HIEROGLYPHICS,

AND

Other Antiquities.

IN TREATING OF WHICH

MANY FAVOURITE PIECES OF BUTLER, SHAKESPEARE, AND OTHER

GREAT WRITERS, IN PROSE AND VERSE,

ARE PUT IN A LIGHT NOW ENTIRELY NEW, BY NOTES, OCCASIONAL

DISSERTATIONS, AND UPWARDS OF

TWO HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS in WOOD and COPPER,

BY ROBERT DEVERELL, ESQ.

Ergò altè vestiga oculis, et ritè repertum
Carpe manu.

Virg.

IN SIX VOLUMES.-VOL. III.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, PRINCES STREET,

HANOVER-SQUARE:

SOLD ALSO BY W. CLARKE, NEW BOND STREET;

AND H. COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET,

1816.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

DUKE of Venice.
BRABANTIO, a noble Venetian.
GRATIANO, Brother to Brabantio.
Lodovico, Kinsman to Brabantio and Gratiano.
OTHELLO, the Moor, General for the Venetians in Cyprus.
Cassio, his Lieutenant-general.
IAGO, Standard-bearer to Othello.
RODORIGO, a foolish Gentleman, in love with Desdemona.
MONTANO, the Moor's Predecessor in the Government of Cyprus.
Clown, Servant to the Moor.
Herald.

DESDEMONA, Daughter to Brabantio, and Wife to Othello.
MILIA, Wife to Iago.
BIANCA, Courtezan, Mistress to Cassio.

Officers, Gentlemen, Messengers, Musicians, Sailors, and

Attendants.

SCENE, for the First Act, in Venice; during the

rest of the Play, in Cyprus.