第 15 节
作者:美丽心点      更新:2021-02-19 19:37      字数:9322
  venial slip。 But if I give my wife a handkerchief OTHELLO。 What then?
  IAGO。   Why;   then;   'tis   hers;   my   lord;   and   being   hers;   She   may;   I   think;
  bestow't on any man。 OTHELLO。 She is protectress of her honor too。 May
  she give that? IAGO。 Her honor is an essence that's not seen; They have it
  very oft that have it not。 But for the handkerchief OTHELLO。 By heaven;
  I   would   most   gladly   have   forgot   it。   Thou   said'stO;   it   comes   o'er   my
  memory; As doth the raven o'er the infected house; Boding to allhe had
  my handkerchief。 IAGO。 Ay; what of that? OTHELLO。 That's not so good
  now。 IAGO。 What; If I had said I had seen him do you wrong? Or heard
  him sayas knaves be such abroad; Who having; by their own importunate
  suit; Or voluntary dotage of some mistress; Convinced or supplied them;
  cannot choose  But they  must blab  OTHELLO。  Hath   he said   anything?
  IAGO。   He   hath;   my   lord;   but   be   you   well   assured;   No   more   than   he'll
  unswear。   OTHELLO。   What   hath   he   said?   IAGO。   Faith;   that   he   didI
  know not what he did。 OTHELLO。 What? what? IAGO。 Lie OTHELLO。
  With her? IAGO。 With her; on her; what you will。 OTHELLO。 Lie with
  her!   lie   on   her!   We   say   lie   on   her;   when   they   belie   her。   Lie   with   her!
  'Zounds;      that's  fulsome!    Handkerchief       confessionshandkerchief!         To
  confess   and   be   hanged   for   his   labor   first;   to   be   hanged;   and   then   to
  confess。 I tremble at it。 Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing
  passion without some instruction。 It is not words that shakes me thus。 Pish!
  Noses; ears; and lips。 Is't possible? Confess? Handkerchief? O devil! Falls
  in a trance。 IAGO。 Work on; My medicine; work! Thus credulous fools are
  caught; And many worthy and chaste dames even thus; All guiltless; meet
  reproach。 What; ho! My lord! My lord; I say! Othello!
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  Enter Cassio。
  How   now;   Cassio!   CASSIO。  What's   the   matter?   IAGO。   My   lord   is
  fall'n   into  an   epilepsy。   This   is  his  second     fit;  he  had  one    yesterday。
  CASSIO。   Rub   him   about   the   temples。   IAGO。   No;   forbear;   The   lethargy
  must   have   his   quiet   course。   If   not;   he   foams   at   mouth;   and   by   and   by
  Breaks out to savage madness。 Look; he stirs。 Do you withdraw yourself a
  little while; He will recover straight。 When he is gone; I would on great
  occasion speak with you。 Exit Cassio。 How is it; general? Have you not
  hurt your head? OTHELLO。 Dost thou mock me? IAGO。 I mock you? No;
  by heaven。 Would you would bear your fortune like a man! OTHELLO。 A
  horned man's a monster and a beast。 IAGO。 There's many a beast then in a
  populous city; And many a civil monster。 OTHELLO。 Did he confess it?
  IAGO。 Good sir; be a man; Think every bearded fellow that's but yoked
  May draw with you。 There's millions now alive That nightly lie in those
  unproper beds Which they dare swear peculiar。 Your case is better。 O; 'tis
  the spite of hell; the fiend's arch…mock; To lip a wanton in a secure couch;
  And to suppose her chaste! No; let me know; And knowing what I am; I
  know what she shall be。 OTHELLO。 O; thou art wise; 'tis certain。 IAGO。
  Stand you awhile apart; Confine yourself but in a patient list。 Whilst you
  were here o'erwhelmed with your grief A passion most unsuiting such a
  man Cassio came hither。 I shifted him away; And laid good 'scuse upon
  your ecstasy; Bade him anon return and here speak with me The which he
  promised。   Do   but   encave   yourself   And   mark   the   fleers;   the   gibes;   and
  notable scorns; That dwell in every region of his face; For I will make him
  tell the tale anew; Where; how; how oft; how long ago; and when He hath
  and is again to cope your wife。 I say; but mark his gesture。 Marry; patience;
  Or    I  shall  say   you   are   all  in  all  in  spleen;   And   nothing    of   a  man。
  OTHELLO。   Dost   thou   hear;   Iago?   I   will   be   found   most   cunning   in   my
  patience; But (dost thou hear?) most bloody。 IAGO。 That's not amiss; But
  yet   keep    time   in  all。   Will  you   withdraw?    Othello    retires。  Now   will    I
  question Cassio of Bianca; A housewife that by selling her desires Buys
  herself bread and clothes。 It is a creature That dotes on Cassio; as 'tis the
  strumpet's plague To beguile many and be beguiled by one。 He; when he
  hears of her; cannot refrain From the excess of laughter。 Here he comes。
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  Re…enter Cassio。
  As he shall smile; Othello shall go mad; And his unbookish jealousy
  must construe Poor Cassio's smiles; gestures; and light behavior Quite in
  the  wrong。  How  do   you   now;  lieutenant?   CASSIO。 The  worser  that   you
  give me the addition Whose want even kills me。 IAGO。 Ply Desdemona
  well; and you are sure on't。 Now; if this suit lay in Bianca's power; How
  quickly should you speed! CASSIO。 Alas; poor caitiff! OTHELLO。 Look;
  how   he   laughs   already!   IAGO。   I     never   knew   a   woman   love   man   so。
  CASSIO。 Alas; poor rogue! I think; i'faith; she loves me。 OTHELLO。 Now
  he    denies   it  faintly  and   laughs   it  out。  IAGO。    Do    you   hear;  Cassio?
  OTHELLO。 Now he importunes him To tell it o'er。 Go to; well said; well
  said。 IAGO。 She gives it out that you shall marry her。 Do you intend it?
  CASSIO。       Ha;   ha;  ha!  OTHELLO。        Do    you   triumph;   Roman?      Do   you
  triumph? CASSIO。 I marry her! What? A customer! I prithee; bear some
  charity to my wit; do not think it so unwholesome。 Ha; ha; ha! OTHELLO。
  So;  so;   so;  so。 They  laugh   that   win。  IAGO。   Faith;  the   cry  goes   that   you
  shall marry her。 CASSIO。 Prithee; say true。 IAGO。 I am a very villain else。
  OTHELLO。   Have   you   scored   me?   Well。   CASSIO。 This   is   the   monkey's
  own giving out。 She is persuaded I will marry her; out of her own love and
  flattery;   not   out   of   my   promise。   OTHELLO。   Iago   beckons   me;   now   he
  begins the story。 CASSIO。 She was here even now; she haunts me in every
  place。 I was the other day talking on the sea bank with certain Venetians;
  and thither comes the bauble; and; by this hand; she falls me thus about
  my   neck   OTHELLO。   Crying;   〃O   dear   Cassio!〃   as   it   were;   his   gesture
  imports it。 CASSIO。 So hangs and lolls and weeps upon me; so hales and
  pulls me。 Ha; ha; ha! OTHELLO。 Now he tells how she plucked him to
  my chamber。 O; I see that nose of yours; but not that dog I shall throw it to。
  CASSIO。 Well; I must leave her company。 IAGO。 Before me! look where
  she comes。 CASSIO。 'Tis such another fitchew! marry; a perfumed one。
  Enter Bianca。
  What do you mean by this haunting of me? BIANCA。 Let the devil
  and   his   dam   haunt   you!   What   did   you   mean   by   that   same   handkerchief
  you gave me even now? I was a fine fool to take it。 I must take out the
  work? A likely piece of work that you should find it in your chamber and
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  not know who left it there! This is some minx's token; and I must take out
  the   work?   There;   give   it   your   hobbyhorse。   Wheresoever   you   had   it;   I'll
  take out no work on't。 CASSIO。 How now; my sweet Bianca! how now!
  how     now!    OTHELLO。         By    heaven;    that   should    be   my   handkerchief!
  BIANCA。 An   you'll   come   to   supper   tonight;   you   may;   an   you   will   not;
  come   when   you   are   next   prepared   for。   Exit。   IAGO。 After   her;   after   her。
  CASSIO。 Faith;   I   must; she'll   rail   i' the   street   else。   IAGO。 Will   you   sup
  there? CASSIO。 Faith; I intend so。 IAGO。 Well; I may chance to see you;
  for I would very fain speak with you。 CASSIO。 Prithee; come; will you?
  IAGO。 Go to; say no more。 Exit Cassio。 OTHELLO。 'Advancing。' How
  shall I murther him; Iago? IAGO。 Did you perceive how he laughed at his
  vice?   OTHELLO。   O   Iago!   IAGO。   And   did   you   see   the   handkerchief?
  OTHELLO。 Was that mine? IAGO。 Yours; by this hand。 And to see how
  he prizes the foolish woman your wife! She gave it him; and he hath given
  it   his   whore。   OTHELLO。   I   would   have   him   nine   years   akilling。 A  fine
  woman! a fair woman! a sweet woman! IAGO。 Nay; you must forget that。
  OTHELLO。 Ay;   let   her   rot;   and   perish;   and   be   damned   tonight;   for   she
  shall not live。 No; my heart is turned to stone; I strike it; and it hurts my
  hand。   O;   the   world   hath    not   a   sweeter   cr