Iago. Is't possible? 275
Cas. I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly,
a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should[5695]
put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel and applause,[5696]
transform ourselves into beasts! 280
Iago. Why, but you are now well enough: how came
you thus recovered?
Cas. It hath pleased the devil drunkenness to give place
to the devil wrath: one unperfectness shows me another, to
make me frankly despise myself. 285
Iago. Come, you are too severe a moraler: as the time,
the place, and the condition of this country stands, I could[5697]
heartily wish this had not befallen; but since it is as it is,[5698]
mend it for your own good.
Cas. I will ask him for my place again; he shall tell me 290
I am a drunkard! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such
an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man,[5699]
by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O strange! Every[5700]
inordinate cup is unblest, and the ingredient is a devil.[5701]
Iago. Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature,[5702] 295
if it be well used: exclaim no more against it. And, good
lieutenant, I think you think I love you.
Cas. I have well approved it, sir. I drunk!
Iago. You or any man living may be drunk at some time,[5703]
man. I'll tell you what you shall do. Our general's wife[5704] 300
is now the general. I may say so in this respect, for that
he hath devoted and given up himself to the contemplation,[5705]
mark and denotement of her parts and graces: confess[5706]
yourself freely to her; importune her help to put you in[5707]
your place again: she is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed[5708] 305
a disposition, she holds it a vice in her goodness not to do[5709]
more than she is requested: this broken joint between you[5710]
and her husband entreat her to splinter; and, my fortunes
against any lay worth naming, this crack of your love shall
grow stronger than it was before.[5711] 310
Cas. You advise me well.