No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 1, Scene 3
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Enter DUKE,
SENATORS, and OFFICERS
| The DUKE enters with
SENATORS and
OFFICERS. | |
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DUKE
There’s no composition in this news
That gives them credit.
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DUKE
These reports are inconsistent. You can’t trust
them.
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FIRST SENATOR
Indeed, they are disproportioned.
My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.
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FIRST SENATOR
It’s true, they’re inconsistent. My letters
say there are a hundred and seven ships.
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DUKE
And mine a hundred and forty.
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DUKE
And mine say a hundred and forty.
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SECOND SENATOR
And mine, two
hundred.
But though they jump not on a just account—
As in these cases, where the aim reports
'Tis oft with difference—yet do they all
confirm
A Turkish fleet, and bearing up to Cyprus.
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SECOND SENATOR
And mine say two hundred. But often in these cases, reports are
just estimates. The important thing is that they all say a Turkish
fleet is approaching Cyprus.
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DUKE
Nay, it is possible enough to judgment.
I do not so secure me in the error,
But the main article I do approve
In fearful sense.
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DUKE
Yes, we get the idea. The inconsistency doesn’t make me
think that the reports are all wrong. I have no doubt about what
they’re basically saying, and it’s
frightening.
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SAILOR
(within)
What, ho, what,
ho, what, ho!
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SAILOR
(offstage) Hello! Hey,
hello!
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OFFICER
A messenger from the galleys.
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OFFICER
It’s a messenger from the warships.
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Enter SAILOR
| A SAILOR enters. | |
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DUKE
Now, what’s the business?
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DUKE
Why are you here?
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SAILOR
The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes,
So was I bid report here to the state
By Signior Angelo.
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SAILOR
Signor Angelo told me to come here and tell you that the Turkish
fleet is heading for Rhodes, not Cyprus.
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