The tragoedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice : as it hath beene diuerse times acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers by His Maiesties Seruants

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by  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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THE
Tragoedy ofOthello,
The Moore of Venice.
%As hath beene diuerfe times acted at tht
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Globe and at theBlack-Friers bf
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hu Maieflies Seruants.
William
Shakefpeare.
Written hj
LOJSTD O N,
Printed byN. O.for Themaswdiley^and arc to be Ibidat his
(hop,attheEagle and Child, in Brittans Biirffe.

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The Tragedy ofOihdlo the Moore
Venice,
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Enttrlagoand Rqderigo^
Roderigo*
[Vfh^neucr tellme,!takeit muchviikindly
ThatyouIago;^ho has had mypurfc.
Asifthe ftringswere thine, Hiould'ftknow of thiy^
Ing, S'blood,butyouwillnotheareme,
Ifeiier I did dreamc offuch a mattcr,abhorre me.
Rod, Thoutoldft me^thoudidft holdhim in thyhate.
lag, Tyt(^\(t meif I doc not ; threegreat ones ofthcCitty
Inpcrfonaliruiic tomakemehisLeiutcnar.t,
Oftcaptto himjOntl bythefjirh of^man,
I know my priceJ amw^orth no worfe a place.
But he^aslouinghis owrne pride andpUrpofes,
Euadesthem,with a bumbaft circumftaoec,
Horril ly ttuftwith Epithitcs of warre
Andinconchifion,
^jon-fuits my mediators for certes/ayes he,
:
I haue already chofenmy officer^and wiut was he?
Forfooth,a great Aritbmetitioiij
One MtchadCafshy2^Florentine,
A
fellowalniofi dambd in a fairc wife
That neuerfet a fquadron inthe field.
Nor the deuifion ofaBattellknowcs.
B Merc
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TheTragedy o/DthcUo
Mofc thenaSpinftcrjVnlcffc the bookifliThcorique*
Wherein the toged Confulscanpropofc
As mallcrly as he j meerepratclewithout praftlfr.
Is allhisfouldicr-fhippc: buchefirhacitheek6lion^
And Ijofwhom his eyes had fcenetheproofe.
At RhodcSfti0/?rw,andon other grounds,
Chriftian a«d Heathen,mull be leJ^anJ calni'd.
ByDebitorandCreditor,this Gounter-cailcr
He in good timf,murthis Leiutenantbe,
And IjGod blefle thcmarke,his Worfl\ips Ancient,
Rok^ ByhcauenIrather would haue binhis hangman*
/rf. But there's no remedy,
Tis the curfcofferuice.
Preferment goes by letter and aflFc(5ion
Notby the olde gradatJon,whereeaehfecond
Stood heiretothefirft:
Now
fir be iu.^.gcyourfelffi
WhetherI,in any iuft tearme am aflignd
toloue the Moore.
i^tfd'. Iwould not followhimthen,
O
la^ fir,concent you,
I follow him to feruc my turne vponhim.
We
cannot beallmafters,norall matters
Cannot be truelyfol!owed,you fhallmarkc*
Many a dutious and knee-crooking knaue.
That dotingonhis owne obfeqiiious bondage,
Weares out his time muchlike hismatters Afle,
-Fornoughe but prouendcr^and when hee'sold caflbicrd^ 'fi
Whip mcefuch honeftknaues
Othersthere are,who trimd ia formes.
And viflagesofduty^kecpeyet theirhearts.
Attendingon themfeJues,aHdthrowing
Bi)t fhewes offeruice on theirLordsit
Doewellthriue by'em.
And when they hauelin'd theircoate^j.
Doc themfelues homage,
Xhofe fellawes haMcfomcf^uIe^