Oth. Soft you; a word or two before you go.[6905]
I have done the state some service, and they know't.[6906]
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,[6907] 345
Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak[6908]
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,[6909]
Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,[6910]
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away[6911] 350
Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes,[6912]
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees[6913]
Their medicinal gum. Set you down this;[6914]
And say besides, that in Aleppo once, 355
Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk[6915]
Beat a Venetian and traduced the state,[6916]
I took by the throat the circumcised dog[6917]
And smote him, thus. [Stabs himself.[6918]
Lod. O bloody period!
Gra. All that's spoke is marr'd.[6919] 360
Oth. I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this,[6920]
Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.
[Falls on the bed, and dies.[6921]
Cas. This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon;
For he was great of heart.
Lod. [To Iago] O Spartan dog,[6922]
More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea! 365
Look on the tragic loading of this bed;[6923]
This is thy work: the object poisons sight;[6924]
Let it be hid. Gratiano, keep the house,
And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor,[6925]
For they succeed on you. To you, lord governor,[6926] 370
Remains the censure of this hellish villain,[6927]
The time, the place, the torture: O, enforce it!
Myself will straight aboard, and to the state
This heavy act with heavy heart relate. [Exeunt.[6928]
FOOTNOTES:
[6611] Act v. Scene i.] Actus. 5. Q1. Actus Quintus. Scena Prima. Ff. Actus 5. Scæna 1. Q2 Q3.