_F. Jac._ I, that thou art a---- _Bar._ What needs all this? I know I am a Jew. _F. Barn._ Thy daughter---- _F. Jac._ I, thy daughter---- _Bar._ O speak not of her, then I die with grief. _F. Barn._ Remember that---- _F. Jac._ I, remember that---- 40 _Bar._ I must needs say that I have been a great usurer. _F. Barn._ Thou hast committed---- _Bar._ Fornication--but that Was in another country: and besides, The wench is dead. _F. Barn._ I, but, Barabas, Remember Mathias and Don Lodowick. _Bar._ Why, what of them? _F. Barn._ I will not say that by a forged challenge they met. _Bar._ She has confest, and we are both undone, 50 My bosom inmate![107] but I must dissemble.-- [_Aside._ O holy friars, the burthen of my sins Lie heavy on my soul; then pray you tell me. Is't not too late now to turn Christian? I have been zealous in the Jewish faith, Hard-hearted to the poor, a covetous wretch, That would for lucre's sake have sold my soul. A hundred for a hundred I have ta'en; And now for store of wealth may I compare With all the Jews in Malta; but what is wealth? 60 I am a Jew, and therefore am I lost. Would penance serve for this my sin, I could afford to whip myself to death-- _Itha._ And so could I; but penance will not serve. _Bar._ To fast, to pray, and wear a shirt of hair, And on my knees creep to Jerusalem. Cellars of wine, and sollers[108] full of wheat, Warehouses stuft with spices and with drugs, Whole chests of gold, in bullion, and in coin, Besides I know not how much weight in pearl, 70 Orient and round, have I within my house; At Alexandria, merchandise unsold:[109] But yesterday two ships went from this town, Their voyage will be worth ten thousand crowns. In Florence, Venice, Antwerp, London, Seville, Frankfort, Lubeck, Moscow, and where not, Have I debts owing; and in most of these, Great sums of money lying in the banco; All this I'll give to some religious house So I may be baptized, and live therein. 80 _F. Jac._ O good Barabas, come to our house. _F. Barn._ O no, good Barabas, come to our house; And, Barabas, you know---- _Bar._ I know that I have highly sinned. You shall convert me, you shall have all my wealth. _F. Jac._ O Barabas, their laws are strict. _Bar._ I know they are, and I will be with you. [_To_ F. JAC. _F. Barn._ They wear no shirts, and they go barefoot too. _Bar._ Then 'tis not for me; and I am resolved [_To_ F. BARN. You shall confess me, and have all my goods. 90 _F. Jac._ Good Barabas, come to me.