...Othello, folio ed. 1623 :— ' Rnde am I in speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broils and battles.' I7 Bower was the ancient term for a chamber. Spenser, speaking of the Temple,...

...STEPHEN SPAULDING CLASS *f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HJI i fet^S" * 1 m . -vV \Tj V / 1-1 2' ATHE SUBALTERN. Little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broils and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause, In speaking for myself. OTHELLO. SECOND...

...Hath this extent : no more. Kude am I in speech, And little bless1d with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years pith, Till now, some nine moons wasted, they have us1d Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than...

...is 'monumental'. At the same time there is a suggestion of poetry in the way Othello sees himself: For since these arms of mine had seven years pith,...have used Their dearest action in the tented field. A romantic glamour is thrown over the kind of life Othello has lived, and over himself as someone eminently...

...my speech/ And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace', he declares in soft, eloquent phrases, 'And little of this great world can I speak/ More than pertains to feats of broil and battle'. Yet what follows can be described only as a most successful 'feat' of 'speaking', even though it is...

...began as Othello started speaking and became so loud And little blest with the soft phrase of peace; 83 For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith....field; And little of this great world can I speak, 87 More than pertains to feats of broil and battle; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In...

...Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little blest with the soft phrase of peace: For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith...battle; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet (by your gracious patience) I will a round unvarnished tale deliver 90 Of...

...them" [1.3.167-68]). And as with Troilus, martial identity is defined as leaving childhood behind. "Since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, / Till now some nine moons wasted, they have us'd /Their dearest action in the tented field" (1.3.83-85), Othello tells the assembled Senate; in...

...128-33; italics mine): . . . Rude am I in my speech And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace; For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith Till now some nine moons wasted, they have us'd Their dearest action in the tented field. Her father lov'd me, oft invited me; Still question'd...

...pace, perché dal tempo in cui Queste mie braccia avevano la forza Di sette anni e fino a circa DOGE Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used Their...battle; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience. I will a round unvarnished tale deliver 90 Of...