Caly. Treason! treason! bassoes, fly!70
Gov. No, Selim, do not fly; See his end first, and fly then if thou canst.
Bar. O help me, Selim, help me, Christians! Governor, why stand you all so pitiless?
Gov. Should I in pity of thy plaints or thee, Accursèd Barabas, base Jew, relent? No, thus I'll see thy treachery repaid, But wish thou hadst behaved thee otherwise.
Bar. You will not help me, then?
Gov. No, villain, no.80
Bar. And, villains, know you cannot help me now— Then, Barabas, breathe forth thy latest hate, [159] And in the fury of thy torments strive To end thy life with resolution; Know, Governor, 'twas I that slew thy son; I framed the challenge that did make them meet: Know, Calymath, I aimed thy overthrow, And had I but escaped this stratagem, I would have brought confusion on you all, Damned Christians! dogs! and Turkish infidels!90 But now begins the extremity of heat To pinch me with intolerable pangs: Die life, fly soul, tongue curse thy fill, and die! [Dies.
Caly. Tell me, you Christians, what doth this portend?
Gov. This train he laid to have entrapped thy life; Now, Selim, note the unhallowed deeds of Jews: Thus he determined to have handled thee, But I have rather chose to save thy life.
Caly. Was this the banquet he prepared for us? Let's hence, lest further mischief be pretended. [160]100