Explain the following in simple words;
(i)-thus do i ever make my fool my purse:
(ii)-for i mine own gain’d knowledge should profane,
(iii)-if i would time expend with such a snipe.
(iv)-but for my sport and profit. i hate the moor:
(v)-and it is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets
(vi)-he has done my office: i know not if’t be true;
(vii)but i, for mere suspicion in that kind,
(viii)will do as if for surety. he holds me well;
(ix)the better shall my purpose work on him.

This is from Shakespeare's Othello and are spoken by Iago. It is simpler to say:

Explanation:

(i) That’s how I always do it, getting money from fools.

(ii)I’d be wasting my skills

(iii) dealing with an idiot like that

(iv) if I couldn’t get something useful out of him.  I hate the Moor:

(v) and there’s a widespread rumor that he’s slept with my wife.

(vi) I’m not sure it’s true

(vii) but just the suspicion

(viii) is enough for me.  He thinks highly of me.

(ix) That’ll help.

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.