Act Five, Scene Five
Enter [Barabas] with a Hammar above, very busie.[His men work with him.]
Barabas
How stand the cords? How hang these hinges, fast?
Are all the Cranes and Pulleyes sure?
Servant
All fast.
Barabas
Leave nothing loose, all leveld to my mind.
Why now I see that you have Art indeed.
There, Carpenters, divide that gold amongst you:
Goe swill in bowles of Sacke and Muscadine:
Downe to the Celler, taste of all my wines.
Carpenter
We shall, my Lord, and thanke you.
Barabas
And if you like them, drinke your fill and dye:
For so I live, perish may all the world.
Now Selim-Calymath,returne me word
That thou wilt come, and I am satisfied.
Now sirra, what, will he come?
Enter Messenger.
Messenger
He will; and has commanded all his men
To come ashore, and march through Malta streets,
That thou maist feast them in thy Citadell.
Barabas
Then now are all things as my wish wud have 'em,
There wanteth nothing but the Governors pelfe,
And see he brings it: Now, Governor, the summe?
Enter Governour.
Governor
With free consent a hundred thousand pounds.
Barabas
Pounds saist thou, Governor, wel since it is no more
I'le satisfie my selfe with that; nay, keepe it still,
For if I keepe not promise, trust not me.
And Governour, now partake my policy:
First,for his Army, they are sent before,
Enter'd the Monastery, and underneath
In severall places are field-pieces pitch'd,
Bombards, whole Barrels full of Gunpowder,
That on the sudden shall dissever it,
And batter all the stones about their eares,
Whence none can possibly escape alive:
Now as for Calymath and his consorts,
Here have I made a dainty Gallery,
The floore whereof, this Cable being cut,
Doth fall asunder; so that it doth sinke
Into a deepe pit past recovery.
Here, hold that knife, and when thou seest he comes,
And with his Bashawes shall be blithely set,
A warning-peace shall be shot off from the Tower,
To give thee knowledge when to cut the cord,
And fire the house; say, will not this be brave?
Governor
Oh excellent! here, hold thee, Barabas,
I trust thy word, take what I promis'd thee.
Barabas
No, Governor, I'le satisfie thee first,
Thou shalt not live in doubt of any thing.
Stand close, for here they come:
[Governor stands aloof.]
Why, is not this
A kingly kinde of trade to purchase Townes
By treachery, and sell 'em by deceit?
Now tell me, worldlings, underneath the sunne,
If greater falshood ever has bin done.
Enter Calymath and Bashawes.
Calymath
Come, my Companion-Bashawes, see I pray
How busie Barabas is there above
To entertaine us in his Gallery;
Let us salute him. Save thee, Barabas.
Barabas
Welcome great Calymath.
Governor
How the slave jeeres at him?
Barabas
Will't please thee, mighy Selim-Calymath,
To ascend our homely stayres?
Calymath
I, Barabas, come Bashawes, attend.
Governor
Stay, Calymath;
[Comes forward.]
For I will shew thee greater curtesie
Then Barabas would have affoorded thee.
1. Knight
Sound a charge there. [Within.]
A charge, the cable cut, a Caldron discovered. [Barabas falls into it. Enter del Bosco and Knights.]
Calymath
How now, what means this?
Barabas
Helpe, helpe me, Christians, helpe.
Governor
See Calymath, this was devis'd for thee.
Calymath
Treason, treason! Bashawes, flye.
Governor
No, Selim, doe not flye;
See his end first, and flye then if thou canst.
Barabas
Oh helpe me, Selim, helpe me, Christians.
Governour, why stand you all so pittilesse?
Governor
Should I in pitty of thy plaints or thee,
Accursed Barabas,base Jew,relent?
No, thus I'le see thy treachery repaid,
But wish thou hadst behav'd thee otherwise.
Barabas
You will not helpe me then?
Governor
No, villaine, no.
Barabas
And villaines, know you cannot helpe me now.
Then Barabas breath forth thy latest fate,
And in the fury of thy torments, strive
To end thy life with resolution:
Know, Governor, 'twas I that slew thy sonne;
I fram'd the challenge that did make them meet:
Know, Calymath, I aym'd thy overthrow,
And had I but escap'd this stratagem,
I would have brought confusion on you all,
Damn'd Christians, dogges, and Turkish Infidels;
But now begins the extremity of heat
To pinch me with intolerable pangs:
Dye life, flye soule, tongue curse thy fill and dye.
[Dyes.]
Calymath
Tell me, you Christians, what doth this portend?
Governor
This traine he laid to have intrap'd thy life;
Now Selim note the unhallowed deeds of Jewes:
Thus he determin'd to have handled thee,
But I have rather chose to save thy life.
Calymath
Was this the banquet he prepar'd for us?
Let's hence, lest further mischiefe be pretended.
Governor
Nay, Selim, stay, for since we have thee here,
We will not let thee part so suddenly:
Besides, if we should let thee goe, all's one,
For with thy Gallyes couldst thou not get hence,
Without fresh men to rigge and furnish them.
Calymath
Tush, Governor, take thou no care for that,
My men are all aboord,
And doe attend my comming there by this.
Governor
Why, hardst thou not the trumpet sound a charge?
Calymath
Yes, what of that?
Governor
Why, then the house was fir'd,
Blowne up, and all thy souldiers massacred.
Calymath
Oh monstrous treason!
Governor
A Jewes curtesie:
For he that did by treason worke our fall,
By treason hath delivered thee to us:
Know therefore, till thy father hath made good
The ruines done to Malta and to us,
Thou canst not part: for Malta shall be freed,
Or Selim ne're returne to Ottoman.
Calymath
Nay rather, Christians, let me goe to Turkey,
In person there to mediate your peace;
To keepe me here will nought advantage you.
Governor
Content thee, Calymath,here thou must stay,
And live in Malta prisoner; for come all the world
To rescue thee, so will we guard us now,
As sooner shall they drinke the Ocean dry,
Then conquer Malta, or endanger us.
So march away, and let due praise be given
Neither to Fate nor Fortune, but to Heaven.
FINIS