{"id":9435,"date":"2026-06-16T20:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9435"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:40:26","slug":"othello-act-ii-scene-iii-first-folio-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9435","title":{"rendered":"Othello:  Act II, Scene i; First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Othello.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Iago<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">1069  That\u00a0<em>Cassio<\/em>\u00a0loues her, I do well beleeu't:\n1070  That\u00a0she loues him, 'tis apt, and of great Credite.\n1071  The Moore (how beit that I endure him not)\n1072  Is of a constant, louing, Noble Nature,\n1073  And I dare thinke, he'le proue to\u00a0<em>Desdemona<\/em>\n1074  A most\u00a0deere husband. Now I do loue her too,\n1075  Not out of absolute Lust, (though peraduenture\n1076  I\u00a0stand accomptant for as great a\u00a0sin)\n1077  But partely led to dyet my Reuenge,\n1078  For that I do\u00a0suspect\u00a0the lustie Moore\n1079  Hath leap'd into my Seate. The thought whereof,\n1080  Doth (like a poysonous Minerall) gnaw my Inwardes:\n1081  And nothing can, or\u00a0shall content my Soule\n1082  Till I am eeuen'd with him, wife, for wift.\n1083  Or fayling\u00a0so, yet that I put the Moore,\n1084  At least\u00a0into a Ielouzie\u00a0so\u00a0strong\n1085  That iudgement cannot cure. Which thing to do,\n1086  If this poore Trash\u00a0of Venice, whom I trace\n1087  For his quicke hunting,\u00a0stand the putting on,\n1088  Ile haue our\u00a0<em>Michael Cassio<\/em>\u00a0on the hip,\n1089  Abuse him to the Moore, in the right garbe\n1090  (For I feare\u00a0<em>Cassio<\/em>\u00a0with my Night-Cape too)\n1091  Make the Moore thanke me, loue me, and reward me,\n1092  For making him egregiously an Asse,\n1093  And practising vpon his peace, and quiet,\n1094  Euen to madnesse. 'Tis heere: but yet confus'd,\n1095  Knaueries plaine face, is neuer\u00a0seene, till vs'd.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This speech is used in <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">our interview with Ben Turner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scanned version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Modern Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Othello.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Iago 1069 That\u00a0Cassio\u00a0loues her, I do well beleeu&#8217;t: 1070 That\u00a0she loues him, &#8217;tis apt, and of great Credite. 1071 The Moore (how beit that I endure him not) 1072 Is of a constant, louing, Noble Nature, 1073 And I dare thinke, he&#8217;le proue to\u00a0Desdemona 1074 A most\u00a0deere husband. 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