Note to Othello, 3.3.65-66: "Save that, they say, the wars must make examples / Out of her best"


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Save that, they say, the wars must make examples / Out of her best: were it not that, as the saying goes, military discipline requires making an example of the very best men. (Her refers to wars as a singular concept).