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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

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