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ACT IV        IT






                                                     Scene I        IT

                                                         The same.


                                                 Enter Iago and Othello.



              IAGO
               Will you think so?



              OTHELLO
                               Think so, Iago?



              IAGO
                               What,

               To kiss in private?


              OTHELLO

                               An unauthoriz’d kiss.



              IAGO
               Or to be naked with her friend abed,
               An hour, or more, not meaning any harm?



              OTHELLO
               Naked abed, Iago, and not mean harm? [5]
               It is hypocrisy against the devil:

               They that mean virtuously, and yet do so,
               The devil their virtue tempts, and they tempt heaven.



              IAGO
               So they do nothing, ’tis a venial slip;
               But if I give my wife a handkerchief − [10]
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