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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��


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