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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��

Beyond the guard and presence of my God

Thou canst not banish me。



ENDICOTT。

                     Depart the Court��

We have no time to listen to your babble。

Who's next�拭               。�Exit WHARTON。



MERRY。

   This woman�察�for the same offence。



EDITH comes forward。



ENDICOTT。

What is your name��



EDITH。

          'T is to the world unknown��

But written in the Book of Life。



ENDICOTT。

                            Take heed

It be not written in the Book of Death��

What is it��



EDITH。

          Edith Christison。



ENDICOTT ��with eagerness��。

                        The daughter

Of Wenlock Christison��



EDITH。

                    I am his daughter。



ENDICOTT。

Your father hath given us trouble many times。

A bold man and a violent�察�who sets

At naught the authority of our Church and State��

And is in banishment on pain of death。

Where are you living��



EDITH。

                In the Lord。



ENDICOTT。

                        Make answer

Without evasion。  Where��



EDITH。

                   My outward being

Is in Barbadoes。



ENDICOTT。

             Then why come you here��



EDITH。

I come upon an errand of the Lord。



ENDICOTT。

'Tis not the business of the Lord you're doing��

It is the Devil's。  Will you take the oath��

Give her the Book。



MERRY offers the Book。



EDITH。

               You offer me this Book

To swear on�察�and it saith�察─�Swear not at all��

Neither by heaven�察�because it is God's Throne��

Nor by the earth�察�because it is his footstool� �

I dare not swear。



ENDICOTT。

      You dare not�拭 �Yet you Quakers

Deny this book of Holy Writ�察�the Bible��

To be the Word of God。



EDITH ��reverentially��。

                  Christ is the Word��

The everlasting oath of God。  I dare not。



ENDICOTT。

You own yourself a Quaker��do you not�拭�



EDITH。

I own that in derision and reproach

I am so called。



ENDICOTT。

          Then you deny the Scripture

To be the rule of life。



EDITH。

                       Yea�察�I believe

The Inner Light�察�and not the Written Word��

To be the rule of life。



ENDICOTT。

                       And you deny

That the Lord's Day is holy。



EDITH。

                            Every day

Is the Lords Day。  It runs through all our lives��

As through the pages of the Holy Bible��

;Thus saith the Lord。;



ENDICOTT。

           You are accused of making

An horrible disturbance�察�and affrighting

The people in the Meeting´house on Sunday。

What answer make you��



EDITH。

                      I do not deny

That I was present in your Steeple´house

On the First Day�察�but I made no disturbance。



ENDICOTT。

Why came you there��



EDITH。

      Because the Lord commanded。

His word was in my heart�察�a burning fire

Shut up within me and consuming me��

And I was very weary with forbearing��

I could not stay。



ENDICOTT。

   'T was not the Lord that sent you��

As an incarnate devil did you come��



EDITH。

On the First Day�察�when�察�seated in my chamber��

I heard the bells toll�察�calling you together��

The sound struck at my life�察�as once at his��

The holy man�察�our Founder�察�when he heard

The far´off bells toll in the Vale of Beavor。

It sounded like a market bell to call

The folk together�察�that the Priest might set

His wares to sale。  And the Lord said within me��

;Thou must go cry aloud against that Idol��

And all the worshippers thereof。;  I went

Barefooted�察�clad in sackcloth�察�and I stood

And listened at the threshold�察�and I heard

The praying and the singing and the preaching��

Which were but outward forms�察�and without power。

Then rose a cry within me�察�and my heart

Was filled with admonitions and reproofs。

Remembering how the Prophets and Apostles

Denounced the covetous hirelings and diviners��

I entered in�察�and spake the words the Lord

Commanded me to speak。  I could no less。



ENDICOTT。

Are you a Prophetess��



EDITH。

                    Is it not written��

;Upon my handmaidens will I pour out

My spirit�察�and they shall prophesy;��



ENDICOTT。

                              Enough��

For out of your own mouth are you condemned��

Need we hear further��



THE JUDGES。

                      We are satisfied。



ENDICOTT。

It is sufficient。  Edith Christison��

The sentence of the Court is�察�that you be

Scourged in three towns�察�with forty stripes save one��

Then banished upon pain of death��



EDITH。

                       Your sentence

Is truly no more terrible to me

Than had you blown a feather into the the air��

And�察�as it fell upon me�察�you had said��

Take heed it hurt thee not� ─ �God's will he done��



WENLOCK CHRISTISON ��unseen in the crowd��。

Woe to the city of blood�  �The stone shall cry

Out of the wall�察�the beam from out the timber

Shall answer it�  �Woe unto him that buildeth

A town with blood�察�and stablisheth a city

By his iniquity��



ENDICOTT。

                  Who is it makes

Such outcry here��



CHRISTISON ��coming forward��。

                I�察�Wenlock Christison��



ENDICOTT。

Banished on pain of death�察�why come you here��



CHRISTISON。

I come to warn you that you shed no more

The blood of innocent men�  �It cries aloud

For vengeance to the Lord��



ENDICOTT。

                     Your life is forfeit

Unto the law�察�and you shall surely die��

And shall not live。



CHRISTISON。

                    Like unto Eleazer��

Maintaining the excellence of ancient years

And the honor of his gray head�察�I stand before you��

Like him disdaining all hypocrisy��

Lest�察�through desire to live a little longer��

I get a stain to my old age and name��



ENDICOTT。

Being in banishment�察�on pain of death��

You come now in among us in rebellion。



CHRISTISON。

I come not in among you in rebellion��

But in obedience to the Lord of heaven。

Not in contempt to any Magistrate��

But only in the love I bear your souls��

As ye shall know hereafter�察�when all men

Give an account of deeds done in the body��

God's righteous judgments ye cannot escape。



ONE OF THE JUDGES。

Those who have gone before you said the same��

And yet no judgment of the Lord hath fallen

Upon us。



CHRISTISON。

       He but waiteth till the measure

Of your iniquities shall be filled up��

And ye have run your race。  Then will his wrath

Descend upon you to the uttermost��

For thy part�察�Humphrey Atherton�察�it hangs

Over thy head already。  It shall come

Suddenly�察�as a thief doth in the night��

And in the hour when least thou thinkest of it��



ENDICOTT。

We have a law�察�and by that law you die。



CHRISTISON。

I�察�a free man of England and freeborn��

Appeal unto the laws of mine own nation��



ENDICOTT。

There's no appeal to England from this Court��

What� �do you think our statutes are but paper��

Are but dead leaves that rustle in the wind��

Or litter to be trampled under foot��

What say ye�察�Judges of the Court��what say ye��

Shall this man suffer death�拭 �Speak your opinions。



ONE OF THE JUDGES。

I am a mortal man�察�and die I must��

And that erelong�察�and I must then appear

Before the awful judgment´seat of Christ��

To give account of deeds done in the body。

My greatest glory on that day will be��

That I have given my vote against this man。



CHRISTISON。

If�察�Thomas Danforth�察�thou hast nothing more

To glory in upon that dreadful day

Than blood of innocent people�察�then thy glory

Will be turned into shame�  �The Lord hath said it��



ANOTHER JUDGE。

I cannot give consent�察�while other men

Who have been banished upon pain of death

Are now in their own houses here among us。

ENDICOTT。

Ye that will not consent�察�make record of it。

I thank my God that I am not afraid

To give my judgment。  Wenlock Christison��

You must be taken back from hence to prison��

Thence to the place of public execution��

There to he hanged till you be deaddead��dead。



CHRISTISON。

If ye have power to take my life from me��

Which I do question��God hath power to raise

The principle of life in other men��

And send them here among you。  There shall be

No peace unto the wicked�察�saith my God。

Listen�察�ye Magistrates�察�for the Lord hath said it��

The day ye put his servitors to death��

That day the Day of your own Visitation��

The Day of Wrath shall pass above your heads��

And ye shall he accursed forevermore��



To EDITH�察�embracing her。



Cheer up�察�dear heart� �they have not power to harm us。



��Exeunt CHRISTISON and EDITH guarded。  The Scene closes。







SCENE II。  A street。  Enter JOHN ENDICOTT and UPSALL。



JOHN ENDICOTT。

Scourged in three towns� �and yet the busy people

Go up and down the streets on their affairs

Of business or of pleasure�察�as if nothing

Had happened to disturb them or their thoughts��

When bloody tragedies like this are acted��

The pulses of a nation should stand still

The town should be in mourning�察�and the people

Speak only in low whispers to each other。



UPSALL。

I know this people�察�and that underneath

A cold outside there burns a secret fire

That will find vent and will not be put out��

Till every remnant of these barbarous laws

Shall be to ashes burned�察�and blown away。



JOHN ENDICOTT。

Scourged in three towns�  �It is incredible

Such things can be�  �I feel the blood within me

Fast mounting in rebellion�察�since in vain

Have I implored compassion of my father��



UPSALL。

You know your father only as a father��

I know him better as a Magistrate。

He is a man both loving and severe��

A tender heart�察�a will inflexible。

None ever loved him more than I have loved him。

He is an upright man and a just man

In all things save the treatment of the Quakers。



JOHN ENDICOT

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