The Jew of Malta

By: Marlowe, Christopher

Book Excerpt: ...d before him.BARABAS. So that of thus much that return was made; And of the third part of the Persian ships There was the venture summ'd and satisfied. As for those Samnites, and the men of Uz, That bought my Spanish oils and wines of Greece, Here have I purs'd their paltry silverlings. Fie, what a trouble 'tis to count this trash Well fare the Arabians, who so richly pay The things they traffic for with wedge of gold, Whereof a man may easily in a day Tell that which may maintain him all his life. The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make a miracle of thus much coin; But he whose steel-barr'd coffers are cramm'd full, And all his life-time hath been tired, Wearying his fingers' ends with telling it, Would in his age be loath to labour so, And for a pound to sweat himself to death. Give me the merchants of the Indian mines, That trade in metal of the purest mould; The wealthy Moor, that in the eastern rocks Without control can pick his riches up, And in his housClose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JLXYHMN
• ISBN13: 9798675254767
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"