His soldiers, till I have consum'd 'em all with fire? What will you give him that procureth this? Gov. Do but bring this to pass which thou pretendest, Deal truly with us as thou intimatest, And I will send amongst the citizens; Gov. Here is my hand, believe me, Barabas, BAR. Governor, presently. For Calymath, when he hath view'd the town, BAR. Do so, but fail not; now farewell Ferneze: And thus far roundly goes the business: Thus loving neither, will I live with both, And he from whom my most advantage comes, This is the life we Jews are us'd to lead; To what event my secret purpose drives, I know; and they shall witness with their lives.[Exit. SCENE III. Enter CALYMATH and BASHAWS. CALY. Thus have we view'd the city, seen the sack, And caus'd the ruins to be new repair'd, Which with our bombards' shot and basilisk, We rent in sunder at our entry : And now I see the situation, And how secure this conquer'd island stands Enter a MESSENGER. MESS. From Barabas, Malta's governor, I bring And banquet with him ere thou leav'st the isle. governor, CALY. I cannot feast my men in Malta walls, Except he place his tables in the streets. MESS. Know, Selim, that there is a monastery Which standeth as an out-house to the town: There will he banquet them, but thee at home, With all thy bashaws and brave followers. CALY. Well, tell the governor we grant his suit, We'll in this summer evening feast with him. MESS. I shall, my lord, [Exit. CALY. And now, bold bashaws, let us to our tents, And meditate how we may grace us best To solemnize our governor's great feast. SCENE IV. [Exeunt. Enter GOVERNOR, KNIGHTS, DEL-BOSCO. Gov. In this, my countrymen, be rul'd by me, Or you released of this servitude. KNIGHT. Rather than thus to live as Turkish thralls. What will we not adventure? Gov. On then, begone. KNIGHT. Farewell, grave governor! Enter BARABAS, with a hammer, above, very busy. BAR. How stand the cords? How hang these hinges, fast? Are all the cranes and pulleys sure? SERV. All fast. BAR. Leave nothing loose, all levelled to my mind. Why now I see that you have art indeed. There, carpenters, divide that gold amongst you: CARP. We shall, my lord, and thank you : [Exeunt. BAR. And if you like them, drink your fill and die: For so I live, perish may all the world. Now Selim Calymath return me word That thou wilt come, and I am satisfied. Now sirrah, what, will he come? Enter MESSENGER. MES. He will; and has commanded all his men To come ashore, and march through Malta streets, That thou mayest feast them in thy citadel. BAR. Then now are all things as my wish would have 'em, There wanteth nothing but the governor's pelf, Gov. With free consent, a hundred thousand pounds. BAR. Pounds say'st thou, governor, well, since it is no more I'll satisfy myself with that; nay, keep it still, And batter all the stones about their ears, |