[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.