Either pay that, or we will seize on all.

BARABAS. Corpo di Dio! stay: you shall have half;
Let me be us'd but as my brethren are.

FERNEZE. No, Jew, thou hast denied the articles,
And now it cannot be recall'd.
[Exeunt OFFICERS, on a sign from FERNEZE]

BARABAS. Will you, then, steal my goods?
Is theft the ground of your religion?

FERNEZE. No, Jew; we take particularly thine,
To save the ruin of a multitude:
And better one want for a common good,
Than many perish for a private man:
Yet, Barabas, we will not banish thee,
But here in Malta, where thou gott'st thy wealth,
Live still; and, if thou canst, get more.

BARABAS. Christians, what or how can I multiply?
Of naught is nothing made.

FIRST KNIGHT. From naught at first thou cam'st to little wealth,
>From little unto more, from more to most:
If your first curse fall heavy on thy head,
And make thee poor and scorn'd of all the world,
'Tis not our fault, but thy inherent sin.

BARABAS. What, bring you Scripture to confirm your wrongs?