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110 Damn'd as he is. The quartos and folios have And as he is, which Theobald emended to the reading given in the text. Cf. Brabantio's remark (Othello, I. ii. 63),

give me aim awhile. Stand by and observe the result of my efforts. A figure from archery. The person who 'gave aim' stood near the target and reported the success of the shots. White suggests, 'Give me air awhile.' Schmidt, retaining the original reading, paraphrases, 'Give room and scope to my thoughts.'

These lines appear for the first time in the Quarto of 1600. In their place, the Quarto of 1594 has the following five lines:

In the Quarto of 1594 this line reads,