s attendants, and was by them conveyed into her bedchamber,
concealed in a large trunk, where he remained shut up till Imogen was
retired to rest, and had fallen asleep; and then getting out of the
trunk, he examined the chamber with great attention, and wrote down
everything he saw there, and particularly noticed a mole which he
observed upon Imogen's neck, and then softly unloosing the bracelet from
her arm, which Posthumus had given to her, he retired into the chest
again; and the next day he set on for Rome with great expedition, and
boasted to Posthumus that Imogen had given him the bracelet, and
likewise permitted him to pass a night in her chamber: and in this
manner Iachimo told his false tale: "Her bedchamber," said he, "was hung
with tapestry of silk and silver, the story was _the proud Cleopatra
when she met her Anthony_, a piece of work most bravely wrought."

"This is true," said Posthumus; "but this you might have heard spoken of
without seeing."

"Then the chimney," said Iachimo, "is south of the chamber, and the
chimney-piece is _Diana bathing_; never saw I figures livelier
expressed."

"This is a thing you might have likewise heard," said Posthumus; "for it
is much talked of."

Iachimo as accurately described the roof of the chamber; and added, "I
had almost forgot her andirons; they were _two winking Cupids_ made of
silver, each on one foot standing." He then took out the bracelet, and
said, "Know you this jewel, sir? She gave me this. She took it from her
arm. I see her yet; her pretty action did outsell her gift, and yet
enriched it too. She gave it me, and said, _she prized it once._" He
last of all described the mole he had observed upon her neck.

Posthumus, who had heard the whole of this artful recital in an agony of
doubt, now broke out into the most passionate exclamations against
Imogen. He delivered up the diamond ring to Iachimo, which he had agreed
to forfeit to him, if he obtained the bracelet from Imogen.

Posthumus then in a jealous rage wrote to Pisanio, a gentleman of
Britain, who was one of Imogen's attendants, and had long been a
faithful friend to Posthumus; and after telling him what proof he had of
his wife's disloyalty, he desired Pisanio would take Imogen to
Milford-Haven, a seaport of Wales, and there kill her. And at the same
time he wrote a deceitful letter to Imogen, desiring her to go with
Pisanio, for that finding he could live no longer without seeing her,
though