These things to 168 hear 169 Would Desdemona seriously incline.
OTHELLO . . .
These things to 168
hear 169
Would Desdemona seriously incline. 170
But still the house affairs would draw her ⟨thence,⟩ 171
Which ever as she could with haste dispatch 172
She’d come again, and with a greedy ear 173
Devour up my discourse. Which I, observing, 174
Took once a pliant hour, and found good means 175
To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart 176
That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, 177
Whereof by parcels she had something heard, 178
But not ⟨intentively.⟩ I did consent, 179
And often did beguile her of her tears 180
When I did speak of some distressful stroke 181
That my youth suffered. My story being done, 182
She gave me for my pains a world of ⟨sighs.⟩ 183
She swore, in faith, ’twas strange, ’twas passing 184
strange, 185
’Twas pitiful, ’twas wondrous pitiful. 186
She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished 187
That heaven had made her such a man. She thanked 188
me, 189
And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, 190
I should but teach him how to tell my story, 191
And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake. 192
She loved me for the dangers I had passed, 193
And I loved her that she did pity them. 194
This only is the witchcraft I have used. 195
Here comes the lady. Let her witness it. 196
