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ENDICOTT and MERRY。
ENDICOTT。
My son�察�you say��
MERRY。
Your Worship's eldest son。
ENDICOTT。
Speaking against the laws��
MERRY。
Ay�察�worshipful sir。
ENDICOTT。
And in the public market´place��
MERRY。
I saw him
With my own eyes�察�heard him with my own ears。
ENDICOTT。
Impossible��
MERRY。
He stood there in the crowd
With Nicholas Upsall�察�when the laws were read
To´day against the Quakers�察�and I heard him
Denounce and vilipend them as unjust��
And cruel�察�wicked�察�and abominable。
ENDICOTT。
Ungrateful son� �O God� �thou layest upon me
A burden heavier than I can bear��
Surely the power of Satan must be great
Upon the earth�察�if even the elect
Are thus deceived and fall away from grace��
MERRY。
Worshipful sir� �I meant no harm
ENDICOTT。
'T is well。
You've done your duty�察�though you've done it roughly��
And every word you've uttered since you came
Has stabbed me to the heart��
MERRY。
I do beseech
Your Worship's pardon��
ENDICOTT。
He whom I have nurtured
And brought up in the reverence of the Lord��
The child of all my hopes and my affections��
He upon whom I leaned as a sure staff
For my old age� �It is God's chastisement
For leaning upon any arm but His��
MERRY。
Your Worship��
ENDICOTT。
And this comes from holding parley
With the delusions and deceits of Satan。
At once�察�forever�察�must they be crushed out��
Or all the land will reek with heresy��
Pray�察�have you any children��
MERRY。
No�察�not any。
ENDICOTT。
Thank God for that。 He has delivered you
From a great care。 Enough�察�my private griefs
Too long have kept me from the public service。
Exit MERRY�察�ENDICOTT seats himself at the table and arranges his
papers。
The hour has come�察�and I am eager now
To sit in judgment on these Heretics。
A knock。
Come in。 Who is it�拭。�Not looking up��。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
It is I。
ENDICOTT ��restraining himself��。
Sit down��
JOHN ENDICOTT ��sitting down��。
I come to intercede for these poor people
Who are in prison�察�and await their trial。
ENDICOTT。
It is of them I wished to speak with you。
I have been angry with you�察�but 't is passed。
For when I hear your footsteps come or go��
See in your features your dead mother's face��
And in your voice detect some tone of hers��
All anger vanishes�察�and I remember
The days that are no more�察�and come no more��
When as a child you sat upon my knee��
And prattled of your playthings�察�and the games
You played among the pear trees in the orchard��
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Oh�察�let the memory of my noble mother
Plead with you to be mild and merciful��
For mercy more becomes a Magistrate
Than the vindictive wrath which men call justice��
ENDICOTT。
The sin of heresy is a deadly sin。
'T is like the falling of the snow�察�whose crystals
The traveller plays with�察�thoughtless of his danger��
Until he sees the air so full of light
That it is dark�察�and blindly staggering onward��
Lost and bewildered�察�he sits down to rest��
There falls a pleasant drowsiness upon him��
And what he thinks is sleep�察�alas� �is death。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
And yet who is there that has never doubted��
And doubting and believing�察�has not said��
;Lord�察�I believe�察�help thou my unbelief;��
ENDICOTT。
In the same way we trifle with our doubts��
Whose shining shapes are like the stars descending��
Until at last�察�bewildered and dismayed��
Blinded by that which seemed to give us light��
We sink to sleep�察�and find that it is death��
Rising。
Death to the soul through all eternity��
Alas that I should see you growing up
To man's estate�察�and in the admonition
And nurture of the law�察�to find you now
Pleading for Heretics��
JOHN ENDICOTT ��rising��。
In the sight of God��
Perhaps all men are Heretics。 Who dares
To say that he alone has found the truth��
We cannot always feel and think and act
As those who go before us。 Had you done so��
You would not now be here。
ENDICOTT。
Have you forgotten
The doom of Heretics�察�and the fate of those
Who aid and comfort them�拭 �Have you forgotten
That in the market´place this very day
You trampled on the laws�拭 �What right have you��
An inexperienced and untravelled youth��
To sit in judgment here upon the acts
Of older men and wiser than yourself��
Thus stirring up sedition in the streets��
And making me a byword and a jest��
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Words of an inexperienced youth like me
Were powerless if the acts of older men
Were not before them。 'T is these laws themselves
Stir up sedition�察�not my judgment of them。
ENDICOTT。
Take heed�察�lest I be called�察�as Brutus was��
To be the judge of my own son。 Begone��
When you are tired of feeding upon husks��
Return again to duty and submission��
But not till then。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
I hear and I obey��
��Exit。
ENDICOTT。
Oh happy�察�happy they who have no children��
He's gone� �I hear the hall door shut behind him。
It sends a dismal echo through my heart��
As if forever it had closed between us��
And I should look upon his face no more��
Oh�察�this will drag me down into my grave��
To that eternal resting´place wherein
Man lieth down�察�and riseth not again��
Till the heavens be no more�察�he shall not wake��
Nor be roused from his sleep�察�for Thou dost change
His countenance and sendest him away��
��Exit。
ACT III。
SCENE I。 The Court of Assistants�察�ENDICOTT�察�BELLINGHAM��
ATHERTON�察�and other magistrates。 KEMPTHORN�察�MERRY�察�and
constables。 Afterwards WHARTON�察�EDITH�察�and CHRISTISON。
ENDICOTT。
Call Captain Simon Kempthorn。
MERRY。
Simon Kempthorn��
Come to the bar��
KEMPTHORN comes forward。
ENDICOTT。
You are accused of bringing
Into this Jurisdiction�察�from Barbadoes��
Some persons of that sort and sect of people
Known by the name of Quakers�察�and maintaining
Most dangerous and heretical opinions��
Purposely coming here to propagate
Their heresies and errors�察�bringing with them
And spreading sundry books here�察�which contain
Their doctrines most corrupt and blasphemous��
And contrary to the truth professed among us。
What say you to this charge��
KEMPTHORN。
I do acknowledge��
Among the passengers on board the Swallow
Were certain persons saying Thee and Thou。
They seemed a harmless people�察�mostways silent��
Particularly when they said their prayers。
ENDICOTT。
Harmless and silent as the pestilence��
You'd better have brought the fever or the plague
Among us in your ship� �Therefore�察�this Court��
For preservation of the Peace and Truth��
Hereby commands you speedily to transport��
Or cause to he transported speedily��
The aforesaid persons hence unto Barbadoes��
From whence they came�察�you paying all the charges
Of their imprisonment。
KEMPTHORN。
Worshipful sir��
No ship e'er prospered that has carried Quakers
Against their will� �I knew a vessel once
ENDICOTT。
And for the more effectual performance
Hereof you are to give security
In bonds amounting to one hundred pounds。
On your refusal�察�you will be committed
To prison till you do it。
KEMPTHORN。
But you see
I cannot do it。 The law�察�sir�察�of Barbadoes
Forbids the landing Quakers on the island。
ENDICOTT。
Then you will be committed。 Who comes next��
MERRY。
There is another charge against the Captain。
ENDICOTT。
What is it��
MERRY。
Profane swearing�察�please your Worship。
He cursed and swore from Dock Square to the Court´house��
ENDICOTT。
Then let him stand in the pillory for one hour。
��Exit KEMPTHORN with constable。
Who's next��
MERRY。
The Quakers。
ENDICOTT。
Call them。
MERRY。
Edward Wharton��
Come to the bar��
WHARTON。
Yea�察�even to the bench。
ENDICOTT。
Take off your hat。
WHARTON。
My hat offendeth not。
If it offendeth any�察�let him take it��
For I shall not resist。
ENDICOTT。
Take off his hat。
Let him be fined ten shillings for contempt。
MERRY takes off WHARTON'S hat。
WHARTON。
What evil have I done��
ENDICOTT。
Your hair's too long��
And in not putting off your hat to us
You've disobeyed and broken that commandment
Which sayeth ;Honor thy father and thy mother。;
WHARTON。
John Endicott�察�thou art become too proud��
And loved him who putteth off the hat��
And honoreth thee by bowing of the body��
And sayeth ;Worshipful sir� ─ �'T is time for thee
To give such follies over�察�for thou mayest
Be drawing very near unto thy grave。
ENDICOTT。
Now�察�sirrah�察�leave your canting。 Take the oath。
WHARTON。
Nay�察�sirrah me no sirrahs��
ENDICOTT。
Will you swear��
WHARTON。
Nay�察�I will not。
ENDICOTT。
You made a great disturbance
And uproar yesterday in the Meeting´house��
Having your hat on。
WHARTON。
I made no disturbance��
For peacefully I stood�察�like other people。
I spake no words�察�moved against none my hand��
But by the hair they haled me out�察�and dashed
Their hooks into my face。
ENDICOTT。
You�察�Edward Wharton��
On pain of death�察�depart this Jurisdiction
Within ten days。 Such is your sentence。 Go。
WHARTON。
John Endicott�察�it had been well for thee
If this day's doings thou hadst left undone
But�察�banish me as far as thou hast power��