The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]

[6212] Act iv. Scene i.] Actus 4. Q₁. Actus Quartus. Scæna Prima. Ff. Actus 4. Scæna 1. Q₂ Q₃.

Cyprus. Before the castle.] The same. Capell. A Room of State. Rowe. A Court before the Palace. Theobald.

Enter....] Ff. Enter Iago and Othello. Qq.

[6213] Iago!] Iago? Ff. Iago. Qq.

[6214] Think ... private?] As one line, S. Walker conj.

What ... private?] Arranged as by Capell. One line in Ff. Continued to Othello, Lettsom conj.

[6215] kiss] kisse. Qq. kisse? F₁ F₂ F₃. kiss? F₄.

[6216] friend] Qq F₁. friends F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6217] in bed] Ff. abed Qq.

[6218] tempts and] tempts not, Hanmer (Warburton).

[6219] So] Qq. If Ff.

[6220] But if I] But I F₃ F₄.

[6221] handkerchief—] Rowe. handkerchiefe. Ff Q₂ Q₃. handkercher. Q₁.

[6222] Why, then,] om. Seymour conj.

[6223] protectress] proprietor Hanmer. propertied Warburton. proprietress Capell.

too] to Q₁.

[6224] infected] Qq. infectious Ff.

[6225] all] ill Pope (ed. 2).

[6226] That's ... said] As one line, S. Walker conj.

What, ... wrong?] Divided as by Dyce. One line in Qq Ff.

[6227] If I had said] If I said Pope.

[6228] heard] heare F₂. hear F₃ F₄.

[6229] Or] Or by the Q₁.

[6230] Convinced] F₂ F₃ F₄. Conuinced Q₁ (Dev. and Chip.) F₁. Coniured Q₁ (Cap.) Q₂. Conjured Q₃. Convinc'd Theobald, Hanmer, and Capell.

Convinced or] Convinc'd her and Keightley.

supplied] suppled Theobald, Hanmer, and Capell.

cannot] they cannot Theobald. then cannot Hanmer. straight cannot Capell.

[6231] blab—] Malone. blab: Capell. blab. Qq F₃ F₄. blab.) F₁ F₂.

[6232] Faith] Q₁. Why The rest.

did—I ... he did.] Qq. did: I ... he did. Ff. did I know not what;—he did. Rann (Mason conj.)

[6233] What? what?] Ff. But what? Q₁. What? Q₂ Q₃.

[6234] Lie—] Lye— Rowe. Lye. Qq Ff.

With her, on] Qq. With her? on Ff.

[6235]] We say ... belie her.] Omitted by Pope.

[6236] 'Zounds,] Zouns, Q₁. Omitted in the rest.

[6237] Handkerchief] handkerchers Q₁. handkerchiefs Q₂ Q₃.

confessions] Ff. confession Qq.

handkerchief] hankerchers Q₁. handkerchiefs Q₂ Q₃. handkerchief—handkerchief Theobald.

[6238] To confess ... to confess.] Put in the margin by Pope. Omitted by Hanmer.

[6239] To confess ... devil!] Omitted in Q₁.

[6240] shadowing] shadowy Becket conj. shuddering Collier MS.

passion] Omitted by Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, and Warburton.

instruction] Iustruction F₁. induction Hanmer (Warburton). infraction Becket conj.

[6241] shakes] shake Rowe.

[6242] [Falls ... trance.] Omitted in Q₁ (Cap.) He fals downe. Q₁ (Dev. and Chip.)

[6243] Work on ... Othello!] Divided as in Ff. Prose in Qq.

[6244] medicine, work!] Theobald. medicine, worke: Qq. medicine workes. F₁ F₂. medicine works. F₃ F₄.

[6245] Scene ii. Pope.

[6246] fall'n] fell Theobald.

[6247] his] the F₄.

[6248] No, forbear;] Omitted in Ff.

[6249] his] om. Q₃.

[6250] stirs] starres Q₃.

[6251] [Exit Cassio.] As in Rowe. Opposite mocke me? line 59, in Q₂ Q₃. Omitted in Q₁ Ff.

[6252] head] hand F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6253] thou] om. Q₃.]

you! no, by] you? no by Q₁ Q₂. you not, by Ff. you no by Q₃.

heaven.] heaven; I mock you not. Capell.

[6254] fortune] Ff. fortunes Qq.

like] life F₂.

[6255] it] om. Qq.

Good sir] God sir Q₁ (Cap.)

[6256] every] ever Q₃.

[6257] there's millions] millions are Pope.

[6258] lie] lyes Q₁.

[6259] peculiar] prculiar F₂. peculior Q₃.

case] Qq F₁. cause F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6260] 'tis] this Q₃. it is Hanmer, ending lines 68-73 case ... hell, ... in ... chaste ... am, ... wise ... apart.

[6261] S. Walker would read as four lines, ending chaste!... am, ... wise; ... apart.

[6262] let] let not Q₃.

[6263] she] om. Steevens conj.

[6264] 'tis] that's Capell (corrected in Errata).

you] you now Hanmer.

[6265] o'erwhelmed] ere while mad Q₁.

[6266] unsuiting] vnsuting Q₁ (Dev.) vnfitting Q₁ (Cap.) Q₂. unfitting Q₃. resulting Ff.

[6267] laid] layd F₁. layed Qq.

'scuse upon] scuse upon Q₂ Q₃. scuse, upon Q₁. scuses upon F₁. scuses on F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6268] Bade] Bid Q₁. Bad The rest.

return] retire Qq.

here] her Q₃.

[6269] Do] om. Qq.

[6270] fleers] geeres Q₁ (Cap.) Q₂ Q₃. Ieeres Q₁ (Dev.)

gibes] Iibes Q₁ (Dev.)

[6271] hath] Ff. has Qq.

[6272] you are] Qq. y'are Ff.

in spleen] a spleen Capell (Johnson conj.) one spleen Lettsom conj.

[6273] thou] om. Capell.

[6274] cunning] cunuing Q₁ (Cap.)

[6275] Iago.] aago. F₂.

[6276] yet] om. Q₃.

[Othello retires.] Othello withdraws. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.

[6277] clothes] cloathes Qq. cloath F₁ F₂. cloth F₃ F₄.

it is a creature] Omitted in Q₃.

[6278] refrain] refraine Qq. restraine F₁ F₂. restrain F₃ F₄.

[6279] Re-enter Cassio.] Steevens (1793). Enter Cassio. Ff. Ent. Cassio. or Enter Cas. Qq (opposite line 96). Enter Cassio, at a Distance. Capell. Transferred to follow wrong, line 102, by Dyce.

[6280] Scene iii. Pope.

[6281] construe] Rowe. conster Qq. conserve Ff.

[6282] Poor] Our Theobald conj. (withdrawn).

behaviour] Qq. behaviours Ff.

[6283] now] Qq. om. Ff.

[6284] worser] worse Q₃.

give Qq F₁. gave F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6285] [Speaking lower. Rowe.

power] Qq. dowre Ff.

[6286] caitiff] caitiffe Ff. cative Qq.

[6287] Marked as 'Aside' by Theobald.

[6288] a woman] Qq. woman Ff.

[6289] i' faith] ifaith Q₁. indeed The rest.

[6290] it] om. Pope.

[6291] importunes] in portunes Q₃.

[6292] o'er] on Q₁ Q₂, reading Now ... on as one line. out Q₃, dividing as Q₁ Q₂.

well said, well said.] Ff. well said. Qq.

[6293] you ... you] Qq. ye ... you Ff.

triumph,] triumph o'er me, Collier MS.

Roman] rogue Warburton.

[6294] I ... ha!] Prose first in Pope. Two lines, the first ending wit, in Q₁. Three, ending beare ... it ... ha, in Ff. Three, ending customer; ... wit, ... ha, in Q₂ Q₃.

[6295] I marry her!] I marry her? Qq. I marry. Ff.

what, a customer!] Omitted in Q₁.

I prithee] I prethee Qq. prythee F₁ F₂. prethee F₃. prithee F₄.

[6296] So, so, so, so:] So, so: F₃ F₄.

they] om. Q₁.

win] F₄. wins Q₁ Q₂. wines Q₃. winnes F₁ F₂ F₃.

[6297] Faith] Q₁. Why The rest.

that] om. Q₁.

shall] Qq F₃ F₄. om. F₁ F₂.

[6298] very] om. Hanmer.

[6299] Have ... me?] Erased in Collier MS.

Have] Ff. Ha Qq.

scored me? Well.] scoar'd me? Well. F₁ Q₂ Q₃. stor'd me well. Q₁. scoar'd me; Well. F₂ F₃ F₄. coxed me? Well. Jackson conj.

[6300] This ... promise.] Prose in Qq. Three lines, ending out: ... her ... promise, in Ff.

[6301] beckons] Qq F₃ F₄. becomes F₁. becons F₂.

[6302] the other] Ff. tother Qq.

[6303] the] Ff. this Qq.

[6304] and, by this hand, she falls me thus] Collier. by this hand she fals thus Q₁. and falls me thus Ff. fals me thus Q₂ Q₃.

[6305] neck—] Rowe. A full stop in Qq Ff.

[6306] gesture] iesture Q₁ F₁.

[6307] So ... ha!] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.

[6308] lolls] iolls Q₂. jolls Q₃.

hales Q₁ Q₂. hals Q₃. shakes Ff.

[6309] Now ... to.] Prose in Ff. Two lines in Qq.

[6310] O] om. Qq.

not] Qq F₁. now F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6311] throw it] Ff. throw't Qq.

[6312] Before ... comes] Continued to Cassio in Q₂ Q₃.

[6313] Scene iv. Pope.

'Tis ... one.] Continued to 'Iago' in Q₁.

fitchew] ficho Q₁.

Enter Bianca.] As in Dyce. After line 141 in Qq. After line 142 in Ff.

[6314] handkerchief] handkercher Q₁.

[6315] the work] the whole worke Q₁.

[6316] not know] Qq. know not Ff.

[6317] your] Ff. the Qq.

[6318] [Casting it to him. Collier (Collier MS.)

[6319] How ... now!] One line in Qq. Two in Ff.

[6320] An] Qq. If Ff.

an] Qq. if Ff.

[6321] Faith] Q₁. The rest omit.

i' the] Qq. in the Ff.

street] Q₂ Q₃. streete Q₁. streets Ff.

[6322] Will ... there?] You sup there. Q₂ Q₃.

[6323] Faith] Q₁. Yes The rest.

[6324] to; say] F₂ F₃ F₄. to, say Q₁. too: say F₁. to say Q₂ Q₃.

[Exit Cassio.] Qq. Exit. Ff.

[6325] Scene v. Manent Othello and Jago. Pope.

[Advancing] Coming hastily from his Concealment. Capell. om. Qq Ff.

[6326] Iago] Iaga Q₂.

[6327] Iago. Yours ... Oth.] Omitted in Qq.

[6328] I would ... woman!] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.

[6329] that.] Ff. that Q₂ Q₃. om. Q₁.

[6330] Ay,] I, Ff. And Qq.

[6331] stone] a stone Q₂ Q₃.

[6332] hath] Ff. has Qq.

[6333] but] not Q₂ Q₃.

[6334] and Qq F₁. a F₂ F₃ F₄.

[6335] invention:—] Dyce. invention!— Rowe. invention. Qq. invention? Ff.

[6336] O,] om. Qq.

[6337] O ... condition!] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.

[6338] thousand thousand] Qq. thousand, a thousand Ff.

[6339] a condition] condition Pope.

[6340] Nay,] I Q₁.

Nay ... certain:] A separate line in Ff.

[6341] O Iago ... Iago!] the pitty. Q₁. oh the pitty. Q₂ Q₃.

[6342] are] Ff. be Qq.

[6343] touch] Ff. touches Qq.

[6344] night. I'll] night I'le Q₁. night Ile Q₂ Q₃.

[6345] beauty] her beauty F₃ F₄.

[6346] her in] here in Q₃.

[6347] even] Even in Pope, reading as verse.

[6348] Good, good:] In a separate line in Ff.

pleases: very] Ff. pleases, very Q₂ Q₃. pleases very Q₁.

[6349] And ... midnight.] Prose in Qq. Two lines in Ff.

[6350] Excellent ... same?] One line in Ff. Two in Qq.

[A trumpet within.] As in Dyce. A Trumpet. Qq, after midnight, line 205. Omitted in Ff.

[6351] Something ... him.] As in Qq. See note (VIII).

[6352] Venice, sure. 'Tis] Theobald. Venice sure, tis Q₁. Venice sure; tis Q₂. Venice sure 'tis Q₃.

[6353] Enter ...] As in Theobald. After line 205 in Qq Ff.