I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
(...)
Of one whose hand,
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe (...).
Othello - Ato 5, cena 2