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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