Othello
| ACT II SCENE II | A street. | ||
| Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following. | |||
| Herald | It is Othello’s pleasure, our noble and valiant | ||
| general, that, upon certain tidings now arrived, | |||
| importing the mere perdition of the Turkish fleet, | |||
| every man put himself into triumph; some to dance, | |||
| some to make bonfires, each man to what sport and | 5 | ||
| revels his addiction leads him: for, besides these | |||
| beneficial news, it is the celebration of his | |||
| nuptial. So much was his pleasure should be | |||
| proclaimed. All offices are open, and there is full | |||
| liberty of feasting from this present hour of five | |||
| till the bell have told eleven. Heaven bless the | 11 | ||
| isle of Cyprus and our noble general Othello! | |||
| Exeunt |
Othello, Act 2, Scene 3
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Explanatory Notes for Act 2, Scene 2
From Othello. Ed. Brainerd Kellogg. New York: Clark & Maynard.
Abbreviations. — A.-S. = Anglo-Saxon: M.E. = Middle English (from the 13th to the 15th century) ; Fr. = French ; Ger. = German ; Gr. = Greek ; Cf. = compare (Lat. confer) ; Abbott refers to the excellent Shakespearean Grammar of Dr. Abbott; Schmidt, to Dr. Schmidt’s invaluable Shakespeare Lexicon.
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2. Importing, relating.
3. Mere, absolute, complete.
9. Offices, serving-rooms.
11. Told, struck.
How to cite the explanatory notes:Shakespeare, William. Othello. Ed. Brainerd Kellogg. New York: Clark & Maynard, 1892.