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Then by the Statute you will be condemned

To the peine forte et dure�  �To have your body

Pressed by great weights until you shall be dead��

And may the Lord have mercy on your soul��





ACT V。



SCENE I。  COREy's farm as in Act II。�察�Scene I。  Enter RICHARD 

GARDNER�察�looking round him。



GARDNER。

Here stands the house as I remember it。

The four tall poplar´trees before the door��

The house�察�the barn�察�the orchard�察�and the well��

With its moss´covered bucket and its trough��

The garden�察�with its hedge of currant´bushes��

The woods�察�the harvest´fields�察�and�察�far beyond��

The pleasant landscape stretching to the sea。

But everything is silent and deserted��

No bleat of flocks�察�no bellowing of herds��

No sound of flails�察�that should be beating now��

Nor man nor beast astir。  What can this mean��



Knocks at the door。



What ho�  �Giles Corey�  �Hillo´ho�  �Giles Corey��

No answer but the echo from the barn��

And the ill´omened cawing of the crow��

That yonder wings his flight across the fields��

As if he scented carrion in the air。



Enter TITUBA with a basket。



What woman's this�察�that�察�like an apparition��

Haunts this deserted homestead in broad day��

Woman�察�who are you��



TITUBA。

                    I'm Tituba。

I am John Indian's wife。  I am a Witch。



GARDNER。

What are you doing here��



TITUBA。

              I am gathering herbs��

Cinquefoil�察�and saxifrage�察�and pennyroyal。



GARDNER ��looking at the herbs��。

This is not cinquefoil�察�it is deadly nightshade� �

This is not saxifrage�察�but hellebore��

This is not pennyroyal�察�it is henbane��

Do you come here to poison these good people��



TITUBA。

I get these for the Doctor in the Village。

Beware of Tituba。  I pinch the children��

Make little poppets and stick pins in them��

And then the children cry out they are pricked。

The Black Dog came to me and said�察 �Serve me� �

I was afraid。  He made me hurt the children。



GARDNER。

Poor soul�  �She's crazed�察�with all these Devil's doings。



TITUBA。

Will you�察�sir�察�sign the book��



GARDNER。

                      No�察�I'll not sign it。

Where is Giles Corey�拭 �Do you know Giles Corey��



TITUBA。

He's safe enough。  He's down there in the prison。



GARDNER。

Corey in prison�拭 �What is he accused of��



TITURA。

Giles Corey and Martha Corey are in prison

Down there in Salem Village。  Both are witches。

She came to me and whispered�察 �Kill the children� �

Both signed the Book��



GARDNER。



         Begone�察�you imp of darkness��

You Devil's dam��



TITUBA。

                 Beware of Tituba��

                            ��Exit。



GARDNER。

How often out at sea on stormy nights��

When the waves thundered round me�察�and the wind

Bellowed�察�and beat the canvas�察�and my ship

Clove through the solid darkness�察�like a wedge��

I've thought of him upon his pleasant farm��

Living in quiet with his thrifty housewife��

And envied him�察�and wished his fate were mine��

And now I find him shipwrecked utterly��

Drifting upon this sea of sorceries��

And lost�察�perhaps�察�beyond all aid of man��

                                  ��Exit。





SCENE II。。  The prison。  GILES COREY at a table on which are

some papers。



COREY。

Now I have done with earth and all its cares��

I give my worldly goods to my dear children��

My body I bequeath to my tormentors��

And my immortal soul to Him who made it。

O God� �who in thy wisdom dost afflict me

With an affliction greater than most men

Have ever yet endured or shall endure��

Suffer me not in this last bitter hour

For any pains of death to fall from Thee��



MARTHA is heard singing。

     Arise�察�O righteous Lord��

       And disappoint my foes��

     They are but thine avenging sword��

       Whose wounds are swift to close。



COREY。

Hark�察�hark� �it is her voice�  �She is not dead��

She lives�  �I am not utterly forsaken��



MARTHA�察�singing。

     By thine abounding grace��

       And mercies multiplied��

     I shall awake�察�and see thy face��

       I shall be satisfied。



COREY hides his face in his hands。  Enter the JAILER�察�followed by

RICHARD GARDNER。



JAILER。

Here's a seafaring man�察�one Richard Gardner��

A friend of yours�察�who asks to speak with you。



COREY rises。  They embrace。



COREY。

I'm glad to see you�察�ay�察�right glad to see you。



GARDNER。

And I am most sorely grieved to see you thus。



COREY。

Of all the friends I had in happier days��

You are the first�察�ay�察�and the only one��

That comes to seek me out in my disgrace��

And you but come in time to say farewell��

They've dug my grave already in the field。

I thank you。  There is something in your presence��

I know not what it is�察�that gives me strength。

Perhaps it is the bearing of a man

Familiar with all dangers of the deep��

Familiar with the cries of drowning men��

With fire�察�and wreck�察�and foundering ships at sea��



GARDNER。

Ah�察�I have never known a wreck like yours��

Would I could save you��



COREY。

                    Do not speak of that。

It is too late。  I am resolved to die。



GARDNER。

Why would you die who have so much to live for��

Your daughters�察�and



COREY。

            You cannot say the word。

My daughters have gone from me。  They are married��

They have their homes�察�their thoughts�察�apart from me��

I will not say their hearts��that were too cruel。

What would you have me do��



GARDNER。

                    Confess and live。

COREY。

That's what they said who came here yesterday

To lay a heavy weight upon my conscience

By telling me that I was driven forth

As an unworthy member of their church。



GARDNER。

It is an awful death。



COREY。

                     'T is but to drown��

And have the weight of all the seas upon you。



GARDNER。

Say something�察�say enough to fend off death

Till this tornado of fanaticism

Blows itself out。  Let me come in between you

And your severer self�察�with my plain sense��

Do not be obstinate。



COREY。

                     I will not plead。

If I deny�察�I am condemned already��

In courts where ghosts appear as witnesses��

And swear men's lives away。  If I confess��

Then I confess a lie�察�to buy a life

Which is not life�察�but only death in life。

I will not bear false witness against any��

Not even against myself�察�whom I count least。



GARDNER ��aside��。

Ah�察�what a noble character is this��



COREY。

I pray you�察�do not urge me to do that

You would not do yourself。  I have already

The bitter taste of death upon my lips��

I feel the pressure of the heavy weight

That will crush out my life within this hour��

But if a word could save me�察�and that word

Were not the Truth�察�nay�察�if it did but swerve

A hair's´breadth from the Truth�察�I would not say it��



GARDNER ��aside��。

How mean I seem beside a man like this��



COREY。

As for my wife�察�my Martha and my Martyr��

Whose virtues�察�like the stars�察�unseen by day��

Though numberless�察�do but await the dark

To manifest themselves unto all eyes��

She who first won me from my evil ways��

And taught me how to live by her example��

By her example teaches me to die��

And leads me onward to the better life��



SHERIFF ��without��。

Giles Corey�  �Come�  �The hour has struck��



COREY。

                          I come��

Here is my body�察�ye may torture it��

But the immortal soul ye cannot crush��

                              ��Exeunt。





SCENE III A street in the Village。  Enter GLOYD and others。



GLOYD。

Quick�察�or we shall be late��



A MAN。

                 That's not the way。

Come here�察�come up this lane。



GLOYD。

                        I wonder now

If the old man will die�察�and will not speak��

He's obstinate enough and tough enough

For anything on earth。



A bell tolls。



                Hark�  �What is that��



A MAN。

The passing bell。  He's dead��



GLOYD。

                       We are too late。

                      ��Exeunt in haste。





SCENE IV。  A field near the graveyard�察�GILES COREY lying dead�察�

with a great stone on his breast。  The Sheriff at his head��

RICHARD GARDNER at his feet。  A crowd behind。  The bell tolling。 

Enter HATHORNE and MATHER。



HATHORNE。

This is the Potter's Field。  Behold the fate

Of those who deal in Witchcrafts�察�and�察�when questioned��

Refuse to plead their guilt or innocence��

And stubbornly drag death upon themselves。



MATHER。

O sight most horrible�  �In a land like this��

Spangled with Churches Evangelical��

Inwrapped in our salvations�察�must we seek

In mouldering statute´books of English Courts

Some old forgotten Law�察�to do such deeds��

Those who lie buried in the Potter's Field

Will rise again�察�as surely as ourselves

That sleep in honored graves with epitaphs��

And this poor man�察�whom we have made a victim��

Hereafter will be counted as a martyr��







FINALE



SAINT JOHN



SAINT JOHN wandering over the face of the Earth。



SAINT JOHN。

The Ages come and go��

The Centuries pass as Years��

My hair is white as the snow��

My feet are weary and slow��

The earth is wet with my tears

The kingdoms crumble�察�and fall

Apart�察�like a ruined wall��

Or a bank that is undermined

By a river's ceaseless flow��

And leave no trace behind��

The world itself is old��

The portals of Time unfold

On hinges of iron�察�that grate

And groan with the rust and the weight��

Like the hinges of a gate

That hath fallen to decay��

But the evil doth not cease��

There is war instead of peace��

Instead of Love there is hate��


And still I must wander and wait��

Still I must watch and pray��

Not forgetting in whose sight��

A thousand years in their flight

Are as a single day。



The life of man is a gleam

Of light�察�that comes and goes

Like the course of the Holy Stream。

The cityless river�察�that flows

From fountains no one knows��

Through the Lake of G

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