It shall come Suddenly, as a thief doth in the night, And in the hour when least thou thinkest of it! ENDICOTT.
We have a law, and by that law you die.
CHRISTISON.
I, 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, Judges of the Court,--what say ye?
Shall this man suffer death?
Speak your opinions.
ONE OF THE JUDGES.
I am a mortal man, and die I must, And that erelong; 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, Thomas Danforth, thou hast nothing more To glory in upon that dreadful day Than blood of innocent people, then thy glory Will be turned into shame! The Lord hath said it! ANOTHER JUDGE.
I cannot give consent, 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, 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 be hanged till you be dead--dead,--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, saith my God.
Listen, ye Magistrates, 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 be accursed forevermore! To EDITH, embracing her.
Cheer up, dear heart! they have not power to harm us.
[Exeunt CHRISTISON and EDITH guarded.

The Scene closes.
SCENE II.

-- A street.