That the magnifico is much beloved,215And hath in his effect a voice potentialAs double as the duke’s: he will divorce you;Or put upon you what restraint and grievanceThe law, with all his might to enforce it on,Will give him cable.220
Brabantio is a powerful man, and if he finds out that Othello is with Desdemona, he may annul the marriage, or punish Othello.