J24 ■'■'-■i-m'^^V^ Jan.l^, 



cing mind fees another ufe to wh ch the difgrace of Gaino 

 niav be applied. Under a cover of zeal to lerve liim, lie 

 advifes the virtuous man to a fcheme tha'' wili iurther work 

 his ruin; and bj' liinting to him the great power wliich 

 Defdcmona had over her hufljand, iie opens a very likely 

 method for I'Cgaining his favour tlivough her mediation, 'lie 

 bait is fwallowed, and an appearance of intimacy, mjft fa- 

 vourable to his defign, is thereby produced. 



The deliberate villain now began to think that he had pa- 

 ved the way fufficiently for comir.unicating tne important 

 fccrct; but as he had to do with a man whole "■ nature's 

 pledge" was not like his, " to fpy into abufe," he ftiij adls 

 with extreme caution. Odiello had indulged a 'n,i;h notion 

 of the honour of Caflio, and the virtue of Dcldemona; 

 :(nd it was not by a fufpicioos appearance, or a flight 

 argument, that his opinions were to be changed. lago was 

 fenfible of all thofe difficulties, and he encounters them 

 with much ability. He aiTumcs the appearance of one whole 

 wind laboured with the knowledge of fome flagrant impro- 

 priety, which he could not contain; and when any circum- 

 Aance recals the abhorred idea, an iavoluntary remark cf- 

 capes, and immediately heafictts to recover himfelf: he kin- 

 dles the jealoufy of Othello, by tantalizing him with impcr- 

 ieft accounts, and ambiguous arguments; he agitates and 

 diftrafts his foul, by eonfuledly opening one fource of fuf- 

 |)ieion, and leaving him in the perplexity of doubt ; imme- 

 diately by difpiaying the matter In another point of view, 

 gives him a farther glimmering into the affair ; until at lafV, 

 frantic with rage and jealoufy, Othello infills upon fatisfac- 

 tory information ; and by thcfe means the difcoveries whicit 

 he makes, are made to appear more the effe£l of neceffity 

 than inclination. 



Villain, be fure thou prove nry love a whore. 



Incomplete knowledge of what concerns us deeply, he- 

 fides the tortures of fufpenfe into which it throws the mind, 

 has a nat iral effeft to make it appear in tiie mofl hideout 

 colours, which is poffible to devifc. Alarmed with a'tho* 



