Ib. Othello's speech:—
... “And my demerits
May speak, unbonneted.”
The argument in Theobald's note, where “and bonneted” is suggested, goes on the assumption that Shakespeare could not use the same word differently in different places; whereas I should conclude, that as in the passage in Lear the word is employed in its direct meaning, so here it is used metaphorically; and this is confirmed by what has escaped the editors, that it is not “I,” but “my demerits” that may speak unbonneted,—without the symbol of a petitioning inferior.
Ib. sc. 3. Othello's speech:—
“So please your grace, my ancient;
A man he is of honesty and trust:
To his conveyance I assign my wife.”
Compare this with the behaviour of Leontes to his true friend Camillo.
Ib.—