In talking to Roderigo he feigns to construe the gestures of affection with which Desdemona greets Cassio as "an index and obscure prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughts" (2.1.25556), and later employs a related image when he urges Othello to eavesdrop while he elicits a confession from Cassio: Do but
encave yourself And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns That dwell in every region of his face; For I will make him tell the tale anew Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when He hath and is again to cope your wife.
"Do but
encave yourself," he tells Othello, "And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns / That dwell in every region of his face; / For I will make him tell the tale anew / Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when / He hath and is again to cope your wife" (4.1.82-87).
Do but
encave yourself And mark the fleers, the gibes and notable scorns That dwell in every region of his face; For I will make him tell the tale anew Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when He hath and is again to cope your wife.