"No, as I am a Christian.Desdemona to Othello
If to preserve this vessel for my lord
From any other foul unlawful touch
Be not to be a strumpet, I am none."
Act 4 ii. 182-84
The Great Chain of Othello
"No, as I am a Christian.Desdemona to Othello
If to preserve this vessel for my lord
From any other foul unlawful touch
Be not to be a strumpet, I am none."
My dear Othello. That wretched night when I tried to have thee understand poor Michael Cassio's reasoning, I meant no harm. He had done such great service to you and I both. He deserved my help. He deserved our help, my lord. "Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul but I do love thee; and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again." I am not this monster you thought me to be that night. I know not how I have done thee wrong. Why my lord did you stop loving me? What made thee jealous? I was never foul towards you. I never lay with any other but my lord. I was always your pure dove my lord, never the moist hand wretch you thought me to be. You were and forever will be thy only love for me.Othello to Desdemona