Reading The Tragedie of Othello — William Shakespeare

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1. Sen.

This cannot be

By no assay of reason. 'Tis a Pageant

To keepe vs in false gaze, when we consider

Th'importancie of Cyprus to the Turke;

And let our selues againe but vnderstand,

That as it more concernes the Turke then Rhodes,

So may he with more facile question beare it,

For that it stands not in such Warrelike brace,

But altogether lackes th'abilities

That Rhodes is dress'd in. If we make thought of this,

We must not thinke the Turke is so vnskillfull,

To leaue that latest, which concernes him first,

Neglecting an attempt of ease, and gaine

To wake, and wage a danger profitlesse.

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