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Hath he said anything?
IAGO
He hath, my lord, but be you well assur’d, [30]
No more than he’ll unswear.
OTHELLO
What hath he said?
IAGO
Faith, that he did... I know not what he did.
OTHELLO
But 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, [35] when they belie her, − lie
with her, zounds, that’s fulsome! Handkerchief − confessions − handkerchief!
To confess, and be hanged for his labour. First, to be hanged, and then to
confess; I tremble at it. Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing
passion [40] without some instruction. It is not words that shake me thus.
Pish! Noses, ears and lips. Is ’t possible? − Confess? − Handkerchief? − O
devil!
He falls down.
IAGO
Work on,
My medicine, work: thus credulous fools are caught, [45]
