Chapter: 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, 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 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.

 At the celebration of the victory over the Turks, Iago gets Cassio drunk, and then has Roderigo confront Cassio about the so-called love between him and Desdemona. Cassio starts to fight Roderigo, and then turns his attention to another soldier, and wounds him, but not fatally. Othello wakes up from the noise, and, angry with Cassio, fires him from his position. Iago suggests to the humiliated Cassio that he ask Desdemona to help him regain his position. Iago plots another move in his plan, and decides to tell Othello that Cassio seeks help from Desdemona because they are lovers.

