![]() ![]() Ithamore delivers counterfeit letters to Mathias and Lodowick, who finally confront and stab each other. Barabas thus contrives a plot to have Mathias and Lodowick kill each other. Each young man desires to see Abigall, and Barabas promises his favors to each. Del Bosco also sells Ferneze the slaves he has in cargo, and Barabas ends up buying the Turkish slave Ithamore at the marketplace.Īt the marketplace, Barabas also runs into Mathias and Lodowick severally. In the meantime, the Spanish vice-admiral Martin del Bosco convinces Ferneze to break Malta's league with Turkey, promising to write the Spanish king for military aid from Spain against the Turks. Having uttered a false confession, Abigall gains entrance to the nunnery (formerly Barabas's mansion) and retrieves her father's hidden fortune. Barabas plots to retrieve part of his fortune through his daughter Abigall, and the two young men Mathias and Lodowick each set out to win Abigall's heart. The protagonist Barabas protests strongly, so his entire estate is confiscated. After the Turks leave, Ferneze decides to collect the tribute from the Jews of Malta: each Jew must give up half of his estate. The Maltese governor Ferneze cannot produce the funds immediately, but he promises to pay within a month. The tribute has been neglected for the past ten years, so it has accumulated to a considerable sum. ![]() In the opening act, the Turkish sultan's son Selim Calymath arrives to exact Malta's tribute. The play is set on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. ![]()
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