In a secret place where I once stood (1), upon which they saw there was no way but to take him by force (2). Here more than two hundred of those grim courtiers stood wondering at him, as he had been a monster. (3)It seemed as if there had been a thousand Hatchets going at once. (4) I can remember the time when I use to sleep quietly without workings in my thoughts, whole nights together, but now it is other wayes with me. (5) After this they fell to great licentiousness and led a dissolute life. (6) Thus stands the cause between God and us. (7)

(1) Anne Bradstreet

(2) William Bradford

(3) John Smith

(4) Mary Rowlandson

(5) Mary Rowlandson

(6) William Bradford

(7) John Winthrop