Gov. Now, gentlemen, betake you to your arms, And see that Malta be well fortified; And it behoves you to be resolute; For Calymath, having hovered here so long, Will win the town or die before the walls.
Knights. And die he shall, for we will never yield.
Enter Bellamira and Pilia-Borsa.
Bell. O, bring us to the Governor.
Gov. Away with her; she is a courtesan.
Bell. Whate'er I am, yet, Governor, hear me speak; I bring thee news by whom thy son was slain:10 Mathias did it not; it was the Jew.
Pilia. Who, besides the slaughter of these gentlemen, Poisoned his own daughter and the nuns, Strangled a friar, and I know not what Mischief besides.
Gov. Had we but proof of this——
Bell. Strong proof, my lord; his man's now at my lodging, That was his agent; he'll confess it all.
Gov. Go fetch him straight [Exeunt Officers]; I always feared that Jew.20