| ACT II SCENE II | A street. | |
| | 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, | 5 |
| | 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 | 10 |
| | 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! | |
| | Exeunt | |