SCENE II. A street. Othello, the Moore of Venice  Shakespeare homepage  |  Othello  | Act 2, Scene 2 

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 Enter a Herald with a proclamation; People following  Herald  It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant 

 general, that, upon certain tidings now arrived, 

 importing the mere perdition of the Turkish fleet, 

 every man put himself into triumph; some to dance, 

 some to make bonfires, each man to what sport and 

 revels his addiction leads him: for, besides these 

 beneficial news, it is the celebration of his 

 nuptial. So much was his pleasure should be 

 proclaimed. All offices are open, and there is full 

 liberty of feasting from this present hour of five 

 till the bell have told eleven. Heaven bless the 

 isle of Cyprus and our noble general Othello! 



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