If he will give him but a Souse more than you have done;

And your [Millanoise] are fit for nothing but to

Rob the Post or Carrier; a [Genovese] too

Will sooner kill by Usury than Sword or Pistol;

A Roman fit for nothing but a Spy.

Cur. Well, Sir, you are pleasant with my Countrymen.

Piet. I’ll be so with my own too, Sir; and tell you,

That Maltan, who pretends] to so much Honour

And Gravity, are fit only to rob their Neighbours

With pretence of Piety,