The Witch

What went we out into

this wilderness to find?

Leaving our country,

kindred,

our fathers houses?

We have travailed a vast ocean.

For what?

For what?

- We must ask thee to be silent!

Was it not for the pure and faithful

dispensation of the Gospels...

...and the Kingdom of God?

- No More!

We are your judges,

and not you ours!

I cannot be judged

by false Christians,

for i have done nothing...

...say preach

Christ true Gospel.

Must you continue to dishonor

the laws of the commonwealth...

...and the church with

your prideful conceit?

If my conscience sees it fit.

Then shall you be banished out

of this plantations liberties!

I would be glad on it.

Then take your leave,

and trouble us no further.

How sadly hath The Lord

testified against you.

Katherine.

Thomasin!

Come.

I will confess Jehovah

with all heart...

in secret and in

assembly of the just.

Great are the works

of our Lord Jehovah,

sought out of all that

in them do delight.

I here confess

I have lived in sin.

I have been idle of my work,

disobedient of mine parents,

neglectful of my prayer.

I have, in secret,

played upon thy sabbath,

and broken every one of thy

commandments in thought...

...followed the desires

of my own will,

and not the holy Spirit.

I know I deserve all shame

and misery in this life,

and everlasting hell-fire.

But I beg thee,

for the sake of thy Son.

Forgive me.

Show me mercy.

Show me thy light.

Thomasin!

There you are! There you are!

Where is Sam? Wheres Sam?

Where is that little man?

There you are! There you are!

Sam?

Samuel!

Thomasin.

Thomasin.

Sleep.

All will be well.

Sleep.

Caleb.

God give you good morrow.

All are still a-bed.

Save Mother.

No ease to rise on a grey day.

The Devil holds

fast your eyelids.

Wake them.

- No, let them be.

Thy mothers not

slept a night since.

We can search no longer, Caleb.

We cannot.

If not a wolf, that hungerd

have taken him yet.

Lets to The Wood.

I've been a-laying traps

for some while now.

Even before this new misery.

Within The Wood?

Will you not help thy father?

You and mother have always

forbad us to set foot there.

Caleb, our harvest

cannot last the winter.

We must capture our food

if we cannot grow it.

We will conquer this wilderness.

It will not consume us.

Art thou then born a sinner?

Aye. I was conceived in

sin, and born in iniquity.

And, what is thy birth sin?

Adam's sin imputed to me,

and a corrupt nature

dwelling within me.

Well-remembered Caleb.

Very well.

And canst thou tell me what

thy corrupt nature is?

My corrupt nature

is empty of grace,

bent unto sin, only unto

sin, and that continually.

Soft now.

We must layt again.

Was Samuel born in sinner?

How might then...

We pray he hath entered

Gods Kingdom.

What wickedness hath he done?

- Place faith in God, Caleb.

We'll speak no more

on thy brother.

Why?

He hath disappeared

not one week past,

yet you and Mother

utter not his name.

He is gone, Caleb.

- Tell me.

- Tell thee what?

- Is he in hell?

- Caleb!

Mother will not

stop her prayer...

And if died?

- If I died this day?

- What is this?

I hold evil in my heart.

My sins are not pardoned.

Thou art youngly yet.

An if God will not

hear my prayers?

- Caleb...

- Tell me!

Look you,

I love thee marvelous well,

but tis God alone, not man,

what knows who is a son of

Abraham and who is not.

Who is good and who is evil.

Fain would I tell thee

Sam sleeps in Jesus,

that thou wilt, that I will,

but I cannot tell thee that.

None can.

Caleb?

Where are these from?

From Indian Thom and Old Slater,

when last they passed through.

What did you trade?

Thy mothers silver cup.

Speak none of this to Mother.

None.

She is over-wrought already.

I'll tell her when

the grief is passed.

Let's not speak on this again.

Aye.

Fowler!

Fool of an animal.

Fowler!

Fowler! What is it?

Praise God. Look at the size.

Make haste Caleb.

Fie upon it

Father!

Father?

Off Fowler.

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

crown grows out his head."

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

o nanny queen is wed."

"Jump to the fence post, running..."

Jonas, Mercy! Come hither!

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

King of all."

Jonas! Mercy!

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

King of sky and land."

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

King of sea and sand."

"We are ye servants,

we are ye men."

"Black Phillip eats the lions

from the lions 'den."

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

a crown grows out his head."

"Black Phillip, Black Phillip,

to nanny queen is wed."

"Jump to the fence post, running..."

- Get thee back!

List me, stop that!

Phillip! Back!

Back!

Heavens, bless us!

Caleb, ope the gate!

Caleb!

Ill have thee quiet.

Whither were you and

Caleb this morn?

How could you disappear!

And thee! I told thee to keep

watch of Jonas and Mercy.

I was and I bade them help

me and they paid me no mind.

Whats the matter with thee, Thomasin?

Whats the matter with thee?

Take thy fathers rags to

the brook and wash 'em.

- They would pay me no mind...

- And brush out his woolens.

Help him!

My lamb.

It gave me such a fright

to find thee gone.

Ill not be left here alone.

Dost hear?

The mornings work

is well behindhand.

Jonas! Leave thy sister be!

She likes it.

William?

What, cannot a father spend

Godly time with his son?

Jonas!

- Father said stop it.

- Thomasin!

See?

- Stop.

- Stop it, each of you! Stop it.

- Thomasin, take the twins inside.

- No!

Get inside. Get inside.

Get inside.

As you like.

We went to find apples!

In the valley.

I had thought I had seen an

apple tree in the valley.

Father brought the gun,

- for if we glanced that wolf again.

- Why did you not tell me?

Father wanted it a

surprise to cheer you,

but there were none.

I thought I had seen them.

I like you not outside the farm.

Even to the valley.

Dost hear me?

Caleb...

Be a good lad and get

some water for thee Mother.

Stray not from the brook.

Why are you dallying?

What then?

What?

Caleb?

Caleb?

- Stop it!

- I meant no harm in it.

Whats the matter with thee?

Come hither.

Whats the matter with thee?

I've seen no apple since

we went from England.

I would thou hadst found em.

I so wish for one.

- Hear that?

- Aye.

Whos there?

I be The Witch of the Wood.

Mercy, come out.

I be not Mercy, I be

The Witch of the Wood.

And i have come to steal ye!

Hear me stick a-flying

through the trees.

Clickety-clackety-clickety-clakety!

- Mercy!

- Clickety-clackety-clickety-clakety!

Why ist when thou dost a wrong, I be

a-washing Fathers clothes like a slave,

and thou art playing idle?

- Because Mother hates you!

- Spoilt child.

Ill tell Mother you have

left the farm alone.

Black Phillip saith I

can do what I like.

Devil take your Black Phillip.

Its your fault I

cannot leave the yard.

I could go to the brook before

you let The Witch take Sam.

- Quiet thee.

- It was a wolf stole Sam.

A witch. Ive seen her in her

riding cloak about The Wood!

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