QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Othello ACT/SCENE: 3.3 SPEAKER: Othello CONTEXT: OTHELLO
I had been happy if the general camp,
Pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body,
So I had nothing known. Oh, now forever
Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!
Farewell the plumèd troops and the big wars
That makes ambition virtue! Oh, farewell!
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, th’ ear-piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!
And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats
The immortal Jove’s dead clamours counterfeit,
Farewell! Othello’s occupation’s gone.
IAGO
Is ’t possible, my lord?
OTHELLO
Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,
Be sure of it. Give me the ocular proof
Or by the worth of mine eternal soul
Thou hadst been better have been born a dog
Than answer my waked wrath!
IAGO
Is ’t come to this?
OTHELLO
Make me to see ’t, or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on, or woe upon thy life! DUTCH: Bewijs mij, schurk, dat die ik min, hoereert;
Bewijs het; laat het mij met de oogen zien,
Of, bij de waarde mijner eeuw’ge ziel,
Het ware u beter hond te zijn geboren,
Dan dat mijn wrok u treff’! MORE:
Ocular=Depending on the eye, offered by sight: “give me the o. proof”
Waked=Awakened
Compleat:
Ocular=’t Geen tot het oog behoort
An ocular withness=Een ooggetuige
An ocular inspection=Een onderzoek of beschouwing met zyn eige oogen Topics: invented or popularised, evidence, still in use, anger