How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #10
Will Knights of Malta be in league with Turks,
And buy it basely, too, for sums of gold? (2.2.28-9)
Sounds good, but Bosco is actually mocking a fundamental truth of this play: you can absolutely buy peace (or war, for that matter) with money. Bosco himself isn't offering to help out Malta because it would be honorable to defend a fellow Christian community; he wants a strategic place to sell his slaves.