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Othello
his thought,
    Too hideous to be shown: thou didst mean something;
    I heard thee say but now, thou likâst not that,
    When Cassio left my wife: what didst not like?
    And when I told thee he was of my counsel, [115]
    In my whole course of wooing, thou criedst âIndeed?â
    And didst contract and purse thy brow together,
    As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain
    Some horrible conceit : if thou dost love me,
    Show me thy thought. [120]
IAGO. My lord, you know I love you.
OTHELLO. I think thou dost,
    And for I know thou art full of love and honesty
    And weighest thy words, before thou give âem breath,
    Therefore these stop s of thine fright me the more:
    For such things in a false disloyal knave [125]
    Are tricks of custom; but in a man thatâs just,
    They are close denotement s , working from the heart,
    That passion cannot rule.
IAGO. For Michael Cassio,
    I dare presume , I think that he is honest.
OTHELLO. I think so too.
IAGO. Men should be that they seem, [130]
    Or those that be not, would they might seem none!
OTHELLO. Certain, men should be what they seem.
IAGO. Why then I think Cassioâs an honest man.
OTHE LLO. Nay, yet thereâs more in this:
    I prithee, speak to me as to thy thinkings, [135]
    As thou dost ruminate , and give the worst of thought
    The worst of word.
IAGO. Good my lord, pardon me;
    Though I am bound to every act of duty,
    I am not bound to that all slaves are free to;
    Utter my thoughts? Why, say they are vile and false: [140]
    As whereâs that palace, whereinto foul things
    Sometimes intrude not? who has a breast so pure,
    But some uncleanly apprehension s
    Keep leets and law-days , and in session sit
    With meditation s lawful? [145]
OTHELLO. Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,
    If thou but thinkest him wrongâd, and makest his ear
    A stranger to thy thoughts.
IAGO. I do beseech you,
    Though I perchance am vicious in my guess,
    (As I confess it is my natureâs plague [150]
    To spy into abuse s , and oft my jealousy
    Shapes faults that are not) I entreat you then,
    From one that so imperfectly conject s ,
    Youâld take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble
    Out of my scattering and unsure observance ; [155]
    It were not for your quiet, nor your good,
    Nor for my manhood, honesty, or wisdom,
    To let you know my thoughts.
OTHELLO. Zounds!
IAGO. Good name in man and woman âs dear, my lord;
    Is the immediate jewel of our souls: [160]
    Who steals my purse, steals trash, âtis something, nothing,
    âTwas mine, âtis his, and has been slave to thousands:
    But he that filch es from me my good name
    Robs me of that which not enrich es him,
    And makes me poor indeed. [165]
OTHELLO. By heaven Iâll know thy thought.
IAGO. You cannot, if my heart were in your hand,
    Nor shall not, whilst âtis in my custody :
    O, beware jealousy;
    It is the green-eyâd monster, which doth mock [170]
    That meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss ,
    Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger:
    But O, what damned minutes tells he oâer
    Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!
OTHELLO. O misery! [175]
IAGO. Poor and content is rich, and rich enough,
    But riches, fineless , is as poor as winter
    To him that ever fears he shall be poor:
    Good God, the souls of all my tribe defend
    From jealousy!
OTHELLO. Why, why is this? [180]
    Thinkâst thou lâld make a life of jealousy?
    To follow still the changes of the moon
    With fresh
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