wife —
“Damn'd in a fair,”
OTHELLO, i. 1. 21.
If this alludes to Bianca, the phrase may possibly mean “very near being married to a most fair wife.” Some explain, “A fellow whose ignorance of war would be condemned in a fair
woman.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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