Act V
Scene I
Enter Ferneze, Knights, Martin del Bosco, and Officers.92 | |
Ferneze |
Now, gentlemen, betake you to your arms,
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First Knight |
And die he shall; for we will never yield. |
Enter Bellamira and Pilia-Borza. | |
Bellamira |
O, bring us to the governor. |
Ferneze |
Away with her! she is a courtesan. |
Bellamira |
Whate’er I am, yet, governor, hear me speak:
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Pilia-Borza |
Who, besides the slaughter of these gentlemen,
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Ferneze |
Had we but proof of this— |
Bellamira |
Strong proof, my lord; his man’s now at my lodging,
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Ferneze |
Go fetch him straight. |
Exeunt Officers. | |
I always feared that Jew. |
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Enter Officers with Barabas and Ithamore. | |
Barabas |
I’ll go alone; dogs! do not hale me thus. |
Ithamore |
Nor me neither, I cannot outrun you, constable:—O, my belly! |
Barabas |
One dram of powder more had made all sure;
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Ferneze |
Make fires, heat irons, let the rack be fetched. |
First Knight |
Nay, stay, my lord; ’t may be he will confess. |
Barabas |
Confess! what mean you, lords? who should confess? |
Ferneze |
Thou and thy Turk; ’twas you that slew my son. |
Ithamore |
Guilty, my lord, I confess. Your son and Mathias were both contracted unto Abigail; he forged a counterfeit challenge. |
Barabas |
Who carried that challenge? |
Ithamore |
I carried it, I confess; but who writ it? Marry, even he that strangled Barnardine, poisoned the nuns and his own daughter. |
Ferneze |
Away with him! his sight is death to me. |
Barabas |
For what, you men of Malta? hear me speak:
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Ferneze |
Once more, away with him; you shall have law. |
Barabas |
Devils, do your worst! I’ll live in spite of you. Aside.
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Exeunt Officers with Barabas and Ithamore, Bellamira, and Pilia-Borza. | |
Enter Katharine. | |
Katharine |
Was my Mathias murdered by the Jew?
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Ferneze |
Be patient, gentle madam, it was he;
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Katharine |
Where is the Jew? where is that murderer? |
Ferneze |
In prison till the law has passed on him. |
Re-enter First Officer. | |
First Officer |
My lord, the courtesan and her man are dead;
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Ferneze |
Dead! |
First Officer |
Dead, my lord, and here they bring his body. |
Martin del Bosco |
This sudden death of his is very strange. |
Re-enter Officers, carrying Barabas as dead. | |
Ferneze |
Wonder not at it, sir, the Heavens are just;
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Exeunt all, leaving Barabas on the floor. |
Scene II
Barabas discovered rising.93 | |
Barabas |
What, all alone? well fare, sleepy drink.
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Enter Calymath, Bassoes, and Turks. | |
Calymath |
Whom have we there? a spy? |
Barabas |
Yes, my good lord, one that can spy a place
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Calymath |
Art thou that Jew whose goods we heard were sold
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Barabas |
The very same, my lord:
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Calymath |
Did’st break prison? |
Barabas |
No, no:
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Calymath |
’Twas bravely done: but tell me, Barabas,
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Barabas |
Fear not, my lord; for here, against the sluice,94
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Calymath |
If this be true, I’ll make thee governor. |
Barabas |
And, if it be not true, then let me die. |
Calymath |
Thou’st doomed thyself. Assault it presently. |
Exeunt. |
Scene III
Alarums within. Enter Calymath, Bassoes, Turks, and Barabas; with Ferneze and Knights prisoners.95 | |
Calymath |
Now vail96 your pride, you captive Christians
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Ferneze |
What should I say? We are captives and must yield. |
Calymath |
Ay, villains, you must yield, and under Turkish yokes
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Barabas |
Thanks, my lord. |
Ferneze |
O fatal day, to fall into the hands
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Calymath |
’Tis our command: and, Barabas, we give,
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Barabas |
May all good fortune follow Calymath! |
Exeunt Calymath and Bassoes. | |
And now, as entrance to our safety,
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Ferneze |
O villain! Heaven will be revenged on thee. |
Exeunt Turks with Ferenze and Knights. | |
Away! no more; let him not trouble me.98
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Enter Ferneze, with a Guard. | |
Ferneze |
My lord? |
Barabas |
Ay, “lord;” thus slaves will learn.
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Exeunt Guard. | |
This is the reason that I sent for thee;
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Ferneze |
This, Barabas; since things are in thy power,
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Barabas |
Governor, good words; be not so furious.
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Ferneze |
Will Barabas recover Malta’s loss?
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Barabas |
What wilt thou give me, governor, to procure
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Ferneze |
Do but bring this to pass which thou pretendest,
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Barabas |
Nay, do thou this, Ferneze, and be free;
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Ferneze |
Here is my hand; believe me, Barabas,
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Barabas |
Governor, presently:
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Ferneze |
Then will I, Barabas, about this coin,
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Barabas |
Do so, but fail not; now farewell, Ferneze!— |
Exit Ferenze. | |
And thus far roundly goes the business:
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Exeunt. |
Scene IV
Enter Calymath and Bassoes.99 | |
Calymath |
Thus have we viewed the city, seen the sack,
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Enter a Messenger. | |
Messenger |
From Barabas, Malta’s governor, I bring
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Calymath |
To banquet with him in his citadel?
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Messenger |
Selim, for that, thus saith the governor,
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Calymath |
I cannot feast my men in Malta-walls,
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Messenger |
Know, Selim, that there is a monastery
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Calymath |
Well, tell the governor we grant his suit,
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Messenger |
I shall, my lord. |
Exit. | |
Calymath |
And now, bold bassoes, let us to our tents,
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Exeunt. |
Scene V
Enter Ferneze, Knights and Martin del Bosco.101 | |
Ferneze |
In this, my countrymen, be ruled by me,
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First Knight |
Rather than thus to live as Turkish thralls,103
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Ferneze |
On, then, begone. |
Knights |
Farewell, grave governor! |
Exeunt on one side Knights and Martin del Bosco; on the other Ferneze. |
Scene VI
Enter, above, Barabas, with a hammer, very busy; and Carpenters.104 | |
Barabas |
How stand the cords? how hang these hinges? fast?
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First Carpenter |
All fast. |
Barabas |
Leave nothing loose, all levelled to my mind.
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First Carpenter |
We shall, my lord, and thank you. |
Exeunt Carpenters. | |
Barabas |
And, if you like them, drink your fill and die:
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Enter Messenger. | |
Now, sirrah, what, will he come? |
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Messenger |
He will; and has commanded all his men
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Barabas |
Then now are all things as my wish would have ’em;
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Enter Ferneze. | |
Now, governor, the sum. |
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Ferneze |
With free consent, a hundred thousand pounds. |
Barabas |
Pounds say’st thou, governor? well, since it is no more,
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Ferneze |
O, excellent! here, hold thee, Barabas
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Barabas |
No, governor; I’ll satisfy thee first,
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Firenze retires. | |
Why, is not this
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Enter Calymath and Bassoes. | |
Calymath |
Come, my companion bassoes: see, I pray,
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Barabas |
Welcome, great Calymath! |
Ferneze |
How the slave jeers at him! Aside. |
Barabas |
Will ’t please thee, mighty Selim Calymath,
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Calymath |
Ay, Barabas;—
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Ferneze |
Coming forward. Stay, Calymath!
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Knight |
Within. Sound a charge there! |
A charge sounded within. Ferneze cuts the cord: the floor of the gallery gives way, and Barabas falls into a cauldron placed in a pit. | |
Enter Martin del Bosco and Knights. | |
Calymath |
How now! what means this? |
Barabas |
Help, help me! Christians, help! |
Ferneze |
See, Calymath! this was devised for thee! |
Calymath |
Treason! treason! bassoes, fly! |
Ferneze |
No, Selim, do not fly;
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Barabas |
O, help me, Selim! help me, Christians!
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Ferneze |
Should I in pity of thy plaints or thee,
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Barabas |
You will not help me, then? |
Ferneze |
No, villain, no. |
Barabas |
And, villains, know you cannot help me now.—
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Calymath |
Tell me, you Christians, what doth this portend? |
Ferneze |
This train he laid to have entrapped thy life;
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Calymath |
Was this the banquet he prepared for us?
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Ferneze |
Nay, Selim, stay; for, since we have thee here,
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Calymath |
Tush, governor, take thou no care for that,
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Ferneze |
Why, heard’st thou not the trumpet sound a charge? |
Calymath |
Yes, what of that? |
Ferneze |
Why then the house was fired,
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Calymath |
O, monstrous treason! |
Ferneze |
A Jew’s courtesy:
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Calymath |
Nay, rather, Christians, let me go to Turkey,
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Ferneze |
Content thee, Calymath, here thou must stay,
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Exeunt. |