ACT III SCENE IV Before the castle.
Enter DESDEMONA, EMILIA, and Clown.
DESDEMONA Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies?

Clown I dare not say he lies any where.

DESDEMONA Why, man?

Clown He's a soldier, and for one to say a soldier lies,
is stabbing.

DESDEMONA Go to: where lodges he?

Clown To tell you where he lodges, is to tell you where I lie.

DESDEMONA Can any thing be made of this? 10

Clown I know not where he lodges, and for me to devise a
lodging and say he lies here or he lies there, were
to lie in mine own throat.

DESDEMONA Can you inquire him out, and be edified by report?

Clown I will catechise the world for him; that is, make
questions, and by them answer.