Iago indeed advises Othello to hold
him off a while, but there is no reason to think, that he has been held
off long. A little longer interval would increase the probability of the
story, though it might violate the rules of the drama. See Act. 5. Sc.
2. (see 1765, VIII, 416, 1)
III.iv.113 (461,3) the duty of my heart] --_the office _of my heart_.]
The elder quarto reads,
--_the_ duty _of my heart_.
The author used the more proper word, and then changed it, I suppose,
for fashionable diction; but, as fashion is a very weak protectress, the
old word is now ready to resume its place.
III.iv.119 (462,4)
But to know so, must be my benefit]
"Si nequeo placidas affari Caesaris aures,
"Saltem aliquis veniat, qui mihi dicat, abi."
III.iv.125 (462,7) in favour] In _look_, in _countenance_.
III.iv.128 (462,8) within the blank of his displeasure] Within the
_shot_ of his anger.
III.iv.141 (463,9) some unhatch'd practice] Some treason that has not
taken effect.
III.iv.146 (463,1)
for let our finger ach,
And it endues our other healthful members
Even to that sense of pain]
_Endue with a sense of pain_, is an expression, which, though it might
be endured, if it were genuine, cannot deserve to be introduced by
artifice. The copies, both quarto and folio, read, _Endue our other
healthful members even to a sense of pain_. I believe it should be
rather, SUBDUE _our other healthful members to a sense of pain_.
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