IAGO Will you think so?

OTHELLO Think so, Iago!

IAGO What,

To kiss in private?

OTHELLO An unauthorized kiss.

IAGO Or to be naked with her friend in bed

An hour or more, not meaning any harm?

OTHELLO Naked in bed, Iago, and not mean harm!

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,--

OTHELLO What then?

IAGO Why, then, 'tis hers, my lord; and, being hers,

She may, I think, bestow't on any man.

OTHELLO She is protectress of her honour too:

May she give that?

IAGO Her honour is an essence that's not seen;

They have it very oft that have it not:

But, for the handkerchief,--

OTHELLO By heaven, I would most gladly