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,