Note to Othello, 1.3.348: "luscious as locusts"


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Act 1, Scene 3, line 348.
Locusts, the sweet fruit of the carob tree, are mentioned in Matthew 3:4: "And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat [i.e., food] was locusts and wild honey."



locusts on a carob tree