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Barabas and his daughter Abigail have had their home unjustly seized by the government of Malta in order to pay tribute to the invading Turks. Barabas has a cache of jewels and gold hidden under the floorboards of the house, but the governor has ordered the building to be converted into a nunnery. In order to reclaim the hidden cache and save themselves from financial ruin, Abigail goes to the nunnery requesting to join the sisterhood, with Barabas accompanying her to complete the ruse.
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[Enter FRIAR JACOMO, FRIAR BARNARDINE, ABBESS, and a NUN.]
FRIAR JACOMO. Sisters,
We now are almost at the new-made nunnery.
ABBESS. The better; for we love not to be seen:
'Tis thirty winters long since some of us
Did stray so far amongst the multitude.
FRIAR JACOMO. But, madam, this house
And waters of this new-made nunnery
Will much delight you.
ABBESS.
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