No Fear Shakespeare: Othello: Act 5 Scene 2 Page 12

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This sight would make him do a desperate turn, 220Yea, curse his better angel from his side And fall to reprobation.	him terribly. It would make him curse the heavens and be damned to hell.
OTHELLO 'Tis pitiful, but yet Iago knows That she with Cassio hath the act of shame A thousand times committed. Cassio confessed it, 225And she did gratify his amorous works With that recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. I saw it in his hand, It was a handkerchief, an antique token My father gave my mother.	OTHELLO It’s sad, but Iago knows she had sex with Cassio a thousand times. Cassio confessed it, and she pledged her love to him by giving him the handkerchief I’d given her. I saw it in his hand. It was an old memento that my father gave to my mother.
EMILIA Oh, heaven! Oh, heavenly powers!	EMILIA Oh, God! Dear God in heaven!
IAGO 230Zounds, hold your peace.	IAGO Damn it, shut your mouth.
EMILIA 'Twill out, ’twill out.—I peace? No, I will speak as liberal as the north. Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak.	EMILIA No, the truth will come out—Me, shut my mouth? Let heaven and men and devils tell me to shut me up. I’ll say what I have to say.
IAGO 235Be wise, and get you home.	IAGO If you’re smart, you’ll go home.
Draws his sword	IAGO draws his sword.
EMILIA I will not.	EMILIA I won’t.
GRATIANO Fie! Your sword upon a woman?	GRATIANO Shame on you! Drawing your sword on a woman?
EMILIA O thou dull Moor! That handkerchief thou speak’st of I found by fortune and did give my husband. 240For often, with a solemn earnestness— More than indeed belonged to such a trifle— He begged of me to steal it.	EMILIA Oh, you stupid Moor! I found that handkerchief by accident and gave it to my husband. He’d begged me to steal it many times.