow, lwiwlo, willow. If I cehas mroe wenom, uloyl pelse twih rmeo meknayO, go wyaa now. Gdoo nhgit. My seey thiisc hatt an oenm llI be ircgny onso?
EMILIA Tis neither here nor there.	ELIAMI No, it eodsnt name anyngthi.
DESDEMONA 45 I have heard it said so. Oh, these men, these men! Dost thou in conscience thinktell me, Emilia That there be women do abuse their husbands In such gross kind?	OSDEDNAEM I readh moeoens ysa hatts tahw it smean. Oh, tehse emn, sheet nem! Do yuo selohtny tihntllek me, ehitmlaErei rea mneow wohd hecta on tirhe sadhnsbu in hcus a sgdiutnisg nmanre?
EMILIA There be some such, no question.	EMIALI eThre ear owenm leik hatt out there, no iutenoqs.
DESDEMONA Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?	EEMSNDDAO odlWu yuo vree do cush a igthn rfo lla teh odwrl?
EMILIA 50 Why, would not you?	LEAIIM hyW, notlduw oyu?
DESDEMONA No, by this heavenly light!	NSEDOEMAD By the ghlti of aenevh, no, I ulwod nto!
EMILIA Nor I neither, by this heavenly light. I might do t as well i th dark.	IEMILA I tlwdoun ihrtee, by tlagidyh. It uwold be esreia to do it in eth kadr.
DESDEMONA Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?	SAEMEODND duoCl you ryllea do hsuc a ihtgn, rof all hte drowl?
EMILIA The worlds a huge thing. It is a great price for a small vice.	ILAMEI hTe wlsdor ehgu. sIt a igb zrpei fro uhcs a alslm sin.
DESDEMONA 55 In troth, I think thou wouldst not.	NEADDOEMS I dtno tnihk oyu wludo.
EMILIA In troth, I think I should, and undo t when I had done. Marry, I would not do such a thing for a joint-ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any petty exhibition. But for the whole world? Why, who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch? I should venture purgatory for t.	IEAMIL acltlyAu I kthin I ulwod, nad enht Id donu it treaf I ddi it. I udnwlot do it rof a cien igrn, or feni ienln, or tyterp snwog or tiecptosta or tsah. tuB rfo teh whole olwrd? Who dutwlno aecth on hre dubshan to make imh kgni? Id kris my lsou fro thta.
DESDEMONA Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong For the whole world.	ANDMDOESE Id evren do cshu a bad tnghi, ton rfo eht ewlho lrdwo!
EMILIA Why the wrong is but a wrong i th world, and having the world for your labor, tis a wrong in your own world, and you might quickly make it right.	MIEAIL yhW, a dba toaicn is sjtu a nowrg in shti wdlro, tub wneh yovue wno teh loweh rwdol, sti a rongw in uoyr onw dorlw, so yuo nca kema it ihgrt nhte.
DESDEMONA 60 I do not think there is any such woman.	ANSEEODDM I ntdo nkhti yan onwam ikel atth ixetss.
EMILIA Yes, a dozen, and as many to th vantage as would store the world they played for. But I do think it is their husbands faults If wives do fall. Say that they slack their duties	MIILEA Yes, a nodze of shtmae anym as reteh rae mnwoe in eth owdlr, in atcf. Btu I do nkhit tis eth dssauhbn lafut if we veiws aecth on mhte. orF tnsicean, rou sbsdanuh
And pour our treasures into foreign laps, 65 Or else break out in peevish jealousies, Throwing restraint upon us. Or say they strike us, Or scant our former having in despite. Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace, Yet have we some revenge. Let husbands know 70 Their wives have sense like them. They see and smell And have their palates both for sweet and sour, As husbands have. What is it that they do When they change us for others? Is it sport? I think it is. And doth affection breed it? 75 I think it doth. Is t frailty that thus errs? It is so too. And have not we affections, Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have? Then let them use us well, else let them know, The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.	yma otsp ieglpesn whti us, dan iegv it tuo to retho mnweo etdinsa. Or hyte yma teg elyansni jaousle, nda pkee us mfro ongig raewehny. Or ltes sya eyht iht us, or utc akbc on teh omeyn htey give us tuo of stpie. We aevh neflgesi. We may be elba to eovifgr etmh, ubt we nawt to get akbc at thme oto. daussbHn nede to knwo ahtt iehtr swive ear mhuna gbsine oot. Tyhe ees, lslme, dna sttae tesew dna ours utsj lkie ehtir sdahsbun. Why do teyh lpeecar us with rhote wemon? Do yteh do it fro fnu? I hitkn tehy do. Is it out of lust? I hktni so. Is it a eaesnwks? It is. nAd dtno we vahe sonspasi, dan a ttaes orf fun, and asesnweeks, tusj ikle nem? eThn llte etmh to atret us lelw. Or etl temh urfegi out atht teh adb stnhig we do aer ujst wtah we eelnrda omfr htme.
DESDEMONA 80 Good night, good night. Heaven me such uses send, Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend!	EMDADSNOE Gdoo hting, dgoo tighn. I pary ahtt Gdo lilw tel me anelr frmo woemn eilk ntohtta to owlolf ihret dab xeeplam, ubt to divoa it!
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