Ib. Iago's dialogue with Roderigo.
This is the rehearsal on the dupe of the traitor's intentions on Othello.
Ib. Iago's soliloquy:—
“But partly led to diet my revenge,
For that I do suspect the lusty Moor
Hath leap'd into my seat.”
This thought, originally by Iago's own confession a mere suspicion, is now ripening, and gnaws his base nature as his own “poisonous mineral” is about to gnaw the noble heart of his general.
Ib. sc. 3. Othello's speech:—
“I know, Iago,
Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter,