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I brought here from Barbadoes in the Swallow。
And how to do it I don't clearly see��
For one of them is banished�察�and another
Is sentenced to be hanged� �What shall I do��
GOLDSMITH。
Just slip your hawser on some cloudy night��
Sheer off�察�and pay it with the topsail�察�Simon��
��Exeunt。
SCENE II。 Street in front of the prison。 In the background a
gateway and several flights of steps leading up terraces to the
Governor's house。 A pump on one side of the street。 JOHN
ENDICOTT�察�MERRY�察�UPSALL�察�and others。 A drum beats。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Oh shame�察�shame�察�shame��
MERRY。
Yes�察�it would be a shame
But for the damnable sin of Heresy��
JOHN ENDICOTT。
A woman scourged and dragged about our streets��
MERRY。
Well�察�Roxbury and Dorchester must take
Their share of shame。 She will he whipped in each��
Three towns�察�and Forty Stripes save one�察�that makes
Thirteen in each。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
And are we Jews or Christians��
See where she comes�察�amid a gaping crowd��
And she a child。 Oh�察�pitiful� �pitiful��
There's blood upon her clothes�察�her hands�察�her feet��
Enter MARSHAL and a drummer。 EDITH�察�stripped to the waist��
followed by the hangman with a scourge�察�and a noisy crowd。
EDITH。
Here let me rest one moment。 I am tired。
Will some one give me water��
MERRY。
At his peril。
UPSALL。
Alas� �that I should live to see this day��
A WOMAN。
Did I forsake my father and my mother
And come here to New England to see this��
EDITH。
I am athirst。 Will no one give me water��
JOHN ENDICOTT ��making his way through the crowd with water��。
In the Lord's name��
EDITH ��drinking。
In his name I receive it��
Sweet as the water of Samaria's well
This water tastes。 I thank thee。 Is it thou��
I was afraid thou hadst deserted me。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Never will I desert thee�察�nor deny thee。
Be comforted。
MERRY。
O Master Endicott��
Be careful what you say。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Peace�察�idle babbler��
MERRY。
You'll rue these words��
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Art thou not better now��
EDITH。
They've struck me as with roses。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Ah�察�these wounds��
These bloody garments��
EDITH。
It is granted me
To seal my testimony with my blood。
JOHN ENDICOTT。
O blood´red seal of man's vindictive wrath��
O roses in the garden of the Lord��
I�察�of the household of Iscariot��
I have betrayed in thee my Lord and Master。
WENLOCK CHRISTISON appears above�察�at the window of the prison�察�
stretching out his hands through the bars。
CHRISTISON。
Be of good courage�察�O my child� �my child��
Blessed art thou when men shall persecute thee��
Fear not their faces�察�saith the Lord�察�fear not��
For I am with thee to deliver thee。
A CITIZEN。
Who is it crying from the prison yonder。
MERRY。
It is old Wenlock Christison。
CHRISTISON。
Remember
Him who was scourged�察�and mocked�察�and crucified��
I see his messengers attending thee。
Be steadfast�察�oh�察�be steadfast to the end��
EDITH ��with exultation��。
I cannot reach thee with these arms�察�O father��
But closely in my soul do I embrace thee
And hold thee。 In thy dungeon and thy death
I will be with thee�察�and will comfort thee
MARSHAL。
Come�察�put an end to this。 Let the drum beat。
The drum beats。 Exeunt all but JOHN ENDICOTT�察�UPSALL�察�and MERRY。
CHRISTISON。
Dear child�察�farewell� �Never shall I behold
Thy face again with these bleared eyes of flesh��
And never wast thou fairer�察�lovelier�察�dearer
Than now�察�when scourged and bleeding�察�and insulted
For the truth's sake。 O pitiless�察�pitiless town��
The wrath of God hangs over thee�察�and the day
Is near at hand when thou shalt be abandoned
To desolation and the breeding of nettles。
The bittern and the cormorant shall lodge
Upon thine upper lintels�察�and their voice
Sing in thy windows。 Yea�察�thus saith the Lord��
JOHN ENDICOTT。
Awake� �awake� �ye sleepers�察�ere too late��
And wipe these bloody statutes from your books��
��Exit。
MERRY。
Take heed�察�the walls have ears��
UPSALL。
At last�察�the heart
Of every honest man must speak or break��
Enter GOVERNOR ENDICOTT with his halberdiers。
ENDICOTT。
What is this stir and tumult in the street��
MERRY。
Worshipful sir�察�the whipping of a girl��
And her old father howling from the prison。
ENDICOTT ��to his halberdiers��。
Go on。
CHRISTISON。
Antiochus� �Antiochus��
O thou that slayest the Maccabees� �The Lord
Shall smite thee with incurable disease��
And no man shall endure to carry thee��
MERRY。
Peace�察�old blasphemer��
CHRISTISON。
I both feel and see
The presence and the waft of death go forth
Against thee�察�and already thou dost look
Like one that's dead��
MERRY ��pointing��。
And there is your own son��
Worshipful sir�察�abetting the sedition。
ENDICOTT。
Arrest him。 Do not spare him。
MERRY ��aside��。
His own child��
There is some special providence takes care
That none shall be too happy in this world��
His own first´born。
ENDICOTT。
O Absalom�察�my son��
��Exeunt�察�the Governor with his halberdiers ascending the steps of
his house。
SCENE III。 The Governor's private room。 Papers upon the
table。
ENDICOTT and BELLINGHAM
ENDICOTT。
There is a ship from England has come in��
Bringing despatches and much news from home��
His majesty was at the Abbey crowned��
And when the coronation was complete
There passed a mighty tempest o'er the city��
Portentous with great thunderings and lightnings。
BELLINGHAM。
After his father's�察�if I well remember��
There was an earthquake�察�that foreboded evil。
ENDICOTT。
Ten of the Regicides have been put to death��
The bodies of Cromwell�察�Ireton�察�and Bradshaw
Have been dragged from their graves�察�and publicly
Hanged in their shrouds at Tyburn。
BELLINGHAM。
Horrible��
ENDICOTT。
Thus the old tyranny revives again。
Its arm is long enough to reach us here��
As you will see。 For�察�more insulting still
Than flaunting in our faces dead men's shrouds��
Here is the King's Mandamus�察�taking from us��
From this day forth�察�all power to punish Quakers。
BELLINGHAM。
That takes from us all power�察�we are but puppets��
And can no longer execute our laws。
ENDICOTT。
His Majesty begins with pleasant words��
;Trusty and well´beloved�察�we greet you well�察�
Then with a ruthless hand he strips from me
All that which makes me what I am�察�as if
From some old general in the field�察�grown gray
In service�察�scarred with many wounds��
Just at the hour of victory�察�he should strip
His badge of office and his well´gained honors��
And thrust him back into the ranks again。
Opens the Mandamus and hands it to BELLINGHAM�察�and�察�while he is
reading�察�ENDICOTT walks up and down the room。
Here�察�read it for yourself�察�you see his words
Are pleasant wordsconsideratenot reproachful
Nothing could be more gentleor more royal��
But then the meaning underneath the words��
Mark that。 He says all people known as Quakers
Among us�察�now condemned to suffer death
Or any corporal punishment whatever��
Who are imprisoned�察�or may be obnoxious
To the like condemnation�察�shall be sent
Forthwith to England�察�to be dealt with there
In such wise as shall be agreeable
Unto the English law and their demerits。
Is it not so��
BELLINGHAM ��returning the paper��。
Ay�察�so the paper says。
ENDICOTT。
It means we shall no longer rule the Province��
It means farewell to law and liberty��
Authority�察�respect for Magistrates��
The peace and welfare of the Commonwealth。
If all the knaves upon this continent
Can make appeal to England�察�and so thwart
The ends of truth and justice by delay��
Our power is gone forever。 We are nothing
But ciphers�察�valueless save when we follow
Some unit�察�and our unit is the King��
'T is he that gives us value。
BELLINGHAM。
I confess
Such seems to be the meaning of this paper��
But being the King's Mandamus�察�signed and sealed��
We must obey�察�or we are in rebellion。
ENDICOTT。
I tell you�察�Richard Bellingham��I tell you��
That this is the beginning of a struggle
Of which no mortal can foresee the end。
I shall not live to fight the battle for you��
I am a man disgraced in every way��
This order takes from me my self´respect
And the respect of others。 'T is my doom��
Yes�察�my death´warrant�察�but must be obeyed��
Take it�察�and see that it is executed
So far as this�察�that all be set at large��
But see that none of them be sent to England
To bear false witness�察�and to spread reports
That might be prejudicial to ourselves。
��Exit BELLINGHAM。
There's a dull pain keeps knocking at my heart��
Dolefully saying�察 �Set thy house in order��
For thou shalt surely die�察�and shalt not live��
For me the shadow on the dial´plate
Goeth not back�察�but on into the dark��
��Exit。
SCENE IV。 The street。 A crowd�察�reading a placard on the door
of the Meeting´house。 NICHOLAS UPSALL among them。 Enter John
Norton。
NORTON。
What is this gathering here��
UPSALL。
One William Brand��
An old man like ourselves�察�and weak in body��
Has been so cruelly tortured in his prison��
The people are excited�察�and they threaten
To tear the prison down。
NORTON。
What has been done��
UPSALL。
He has been put in irons�察�with his neck
And heels tied close together�察�and so left