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IAGO Villainous
whore!
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IAGO You evil whore!
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EMILIA She give it Cassio? No, alas, I found it
And I did give ’t my husband.
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EMILIA You think she gave it to Cassio? No, I found it and gave it to my
husband.
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IAGO Filth, thou
liest!
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IAGO You piece of filth, you’re lying!
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EMILIA
245By heaven, I do not, I do not, gentlemen.—
(to OTHELLO)
O murderous coxcomb! What should such a fool
Do with so good a wife?
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EMILIA I swear I’m not lying. (to OTHELLO) Oh, you
murderous fool! How did you ever get such a good wife?
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OTHELLO Are there no
stones in heaven
But what serve for the thunder?—Precious
villain!
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OTHELLO Won’t heaven strike this Iago dead? You absolute
villain!
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He runs at IAGO
IAGO stabs EMILIA
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OTHELLO runs at
IAGO. IAGO stabs
EMILIA.
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GRATIANO
250The woman falls! Sure he hath killed his wife.
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GRATIANO The woman’s falling down! He’s killed his
wife!
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EMILIA Ay, ay. Oh, lay me by my mistress' side.
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EMILIA Yes, yes! Lay me next to my mistress.
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Exit IAGO
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IAGO exits.
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GRATIANO He’s gone, but his wife’s killed.
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GRATIANO He’s gone, and his wife’s dead.
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MONTANO 'Tis a notorious villain. Take you this weapon,
Which I have recovered from the Moor.
255Come, guard the door without. Let him not pass,
But kill him rather. I’ll after that same villain,
For ’tis a damnèd slave.
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MONTANO He’s a wicked, horrible criminal. Take the
Moor’s sword and guard the door from the outside. Kill
him rather than let him leave this room. I’m going after
Iago. He’s a horrid criminal.
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Exeunt MONTANO and
GRATIANO
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MONTANO and GRATIANO
exit.
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