Othello

owed’st owned³⁷² Avaunt get away rack torture device that stretched the limbs³⁷⁸ free unconstrained, untroubled³⁸⁰ wanting missing³⁸⁴ Pioneers footsoldiers, the lowest kind of soldier³⁸⁵ So as long as³⁸⁷ plumed wearing helmets adorned with feathers³⁸⁹ trump trumpet³⁹⁰ fife flute-like instrument, often used in military music³⁹¹ quality essential nature³⁹² Pride glory/proud magnificence pomp and circumstance splendid display and ceremony³⁹³ mortal engines deadly machines (i.e. cannon) rude rough, raucous³⁹⁴ Jove’s dread clamours i.e. thunder, Jove’s weapon⁴⁰⁴ probation proof⁴⁰⁸ remorse pity/penitence⁴¹⁰ amazed full of terror and consternation⁴¹⁵ God b’wi’you God be with you, i.e. good-bye O wretched fool Iago addresses himself⁴¹⁹ profit profitable lesson⁴²⁰ sith since offence hurt (to me)/antagonism (in my friend)⁴²¹ shouldst be seem to be⁴²² should be ought to be⁴²³ that that which⁴²⁸ Dian i.e. Diana, Roman goddess of chastity and the moon⁴²⁹ cords…streams i.e. means of committing suicide, or perhaps murder⁴³⁷ supervision sight that you are gazing down on grossly blatantly/coarsely⁴³⁸ topped mounted sexually⁴⁴¹ prospect point from which they might be viewed⁴⁴² bolster share a bed/have sex⁴⁴³ More other own i.e. own eyes⁴⁴⁴ satisfaction proof/freedom from doubt (plays on the sense of “sexual fulfillment”) ⁴⁴⁶ prime lecherous hot sexually excited⁴⁴⁷ salt lustfu wolves reputed to be libidinous, especially females in pride in heat fools idiots/lewd people gross great/coarse⁴⁴⁹ imputation…circumstances attribution and convincing circumstantial details⁴⁵⁵ Pricked spurred⁴⁵⁶ lay shared a bed⁴⁶⁷ sigh Iago moves into the present tense to give his account an air of horrible immediacy⁴⁷¹ foregone conclusion event that had already occurred⁴⁷² shrewd doubt grievous suspicion⁴⁷⁶ yet we as yet we⁴⁸⁷ slave villain⁴⁹⁰ fond foolish/doting/infatuated⁴⁹³ hearted fixed in the heart⁴⁹⁴ fraught burden⁴⁹⁵ aspics asps (venomous snakes)⁴⁹⁹ Pontic sea Black Sea⁵⁰⁰ compulsive onward-flowing, driven⁵⁰² Propontic Sea of Marmora (situated between the Aegean and the Black Sea) Hellespont the Dardanelles (the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmora)⁵⁰⁵ capable capacious⁵⁰⁶ marble i.e. dappled with clouds/hard and indifferent⁵⁰⁸ engage pledge, commit⁵¹¹ clip embrace⁵¹³ execution action, performance wit mind⁵¹⁵ remorse (an act of) compassion (for Othello)⁵¹⁶ What…ever whatever the bloodthirsty business⁵¹⁹ to’t to the test⁵²⁴ minx lewd, wanton woman/prostitute¹ sirrah sir (used to a social inferior)² lies lodges (the Clown puns on the sense of “to fib”)⁵ stabbing an offense one may be stabbed for¹⁰ lie…throat fib outrageously¹² edified instructed (the Clown plays on the sense of “spiritually improved”)¹³ catechize question; the catechism is a form of instruction used by the Church in which a person answers a set of questions about the Christian faith¹⁶ moved petitioned/persuaded²² crusadoes Portuguese gold coins but were it not that²⁷ sun…Drew just as the sun was supposed to draw noxious vapors from the earth²⁸ humours moods (literally, bodily fluids thought to govern a person’s temperament) ³² dissemble deceive/disguise one’s feelings³⁷ fruitfulness generosity/fertility/sexual liberality liberal open/generous/licentious³⁹ sequester seclusion/separation⁴⁰ castigation chastisement/corrective discipline exercise religious observances⁴³ frank free/generous/sexually open⁴⁶ the…hearts i.e. whereas once people gave away their hands (in marriage) together with their hearts, nowadays people give away their hands without their hearts⁴⁹ chuck chick (term of endearment)⁵¹ salt…rheum miserable running cold⁶² amiable lovable⁶⁶ fancies loves⁶⁸ her i.e. my wife heed careful attention⁷³ web weave⁷⁴ sibyl prophetess⁷⁵ compasses annual circuits, i.e. years⁷⁶ prophetic fury frenzy of prophetic inspiration⁷⁷ hallowed holy, consecrated⁷⁸ mummy medicinal substance obtained from mummified bodies⁷⁹ Conserved of prepared/preserved from⁸⁴ startingly and rash abruptly and impetuously⁸⁵ out o’th’way misplaced⁸⁸ an if if⁸⁹