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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.
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him terribly. It would make him curse the heavens and be damned to
hell.
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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.
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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.
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EMILIA Oh, heaven! Oh, heavenly powers!
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EMILIA Oh, God! Dear God in heaven!
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IAGO
230Zounds, hold your peace.
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IAGO Damn it, shut your mouth.
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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.
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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.
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IAGO
235Be wise, and get you home.
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IAGO If you’re smart, you’ll go home.
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Draws his sword
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IAGO draws his
sword.
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EMILIA I will not.
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EMILIA I won’t.
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GRATIANO Fie! Your sword upon a woman?
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GRATIANO Shame on you! Drawing your sword on a woman?
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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.
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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.
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