<p>［Before the castle．Enter CASSIO and some Musicians］</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>Masters，play here；I wi11 content your pains；</p>
<p>Something that’s brief； and bid ‘Good morrow，general．</p>
<p>［Music．Enter Clown］</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>Why masters，have your instruments been in Naples，</p>
<p>that they speak i’the nose thus？</p>
<p>First Musician</p>
<p>How，sir，how！</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>Are these，I pray you， wind－instruments？</p>
<p>First Musician</p>
<p>Ay，marry，are they， sir．</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>O，thereby hangs a tail．</p>
<p>First Musician</p>
<p>Whereby hangs a tale，sir？</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>Marry．sir，by many a wind-instrument that I know．</p>
<p>But，masters，here’s money for you：the general</p>
<p>so likes your music，that he desires you，for love’s</p>
<p>sake，to make no more noise with it．</p>
<p>First Musician</p>
<p>Well，sir，we will not</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>If you have any music that may not be heard，to’t</p>
<p>again：but，as they say to hear music the general</p>
<p>does not greatly care．</p>
<p>First Musician．</p>
<p>We have none such， sir．</p>
<p>Clown．</p>
<p>Then put up your pipes in your bag，for I’ll away：</p>
<p>go；vanish into air；away！</p>
<p>［Exeunt Musicians］</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>Dost thou hear，my honest friend？</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>No，I hear not your honest friend；I hear you．</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>Prithee，keep up thy quillets．There’s a poor piece</p>
<p>of gold for thee：if the gentlewoman that attends</p>
<p>the general’s wife be stirring，tell her there’s</p>
<p>one Cassio entreats her a little favour of speech：</p>
<p>wilt thou do this？</p>
<p>Clown</p>
<p>She is stirring，sir： if she will stir hither，I</p>
<p>shall seem to notify unto her．</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>Do， good my friend．</p>
<p>［Exit Clown．Enter IAGO ］</p>
<p>In happy time， Iago，</p>
<p>IAGO</p>
<p>You have not been a－bed，then？</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>Why，no；the day had broke</p>
<p>Before we parted．I have made bold，Iago，</p>
<p>To send in to your wife：my suit to her</p>
<p>Is，that she will to virtuous Desdemona</p>
<p>Procure me some access．</p>
<p>IAGO</p>
<p>I’ll send her to you presently；</p>
<p>And I’ll devise a mean to draw the Moor</p>
<p>Out of the way， that your converse and business</p>
<p>May be more free．</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>I humbly thank you for’t</p>
<p>［Exit IAGO］</p>
<p>I never knew</p>
<p>A Florentine more kind and honest．</p>
<p>［Enter EMILIA］</p>
<p>EMILIA</p>
<p>Good morrow，good Lieutenant：I am sorry</p>
<p>For your displeasure； but all will sure be well．</p>
<p>The general and his wile are talking of it；</p>
<p>And she speaks for you stoutly：the Moor replies，</p>
<p>That he you hurt is of great fame in Cyprus，</p>
<p>And great affinity，and that in wholesome wisdom</p>
<p>He might not but refuse you；but he protests he loves you</p>
<p>And needs no other suitor but his likings</p>
<p>To take the safest occasion by the front</p>
<p>To bring you in again．</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>Yet，I beseech you，</p>
<p>If you think fit，or that it may be done，</p>
<p>Give me advantage of some brief discourse</p>
<p>With Desdemona alone．</p>
<p>EMILIA</p>
<p>Pray you，come in；</p>
<p>I will bestow you where you shall have time</p>
<p>To speak your bosom freely．</p>
<p>CASSIO</p>
<p>I am much bound to you．</p>
<p>［Exeunt ］</p>