Oth. Well, thou dost best.
Lod. Sir, you shall understand what hath befall'n,[6891] 310
Which, as I think, you know not. Here is a letter[6892]
Found in the pocket of the slain Roderigo,
And here another: the one of them imports[6893]
The death of Cassio to be undertook[6894]
By Roderigo.[6894]
Oth. O villain![6895] 315
Cas. Most heathenish and most gross!
Lod. Now here's another discontented paper,
Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems,
Roderigo meant to have sent this damned villain;
But that, belike, Iago in the interim[6896] 320
Came in and satisfied him.
Oth. O the pernicious caitiff![6897]
How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief[6898]
That was my wife's?[6899]
Cas. I found it in my chamber:
And he himself confess'd but even now[6900]
That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose 325
Which wrought to his desire.
Oth. O fool! fool! fool!
Cas. There is besides in Roderigo's letter,
How he upbraids Iago, that he made him[6901]
Brave me upon the watch; whereon it came
That I was cast: and even but now he spake[6902] 330
After long seeming dead, Iago hurt him,
Iago set him on.
Lod. You must forsake this room, and go with us:
Your power and your command is taken off,
And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave,[6903] 335
If there be any cunning cruelty
That can torment him much and hold him long,
It shall be his. You shall close prisoner rest,
Till that the nature of your fault be known
To the Venetian state. Come, bring away.[6904] 340