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Enter CASSIO
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CASSIO enters. |
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RODERIGO
I know his gait, ’tis he.—Villain, thou
diest!
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RODERIGO
I know the sound of his walk.—Die, villain!
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Thrusts at CASSIO
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RODERIGO thrusts his sword at
CASSIO. |
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CASSIO
That thrust had been mine enemy indeed
But that my coat is better than thou know’st
I will make proof of thine.
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CASSIO
That thrust might really have hurt me if I didn’t have
this armor on under my cloak. Now let’s see what
you’ve got on.
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Draws, and wounds RODERIGO
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CASSIOdraws his sword and stabs
Roderigo. |
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RODERIGO
Oh, I am
slain!
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RODERIGO
Oh, I’m dead!
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IAGO from behind wounds
CASSIO in the legs, exits |
From behind, IAGO stabs
CASSIO in the leg and then exits. |
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CASSIO
I am maimed for ever. Help, ho! Murder! Murder!
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CASSIO
I’ll be crippled forever! Help! Murder! murder!
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Enter OTHELLO
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OTHELLO enters. |
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OTHELLO
The voice of Cassio. Iago keeps his word.
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OTHELLO
That’s Cassio’s voice. Iago has kept his
word.
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RODERIGO
Oh, villain that I am!
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RODERIGO
Oh, what a villain I am!
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OTHELLO
It is even so.
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OTHELLO
That’s the truth.
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CASSIO
Oh, help, ho! Light! A surgeon!
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CASSIO
Help me! Get some light! Get me a surgeon!
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OTHELLO
'Tis he. Oh, brave Iago, honest and just,
That hast such noble sense of thy friend’s
wrong!
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OTHELLO
It’s him! Brave Iago, how honest and trustworthy you
are! You even went as far as murder to help your friend in his
misfortune. You teach me how I should act.
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