And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave,— That can torment him much, and hold him long, Oth. Soft you; a word or two, before you go. Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Richer than all his tribe; of one, whose subdu'd eyes, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinable gum: Set you down this: Lod. O bloody period! Gra. [Stabs himself. All that is spoke is marr'd. Oth. I kiss'd thee, ere I kill'd thee;-No way but this, Killing myself to die upon a kiss. [Dies. Cas. This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon; For he was great of heart. a Indian. Boswell, in a very sensible note, shows that tribe meant in Shakspere's day kindred; that base is used in the sense of ignorant; and, what is very important, that two poets after Shakspere have described the Indians as casting away jewels of which they knew not the value. The ordinary reading is "Judean.' O Spartan dog! [TO IAGO. Lod. [Exeunt. END OF OTHELLO. |