I spake of most disastr'us chances, * * * * Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence And portance in my travellers' history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak—such was the process;— And of the cannibals that each other eat.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I spake of most disastr'us chances, * * * * Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence And portance in my travellers' history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak—such was the process;— And of the cannibals that each other eat." in the context of "William Shakespeare, Othello (c. 1603), Act I, scene 3, line 134." to mean that wisdom is timeless.