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Foreign interference was now found
eminently useful, and the declarations of

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tolerance which it elicited from the
French government, as well as the more

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cautious march of the Catholic
persecutors, operated as decisive and

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involuntary acknowledgments of the
importance of that interference,

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which some persons at first censured and
despised, put through the stern voice of

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public opinion in England, and elsewhere
produced a resultant suspension of

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massacre and pillage, the murderers and
plunderers were still left unpunished,

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and even caressed and rewarded for their
crimes, and whilst Protestants in France

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suffered the most cruel and degrading
pains and penalties for alleged trifling

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crimes, Catholics, covered with blood and
guilty of numerous and horrid murders,

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were acquitted.

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Perhaps the virtuous indignation expressed
by some of the more enlightened Catholics

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against these abominable proceedings had
no small share in restraining them.

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Many innocent Protestants had been
condemned to the galleys, and otherwise

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punished for supposed crimes, upon the
oaths of wretches the most unprincipled

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and abandoned.

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Monsieur Madier de Mongo, judge of the
Cour royale of Nîmes, and president of the

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Cour d'Assises of the Gardes and Vaucluse,
upon one occasion felt himself compelled

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to break up the court rather than take the
deposition of that notorious and

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sanguinary monster, Trofémy.

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In a hall, says he, of the Palace of
Justice, opposite that in which I sat,

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several unfortunate persons persecuted by
the faction were upon trial, every

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deposition tending to their crimination
was applauded with the cries of Vive le

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Roi.

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Three times the explosion of this
atrocious joy became so terrible that it

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was necessary to send for reinforcements
from the barracks, and two hundred

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soldiers were often unable to restrain the
people.

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On a sudden the shouts and cries of Vive
le Roi redoubled.

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A man arrived, caressed, applauded,
born in triumph.

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It was the horrible Trofémy.

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He approached the tribunal.

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He came to depose against the prisoners.

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He was admitted as a witness.

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He raised his hand to take the oath.

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Seized with horror at the sight,
I rushed from my seat and entered the Hall

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of Council.

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My colleagues followed me.

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In vain they persuaded me to resume my
seat.

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No, exclaimed I, I will not consent to see
that wretch admitted to give evidence in a

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court of justice, in the city which he has
filled with murders, in the palace on the

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steps of which he has murdered the
unfortunate Bourillon.

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I cannot admit that he should kill his
victims by his testimonies no more than by

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his poignards.

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He an accuser?

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He a witness?

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No, never will I consent to see this
monster rise in the presence of

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magistrates to take a sacrilegious oath,
his hands still reeking with blood.

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These words were repeated out of doors.

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The witness trembled.

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The factious also trembled, the factious
who guided the tongue of Trofémy as they

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had directed his arm, who dictated calumny
after they had taught him murder.

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These words penetrated the dungeons of the
condemned and inspired hope.

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They gave another courageous advocate the
resolution to espouse the cause of the

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persecuted.

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He carried the prayers of innocence and
misery to the foot of the throne.

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There he asked if the evidence of a
Trofémy was not sufficient to annul a

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sentence.

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The king granted a full and free pardon.

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ULTIMATE RESOLUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS AT
NIMH With respect to the conduct of the

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Protestants, these highly outraged
citizens, pushed to extremities by their

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persecutors, felt at length that they had
only to choose the manner in which they

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were to perish.

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They unanimously determined that they
would die fighting in their own defence.

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This firm attitude apprised their butchers
that they could no longer murder with

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impunity.

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Everything was immediately changed.

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Those who for four years had filled others
with terror now felt it in their turn.

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They trembled at the force which men,
so long resigned, found in despair,

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and their alarm was heightened when they
heard that the inhabitants of the

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Savannes, persuaded of the danger of their
brethren, were marching to their

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assistance.

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But without waiting for these
reinforcements, the Protestants appeared

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at night, in the same order and armed in
the same manner as their enemies.

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The others paraded the boulevards with
their usual noise and fury, but the

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Protestants remained silent and firm in
the posts they had chosen.

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Three days these dangerous and ominous
meetings continued, but the effusion of

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blood was prevented by the efforts of some
worthy citizens, distinguished by their

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rank and fortune.

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By sharing the dangers of the Protestant
population, they obtained the pardon of an

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enemy who now trembled while he menaced.

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Chapter 22 The Beginnings of American
Foreign Missions Samuel J.

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Mills, when a student in Williams College,
gathered about him a group of fellow

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students all feeling the burden of the
great heathen world.

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One day in 1806, four of them,
overtaken by a thunderstorm, took refuge

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in the shelter of a haystack.

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They passed the time in prayer for the
salvation of the world, and resolved,

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if opportunity offered, to go themselves
as missionaries.

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This haystack prayer meeting has become
historic.

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These young men went later to Andover
Theological Seminary, where Adoniram

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Judson joined them.

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Four of these sent a petition to the
Massachusetts Congregational Association

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at Bradford, June 29, 1810, offering
themselves as missionaries and asking

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whether they might expect support from a
society in this country or whether they

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must apply to a British society.

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In response to this appeal, the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign

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Missions was formed.

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When a charter for the board was applied
for, an unbelieving soul objected upon the

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floor of the legislature, alleging,
in opposition to the petition,

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that the country contained so limited a
supply of Christianity that none could be

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spared for export, but was aptly reminded
by another who was blessed with a more

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optimistic make, that this was a commodity
such that the more of it was sent abroad,

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the more remained at home.

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There was much perplexity concerning plans
and finances, so Judson was dispatched to

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England to confer with the London Society
as to the feasibility of the two

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organisations cooperating in sending and
sustaining the candidates, but this scheme

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came to nothing.

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At last sufficient money was raised,
and in February 1812 the first

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missionaries of the American Board sailed
for the Orient.

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Mr. Judson was accompanied by his wife,
having married Anne Hasseltine shortly

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before sailing.

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On the long voyage out, in some way Mr.
and Mrs. Judson and Mr. Rice were led to

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revise their convictions with reference to
the proper mode of baptism, reached the

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conclusion that only immersion was valid,
and were rebaptised by Kerry soon after

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their arrival in Calcutta.

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This step necessarily sundered their
connection with the body which had sent

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them forth, and left them wholly destitute
of support.

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Mr. Rice returned to America to report
this condition of affairs to the Baptist

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brethren.

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They looked upon the situation as the
result of an act of providence,

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and eagerly planned to accept the
responsibility thrust upon them.

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Accordingly, the Baptist Missionary Union
was formed, so Mr. Judson was the occasion

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of the organisation of two great
missionary societies.

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The Persecution of Dr. Judson After
labouring for some time in Hindustan,

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Dr. and Mrs. Judson finally established
themselves at Rangoon in the Burman Empire

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in 1813.

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In 1824 war broke out between the British
East India Company and the Emperor of

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Burma.

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Dr. and Mrs. Judson and Dr. Price,
who were at Avar, the capital of the

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Burman Empire, when the war commenced,
were immediately arrested and confined for

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several months.

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The account of the suffering of the
missionaries was written by Mrs. Judson,

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and is given in her own words.

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Rangoon, May 26, 1826 My beloved brother,
I commence this letter with the intention

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of giving you the particulars of our
captivity and sufferings at Avar.

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How long my patience will allow my
reviewing scenes of disgust and horror,

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the conclusion of this letter will
determine.

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I had kept a journal of everything that
transpired from our arrival at Avar,

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but destroyed it at the commencement of
our difficulties.

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The first certain intelligence we received
of the declaration of war by the Burmese

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was on our arrival at Senpyuk Haiwan,
about a hundred miles this side of Avar,

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where part of the troops, under the
command of the celebrated Bandula,

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had encamped.

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As we proceeded on our journey we met
Bandula himself with the remainder of his

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troops, gaily equipped, seated on his
golden barge, and surrounded by a fleet of

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gold war-boats, one of which was instantly
dispatched the other side of the river to

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hail us and make all necessary inquiries.

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We were allowed to proceed quietly on,
when he had informed the messenger that we

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were Americans, not English, and were
going to Avar in obedience to the command

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of His Majesty.

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On our arrival at the capital we found
that Dr. Price was out of favour at court,

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and that suspicion rested on most of the
foreigners then at Avar.

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Your brother visited at the palace two or
three times, but found the King's manner

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toward him very different from what it
formerly had been, and the Queen,

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who had hitherto expressed wishes for my
speedy arrival, now made no inquiries

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after me, nor intimated a wish to see me.

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Consequently, I made no effort to visit at
the palace, though almost daily invited to

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visit some of the branches of the royal
family, who were living in their own

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houses out of the palace enclosure.

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Under these circumstances we thought our
most prudent course lay in prosecuting our

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original intention of building a house,
and commencing missionary operations as

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occasion offered, thus endeavouring to
convince the government that we had really

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nothing to do with the present war.

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In two or three weeks after our arrival,
the King, Queen, all the members of the

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royal family, and most of the officers of
government, returned to Amarapura in order

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to come and take possession of the new
palace in the customary style.

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I dare not attempt a description of that
splendid day, when Majesty, with all its

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attendant glory, entered the gates of the
Golden City, and amid the acclamations of

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millions, I may say, took possession of
the palace.

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The sorpoirs of the provinces,
bordering on China, all the viceroys and

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high officers of the kingdom were
assembled on the occasion, dressed in

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their robes of state, and ornamented with
the insignia of their office.

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The white elephant, richly adorned with
gold and jewels, was one of the most

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beautiful objects in the procession.

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The King and Queen alone were unadorned,
dressed in the simple garb of the country.

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They, hand in hand, entered the garden,
in which we had taken our seats,

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and where a banquet was prepared for their
refreshment.

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All the riches and glory of the Empire
were on this day exhibited to view.

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The number and immense size of the
elephants, the numerous horses and great

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variety of vehicles of all descriptions,
far surpassed anything I had ever seen or

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imagined.

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Soon after His Majesty had taken
possession of the new palace, an order was

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issued that no foreigner should be allowed
to enter, excepting Lansago.

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We were a little alarmed at this,
but concluded it was from political

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motives, and would not perhaps essentially
affect us.

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For several weeks, nothing took place to
alarm us, and we went on with our school.

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Mr. J preached every Sabbath, all the
materials for building a brick house were

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procured, and the masons had made
considerable progress in raising the

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building.

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On the 23rd of May, 1824, just as we'd
concluded worship at the doctor's house,

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the other side of the river, a messenger
came to inform us that Rangoon was taken

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by the English.

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The intelligence produced a shock,
in which was a mixture of fear and joy.

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Mr. Gougere, a young merchant residing at
Arvo, was then with us, and had much more

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reason to fear than the rest of us.

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We all, however, immediately returned to
our house, and began to consider what was

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to be done.

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Mr. G.

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went to Prince Tharyarwadi, the king's
most influential brother, who informed him

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he need not give himself any uneasiness,
as he'd mentioned the subject to his

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majesty, who had replied that the few
foreigners residing at Arvo had nothing to

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do with the war, and should not be
molested.

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The government were now all in motion.

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An army of ten or twelve thousand men,
under the command of the Kiyi-wungi,

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were sent off in three or four days,
and were to be joined by the Sakya-wungi,

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who had previously been appointed viceroy
of Rangoon, and who was on his way thither

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when the news of its attack reached him.

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No doubt he was entertained of the defeat
of the English.

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The only fear of the king was that the
foreigners, hearing of the advance of the

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Burmese troops, would be so alarmed as to
flee on board their ships and depart,

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before there would be time to secure them
as slaves.

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Bring for me, said a wild young buck at
the palace, six Kalapiu, white strangers,

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to row my boat, and to me, said the lady
of Wungi, send four white strangers to

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manage the affairs of my house,
as I understand they are trusty servants.

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The war-boats, in high glee, passed our
house, the soldiers singing and dancing,

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and exhibiting gestures of the most joyful
kind.

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Poor fellows, said we, you will probably
never dance again.

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And so it proved, but few, if any,
ever saw again their native home.

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At length Mr. Judson and Dr. Price were
summoned to a court of examination,

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where strict inquiry was made relative to
all they knew.

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The great point seemed to be whether they
had been in the habit of making

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communications to foreigners, of the state
of the country, etc.

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They answered that they had always written
to their friends in America, but had no

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correspondence with English officers or
the Bengal government.

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After their examination they were not put
in confinement, as the Englishmen had

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been, but were allowed to return to their
houses.

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In examining the accounts of Mr. G.,
it was found that Mr. J.

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and Dr. Price had taken money of him to a
considerable amount.

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Ignorant, as were the Burmese of our mode
of receiving money, by orders on Bengal,

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this circumstance to their suspicious
minds was a sufficient evidence that the

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missionaries were in the pay of the
English, and very probably spies.

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It was thus represented to the King,
who in an angry tone ordered the immediate

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arrest of the two teachers.

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On the 8th of June, just as we were
preparing for dinner, in rushed an officer

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holding a black book with a dozen Burmans,
accompanied by one whom, from his spotted

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face, we knew to be an executioner and a
son of the prison.

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"'Where is the teacher?' was the first
inquiry.

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Mr. Judson presented himself.

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"'You are called by the King,' said the
officer, a form of speech always used when

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about to arrest a criminal.

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The spotted man instantly seized Mr.
Judson, threw him on the floor,

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and produced the small cord, the
instrument of torture.

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I caught hold of his arm.

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"'Stay,' said I.

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"'I will give you money.' "'Take her too,'
said the officer.

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"'She also is a foreigner.' Mr. Judson,
with an imploring look, begged they would

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let me remain until further orders.

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The scene was now shocking beyond
description.

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The whole neighborhood had collected.

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The masons at work on the brick house
threw down their tools and ran.

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The little Burman children were screaming
and crying.

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The Bengali servants stood in amazement at
the indignities offered their master.

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And the hardened executioner, with a
hellish joy, drew tight the cords,

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bound Mr. Judson fast, and dragged him
off.

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I knew not whither.

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In vain I begged and entreated the spotted
face to take the silver and loosen the

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ropes, but he spurned my offers,
and immediately departed.

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I gave the money, however, to Munging to
follow after, to make some further attempt

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to mitigate the torture of Mr. Judson.

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But instead of succeeding, when a few rods
from the house, the unfeeling wretches,

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again threw their prisoner on the ground
and drew the cords still tighter,

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so as almost to prevent respiration.

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The officer and his gang proceeded on to
the courthouse, where the governor of the

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city and the officers were collected,
one of whom read the order of the king to

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commit Mr. Judson to the death-prison,
into which he was soon hurled,

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the door closed, and Munging saw no more.

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What a night was now before me!

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I retired into my room and endeavoured to
obtain consolation from committing my case

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to God, and imploring fortitude and
strength to suffer whatever awaited me.

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But the consolation of retirement was not
long allowed me, for the magistrate of the

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place had come into the veranda and
continually called me to come out and

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submit to his examination.

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But previously to going out, I destroyed
all my letters, journals, and writings of

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every kind, lest they should disclose the
fact that we had correspondents in

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England, and had minuted down every
occurrence since our arrival in the

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country.

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When this work of destruction was
finished, I went out and submitted to the

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examination of the magistrate,
who inquired very minutely of everything I

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knew, then ordered the gates of the
compound to be shut, no person be allowed

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to go in or out, placed a guard of ten
ruffians, to whom he gave a strict charge

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to keep me safe, and departed.

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It was now dark.

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I retired to an inner room with my four
little Burman girls and barred the doors.

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The guard instantly ordered me to unbar
the doors and come out, or they would

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break the house down.

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I obstinately refused to obey,
and endeavoured to intimidate them by

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threatening to complain of their conduct
to higher authorities on the morrow.

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Finding me resolved in disregarding their
orders, they took the two Bengali servants

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and confined them in the stocks in a very
painful position.

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I could not endure this, but called a
headman to the window and promised to make

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them all a present in the morning if they
would release the servants.

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After much debate and many severe
threatenings they consented, but seemed

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resolved to annoy me as much as possible.

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My unprotected, desolate state,
my entire uncertainty of the fate of Mr.

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Judson, and the dreadful carousings and
almost diabolical language of the guard,

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all conspired to make it by far the most
distressing night I had ever passed.

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You may well imagine, my dear brother,
that sleep was a stranger to my eyes and

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peace and composure to my mind.

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The next morning I sent Mung Ing to
ascertain the situation of your brother

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and give him food, if still living.

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He soon returned with the intelligence
that Mr. Judson and all the white

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foreigners were confined in the
death-prison, with three pairs of iron

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fetters each, and fastened to a long pole
to prevent their moving.

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The point of my anguish now was that I was
a prisoner myself and could make no

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efforts for the release of the
missionaries.

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I begged and entreated the magistrate to
allow me to go to some member of

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government to state my case, but he said
he did not dare to consent, for fear I

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should make my escape.

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I next wrote a note to one of the King's
sisters, with whom I had been intimate,

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requesting her to use her influence for
the release of the teachers.

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The note was returned with this message.

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She did not understand it, which was a
polite refusal to interfere.

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Though I afterwards ascertained that she
had an anxious desire to assist us,

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but dared not on account of the Queen.

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The day dragged heavily away, and another
dreadful night was before me.

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I endeavoured to soften the feelings of
the guard by giving them tea and cigars

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for the night, so that they allowed me to
remain inside of my room without

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threatening as they did the night before.

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But the idea of your brother being
stretched on the bare floor in irons and

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confinement haunted my mind like a
spectre, and prevented my attaining any

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quiet sleep, though nature was almost
exhausted.

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On the third day I sent a messenger to the
Governor of the City, who has the entire

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direction of prison affairs, to allow me
to visit him with a present.

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This had the desired effect, and he
immediately sent orders to the guards to

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permit my going into town.

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The Governor received me pleasantly,
and asked me what I wanted.

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I stated to him the situation of the
foreigners, and particularly that of the

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teachers who were Americans and had
nothing to do with the war.

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He told me it was not in his power to
release them from prison or irons,

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but that he could make their situation
more comfortable.

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There was his head officer with whom I
must consult, relative to the means.

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The officer, who proved to be one of the
city writers and whose countenance at the

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first glance presented the most perfect
assembling of all the evil passions

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attached to human nature, took me aside
and endeavoured to convince me that

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myself, as well as the prisoners,
was entirely at his disposal, that our

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future comfort must depend on my
liberality in regard to presents,

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and that these must be made in a private
way and unknown to any officer in the

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Government.

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What must I do, said I, to obtain a
mitigation of the present sufferings of

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the two teachers?

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Pay to me, said he, two hundred ticals,
about a hundred dollars, two pieces of

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fine cloth and two pieces of
handkerchiefs.

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I had taken money with me in the morning,
our house being two miles from the prison,

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I could not easily return.

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This I offered to the writer, and begged
he would not insist on the other articles,

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as they were not in my possession.

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He hesitated for some time, but fearing to
lose the sight of so much money,

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he concluded to take it, promising to
relieve the teachers from their most

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painful situation.

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I then procured an order from the Governor
for my admittance into prison.

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But the sensations produced by meeting
your brother in that wretched,

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horrid situation, and the affecting scene
which ensued, I will not attempt to

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describe.

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Mr. Judson crawled to the door of the
prison, for I was never allowed to enter,

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gave me some directions relative to his
release, but before we could make any

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arrangement I was ordered to depart by
those iron-hearted jailers who could not

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endure to see us enjoy the poor
consolation of meeting in that miserable

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place.

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In vain I pleaded the order of the
Governor for my admittance.

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They again harshly repeated, Depart,
or we will pull you out.

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The same evening, the missionaries,
together with the other foreigners who had

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paid an equal sum, were taken out of the
common prison and confined in an open shed

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in the prison enclosure.

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Here I was allowed to send them food and
mats to sleep on, but was not permitted to

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enter again for several days.

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My next object was to get a petition
presented to the Queen, but no person

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being admitted into the palace who is in
disgrace with His Majesty, I sought to

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present it through the medium of her
brother's wife.

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I had visited her in better days and
received particular marks of her favour.

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But now times were altered.

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Mr. Judson was in prison and I in
distress, which was a sufficient reason

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for giving me a cold reception.

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I took a present of considerable value.

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She was lolling on her carpet as I
entered, with her attendants around her.

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I waited not for the usual question to a
suppliant, What do you want?

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but in a bold, earnest, yet respectful
manner, stated our distresses and our

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wrongs, and begged her assistance.

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She partly raised her head, opened the
present I had brought, and coolly replied,

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Your case is not singular.

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All the foreigners are treated alike.

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But it is singular, said I.

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The teachers are Americans, their
ministers are religion, have nothing to do

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with war or politics, and came to Ava in
obedience to the King's command.

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They have never done anything to deserve
such treatment, and is it right they

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should be treated thus?

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The King does as he pleases, said she.

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I am not the King.

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What can I do?

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You can state their case to the Queen,
and obtain their release, replied I.

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Place yourself in my situation.

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Were you in America, your husband,
innocent of crime, thrown into prison,

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in irons, and you a solitary, unprotected
female, what would you do?

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With a slight degree of feeling,
she said, I will present your petition

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come again tomorrow.

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I returned to the house with considerable
hope that the speedy release of the

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missionaries was at hand.

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But the next day, Mr. Gouger's property,
to the amount of fifty thousand dollars,

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was taken and carried to the palace.

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The officers, on their return,
politely informed me they should visit our

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house on the morrow.

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I felt obliged for this information,
and accordingly made preparations to

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receive them, by secreting as many little
articles as possible, together with

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considerable silver, as I knew if the war
should be protracted, we should be in a

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state of starvation without it.

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But my mind was in a dreadful state of
agitation, lest it should be discovered,

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and cause my being thrown into prison.

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And had it been possible to procure money
from any other quarter, I should not have

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ventured on such a step.

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The following morning the Royal Treasurer,
Prince Thariyawadee's Chief Woon,

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and Kungtoni Mayutsa, who is in future our
steady friend, attended by forty or fifty

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followers, came to take possession of all
we had.

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I treated them civilly, gave them chairs
to sit on, tea and sweetmeats for their

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refreshment, and justice obliges me to say
that they conducted the business of

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confiscation with more regard to my
feelings than I should have thought it

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possible for Burmese officers to exhibit.

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The three officers, with one of the Royal
Secretaries, alone entered the house,

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their attendants were ordered to remain
outside.

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They saw I was deeply affected,
and apologised for what they were about to

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do, by saying that it was painful for them
to take possession of property not their

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own, but they were compelled thus to do by
order of the King.

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Where is your silver, gold, and jewels?

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said the Royal Treasurer.

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I have no gold or jewels, but here is the
key of a trunk which contains the silver.

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Do with it as you please.

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The trunk was produced, and the silver
weighed.

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This money, said I, was collected in
America by the Disciples of Christ,

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and sent here for the purpose of building
a kyung, the name of a priest's dwelling,

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and for our support while teaching the
religion of Christ.

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Is it suitable that you should take it?

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The Burmans are averse to taking what is
offered in a religious point of view,

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which was the cause of my making the
inquiry.

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We will state this circumstance to the
King, said one of them, and perhaps he

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will restore it.

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But this is all the silver you have?

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I could not tell a falsehood.

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The house is in your possession,
I replied.

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Search for yourselves.

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Have you not deposited silver with some
person of your acquaintance?

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My acquaintances are all in prison,
with whom should I deposit silver?

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They next ordered my trunk and drawers to
be examined.

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The Secretary only was allowed to
accompany me in this search.

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Everything nice or curious which met his
view was presented to the officers for

27:43.310 --> 27:45.690
their decision whether it should be taken
or retained.

27:46.450 --> 27:50.530
I begged they would not take our wearing
apparel, as it would be disgraceful to

27:50.530 --> 27:54.810
take clothes partly worn into the
possession of His Majesty, and to us they

27:54.810 --> 27:56.170
were of unspeakable value.

27:56.950 --> 28:00.770
They assented and took a list only,
and did the same with the books,

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medicines, etc.

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My little work-table and rocking chair,
presents from my beloved brother,

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I rescued from their grasp, partly by
artifice and partly through their

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ignorance.

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They left also many articles which were of
inestimable value during our long

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imprisonment.

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As soon as they had finished their search
and departed, I hastened to the fate of my

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petition, when, alas, all my hopes were
dashed by his wife's coolly saying,

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I stated your case to the Queen,
but Her Majesty replied, the teachers will

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not die, let them remain as they are.

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My expectations had been so much excited
that this sentence was like a thunderbolt

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to my feelings.

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For the truth, at one glance assured me
that if the Queen refused assistance,

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who would dare to intercede for me?

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With a heavy heart I departed,
and on my way home attempted to enter the

28:57.090 --> 29:01.610
prison gate to communicate the sad tidings
to your brother, but was harshly refused

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admittance.

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And for the ten days following,
notwithstanding my daily efforts,

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I was not allowed to enter.

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We attempted to communicate by writing,
and after being successful for a few days,

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it was discovered, the poor fellow who
carried the communications was beaten and

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put in the stocks.

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The circumstance cost me about ten
dollars, besides two or three days of

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agony, for fear of the consequences.

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The officers who had taken possession of
our property presented it to His Majesty,

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saying, Judson is a true teacher,
we found nothing in his house but what

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belongs to priests.

29:36.710 --> 29:40.350
In addition to this money there are an
immense number of books, medicine,

29:40.650 --> 29:43.590
trunks of wearing apparel, of which we
have only taken a list.

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Shall we take them, or let them remain?

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Let them remain, said the King,
and put this property by itself,

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for it shall be restored to him again if
he is found innocent.

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This was an allusion to the idea of his
being a spy.

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For two or three months following,
I was subjected to continual harassment,

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partly through my ignorance of police
management, and partly through the

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insatiable desire of every petty officer
to enrich himself through our misfortunes.

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You, my dear brother, who know my strong
attachment to my friends, and how much

30:18.470 --> 30:22.690
pleasure I have hitherto experienced from
retrospect, can judge from the above

30:22.690 --> 30:25.190
circumstances how intense were my
sufferings.

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But the point, the acme of my distresses,
consisted in the awful uncertainty of our

30:30.930 --> 30:31.730
final fate.

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My prevailing opinion was that my husband
would suffer violent death, and that I

30:37.350 --> 30:40.690
should, of course, become a slave and
languish out of miserable though short

30:40.690 --> 30:44.010
existence in the tyrannic hands of some
unfeeling monster.

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But the consolations of religion in these
trying circumstances were neither few nor

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small.

30:50.850 --> 30:55.290
It taught me to look beyond this world,
to that rest, that peaceful, happy rest

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where Jesus reigns and oppression never
enters.

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Some months after your brother's
imprisonment, I was permitted to make a

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little bamboo room in the prison
enclosures where he could be much by

31:06.270 --> 31:09.710
himself, and where I was sometimes allowed
to spend two or three hours.

31:10.610 --> 31:14.630
It so happened that the two months he
occupied this place was the coldest part

31:14.630 --> 31:18.250
of the year when he would have suffered
much in the open shed he had previously

31:18.250 --> 31:18.770
occupied.

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After the birth of your little niece,
I was unable to visit the prison and the

31:23.670 --> 31:28.110
governor as before, and found I had lost
considerable influence previously gained,

31:28.570 --> 31:32.470
for he was not so forward to hear my
petitions when any difficulty occurred as

31:32.470 --> 31:33.410
he formerly had been.

31:34.470 --> 31:38.890
When Maria was nearly two months old,
her father one morning sent me word that

31:38.890 --> 31:43.130
he and all the white prisoners were put
into the inner prison in five pairs of

31:43.130 --> 31:47.390
fetters each, that his little room had
been torn down, and his mat, pillow,

31:47.530 --> 31:49.230
etc., had been taken by the jailers.

31:49.750 --> 31:53.110
This was to me a dreadful shock,
as I thought at once it was only a prelude

31:53.110 --> 31:54.130
to greater evils.

31:55.210 --> 31:58.510
The situation of the prisoners was now
distressing beyond description.

31:59.150 --> 32:01.130
It was at the commencement of the hot
season.

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There were above a hundred prisoners shut
up in one room, without a breath of air

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excepting from the cracks in the boards.

32:09.110 --> 32:13.770
I sometimes attained permission to go to
the door for five minutes, when my heart

32:13.770 --> 32:15.690
sickened at the wretchedness exhibited.

32:16.390 --> 32:20.030
The white prisoners, from incessant
perspiration and loss of appetite,

32:20.290 --> 32:22.030
look more like the dead than the living.

32:22.810 --> 32:27.050
I made daily applications to the governor,
offering him money, which he refused,

32:27.530 --> 32:31.190
but all that I gained was permission for
the foreigners to eat their food outside,

32:31.330 --> 32:32.970
and this continued but a short time.

32:34.770 --> 32:38.290
After continuing in the inner prison for
more than a month, your brother was taken

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with a fever.

32:40.410 --> 32:44.370
I felt assured he would not live long
unless removed from that noisome place.

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To effect this, and in order to be near
the prison, I removed from our house and

32:49.350 --> 32:53.030
put up a small bamboo room in the
governor's enclosure, which was nearly

32:53.030 --> 32:54.230
opposite the prison gate.

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Here I incessantly begged the governor to
give me an order to take Mr. J.

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out of the large prison and place him in a
more comfortable situation.

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And the old man, being worn out with my
entreaties, at length gave me the order in

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an official form, and also gave orders to
the head jailer to allow me to go in and

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out all times of the day to administer
medicines.

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I now felt happy indeed, and had Mr. J.

33:20.250 --> 33:24.230
instantly removed into a little bamboo
hovel, so low that neither of us could

33:24.230 --> 33:27.970
stand upright, but a palace in comparison
with the place he had left.

33:31.830 --> 33:35.750
Removal of the prisoners to Ung Pen La,
Mrs. Judson follows them.

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Notwithstanding the order the governor had
given for my admittance into prison,

33:41.770 --> 33:45.250
it was with the greatest difficulty that I
could persuade the under-jailer to open

33:45.250 --> 33:45.690
the gate.

33:46.190 --> 33:50.090
I used to carry Mr. J.'s food myself for
the sake of getting in, and would then

33:50.090 --> 33:52.410
remain an hour or two and less driven out.

33:53.370 --> 33:57.670
We had been in this comfortable situation
but two or three days, when one morning,

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having carried in Mr. Judson's breakfast,
which in consequence of fever he was

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unable to take, I remained longer than
usual, when the governor in great haste

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sent for me.

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I promised him to return as soon as I had
ascertained the governor's will,

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he being much alarmed at this unusual
message.

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I was very agreeably disappointed when the
governor informed that he only wished to

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consult me about his watch, and seemed
unusually pleasant and conversable.

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I found afterwards that his only object
was to detain me until the dreadful scene

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about to take place in the prison was
over, for when I left him to go to my

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room, one of the servants came running,
and with a ghastly countenance informed me

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that all the white prisoners were carried
away.

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I would not believe the report,
but instantly went back to the governor,

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who said he had just heard of it,
but did not wish to tell me.

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I hastily ran into the street,
hoping to get a glimpse of them before

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they were out of sight, but in this was
disappointed.

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I ran first into one street, then another,
inquiring of all I met, but none would

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answer me.

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At length an old woman told me that the
white prisoners had gone towards the

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little river, for they were to be carried
to Amarapura.

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I then ran to the banks of the little
river, about half a mile, but saw them

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not, and concluded the old woman had
deceived me.

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Some of the friends of the foreigners went
to the place of execution, but found them

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not.

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I then returned to the governor to try to
discover the cause of their removal and

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the probability of their future fate.

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The old man assured me that he was
ignorant of the intention of government to

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remove the foreigners until that morning.

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That since I went out, he had learned that
the prisoners had been sent to Amarapura,

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but for what purpose he knew not.

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I will send off a man immediately,
said he, to see what is to be done with

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them.

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You can do nothing more for your husband,
continued he.

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Take care of yourself.

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Never before had I suffered so much from
fear in traversing the streets of Ava.

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The last words of the governor,
take care of yourself, made me suspect

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there was some design with which I was
unacquainted.

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I saw also he was afraid to have me go
into the streets, and advised me to wait

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until dark when he would send me in a cart
and a man to open the gates.

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I took two or three trunks of the most
valuable articles, together with the

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medicine chest, to deposit in the house of
the governor, and after committing the

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house and premises to our faithful Munging
and a Bengali servant, who continued with

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us though we were unable to pay his wages,
I took leave as I then thought probable of

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our house in Ava forever.

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The day was dreadfully hot, but we
obtained a covered boat, in which we were

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tolerably comfortable, until within two
miles of the government house.

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I then procured a cart, but the violent
motion, together with the dreadful heat

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and dust, made me almost distracted.

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But what was my disappointment on my
arriving at the courthouse to find the

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prisoners had been sent on two hours
before, and that I must go in that

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uncomfortable mode four miles further with
little Maria in my arms, whom I held all

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the way from Ava.

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The cartman refused to go any further,
and after waiting an hour in the burning

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sun, I procured another and set off for
that never to be forgotten place,

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Ung Pen La.

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I obtained a guide from the governor and
was conducted directly to the prison yard.

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But what a scene of wretchedness was
presented to my view.

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The prison was an old, shattered building
without a roof.

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The fence was entirely destroyed.

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Eight or ten Burmese were on top of the
building, trying to make something like a

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shelter with the leaves, while under a
little low protection outside of the

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prison sat the foreigners, chained
together two and two, almost dead with

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suffering and fatigue.

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The first words of your brother were,
Why have you come?

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I hoped you would not follow, for you
cannot live here.

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It was now dark.

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I had no refreshment for the prisoners or
for myself, as I had expected to procure

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all that was necessary at the market in
Amarapura, and I had no shelter for the

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night.

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I asked one of the jailers if I might put
up a little bamboo house near the

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prisoners.

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He said no, it was not customary.

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I then begged he would procure me a
shelter for the night, when on the morrow

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I could find some place to live in.

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He took me to his house, in which there
were only two small rooms, one in which he

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and his family lived, the other which was
then half full of grain he offered to me,

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and in that little filthy place I spent
the next six months of wretchedness.

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I procured some half-boiled water instead
of my tea, and, worn out with fatigue,

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laid myself down on a mat spread over the
paddy, and endeavoured to obtain a little

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refreshment from sleep.

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The next morning your brother gave me the
following account of the brutal treatment

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he had received on being taken out of
prison.

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As soon as I had gone out at the call of
the Governor, one of the jailers rushed

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into Mr. J's little room, roughly seized
him by the arm, pulled him out,

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stripped of all of his clothes except
shirt and pantaloons, took his shoes,

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hat, and all his bedding, tore off his
chains, tied a rope round his waist,

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dragged him to the courthouse where the
other prisoners had previously been taken.

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They were then tied two and two,
and delivered into the hands of the

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Laminewoun, who went on before them on
horseback, while his slaves drove the

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prisoners, one of the slaves holding the
rope which connected two of them together.

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It was in May, one of the hottest months
in the year, and eleven o'clock in the

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day, so that the sun was intolerable
indeed.

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They had proceeded only half a mile when
your brother's feet became blistered,

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and so great was his agony, even at this
early period, that as they were crossing

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the little river he longed to throw
himself into the water to be free from

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misery.

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But the sin attached to such an act alone
prevented.

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They had then eight miles to walk.

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The sand and gravel were like burning
coals to the feet of the prisoners,

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which soon became perfectly destitute of
skin, and in this wretched state they were

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goaded on by their unfeeling drivers.

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Mr. J's debilitated state, in consequence
of the fever, and having taken no food

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that morning, rendered him less capable of
bearing such hardships than the other

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prisoners.

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When about halfway on their journey,
as they stopped for water, your brother

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begged the Lamine Woun to allow him to
ride his horse a mile or two, as he could

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proceed no farther in that dreadful state.

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But a scornful, malignant look was all the
reply that was made.

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He then requested Captain Laird,
who was tied with him, and who was a

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strong, healthy man, to allow him to take
hold of his shoulder as he was fast

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sinking.

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This the kind-hearted man granted for a
mile or two, but then found the additional

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burden insupportable.

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Just at that period Mr. Gouget's Bengali
servant came up to them, and seeing the

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distresses of your brother, took off his
headdress, which was made of cloth,

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tore it in two, gave half to his master
and half to Mr. Judson, which he instantly

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wrapped round his wounded feet,
as they were not allowed to rest even for

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a moment.

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The servant then offered his shoulder to
Mr. J., and was almost carried by him the

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remainder of the way.

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The Lamine Woun, seeing the distressing
state of the prisoners, and that one of

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their number was dead, concluded they
should go no farther that night,

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otherwise they would have been driven on
until they reached Oong Peng La the same

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day.

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An old shed was appointed for their abode
during the night, but without even a mat

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or pillow or anything to cover them.

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The curiosity of the Lamine Woun's wife
induced her to make a visit to the

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prisoners, whose wretchedness considerably
excited her compassion, and she ordered

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some fruit, sugar, and tamarinds for their
refreshment, and the next morning rice was

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prepared for them, and as poor as it was,
it was refreshing to the prisoners,

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who had been almost destitute of food the
day before.

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Carts were also provided for their
conveyance, as none of them were able to

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walk.

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All this time the foreigners were entirely
ignorant of what was to become of them,

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and when they arrived at Oong Peng La and
saw the dilapidated state of the prison,

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they immediately, all as one, concluded
that they were there to be burned,

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agreeably to the report which had
previously been in circulation at Ava.

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They all endeavoured to prepare themselves
for the awful scene anticipated,

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and it was not until they saw preparations
making for repairing the prison that they

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had the least doubt that a cruel,
lingering death awaited them.

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My arrival was an hour or two after this.

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The next morning I arose and endeavoured
to find something like food, but there was

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no market and nothing to be procured.

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One of Dr. Price's friends, however,
brought some cold rice and vegetable curry

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from Amarapora, which together with a cup
of tea from Mr. Lansago answered for the

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breakfast of the prisoners, and for dinner
we made a curry of dried salt fish,

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which a servant of Mr. Griget had brought.

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All the money I could command in the world
I had brought with me secreted about my

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person, so you may judge what our
prospects were in case the war should

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continue long.

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But our Heavenly Father was better to us
than our fears, for notwithstanding the

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constant extortions of the jailers,
during the whole six months we were at

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Oong Pen La and the frequent straits to
which we were brought, we never really

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suffered for want of money, though
frequently for want of provisions which

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were not procurable.

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Here at this place my personal bodily
sufferings commenced.

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While your brother was confined in the
city prison, I had been allowed to remain

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in our house, in which I had many
conveniences left, and my health continued

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good beyond all expectations.

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But now I had not a single article of
convenience, not even a chair or seat of

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any kind excepting a bamboo floor.

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The very morning after my arrival,
Mary Hasseltine was taken with the

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smallpox the natural way.

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She, though very young, was the only
assistant I had in taking care of little

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Maria, but she now required all the time I
could spare for Mr. Judson, whose fever

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still continued in prison, and whose feet
were so dreadfully mangled that for

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several days he was unable to move.

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I knew not what to do, for I could procure
no assistance from the neighbourhood or

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medicine for the sufferers, but was all
day long going backwards and forwards from

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the house to the prison with little Maria
in my arms.

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Sometimes I was greatly relieved by
leaving her for an hour, when asleep,

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by the side of her father, while I
returned to the house to look after Mary,

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whose fever ran so high as to produce
delirium.

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She was so completely covered with the
smallpox that there was no distinction in

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the pustules.

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As she was in the same little room with
myself, I knew Maria would take it.

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I therefore inoculated her from another
child, before Mary's had arrived at such a

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state to be infectious.

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At the same time I inoculated Abbie and
the jailer's children, who all had it so

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lightly as hardly to interrupt their play.

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But the inoculation in the arm of my poor
little Maria did not take.

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She caught it of Mary, and had it the
natural way.

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She was then only three months and a half
old, and had been a healthy child,

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but it was above three months before she
perfectly recovered from the effects of

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this dreadful disorder.

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You will recollect I never had the
smallpox, but was vaccinated previously to

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leaving America.

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In consequence of being for so long a time
constantly exposed, I had nearly a hundred

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pustules formed, though no previous
symptoms of fever, etc.

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The jailer's children, having had the
smallpox so lightly, in consequence of

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inoculation, my fame was spread all over
the village, and every child, young and

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old, who had not previously had it,
was brought for inoculation.

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And although I knew nothing about the
disorder or the mode of treating it,

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I inoculated them all with a needle and
told them to take care of their diet,

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all the instructions I could give them.

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Mr. Judson's health was gradually
restored, and he found himself much more

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comfortably situated than when in the city
prison.

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The prisoners were at first chained two
and two, but as soon as the jailers could

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obtain chains sufficient, they were
separated, and each prisoner had but one

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pair.

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The prison was repaired, a new fence made,
and a large airy shed erected in front of

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the prison, where the prisoners were
allowed to remain during the day,

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though locked up in the little close
prison at night.

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All the children recovered from the
smallpox, but my watchings and fatigue,

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together with my miserable food and more
miserable lodgings, brought on one of the

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diseases of the country which is almost
always fatal to foreigners.

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My constitution seemed destroyed,
and in a few days I became so weak as to

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be hardly able to walk to Mr. Judson's
prison.

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In this debilitated state I set off in a
cart for Ava to procure medicines and some

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suitable food, leaving the cook to supply
my place.

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I reached the house in safety,
and for two or three days the disorder

46:59.730 --> 47:04.750
seemed out of stand, after which it
attacked me violently that I had no hopes

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of recovery left, and my anxiety now was
to return to Ung Pen La to die near the

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prison.

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It was with the greatest difficulty that I
obtained the medicine chest from the

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governor, and then had no one to
administer medicine.

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I, however, got at the lodgnum,
and by taking two drops at a time for

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several hours, it so far checked the
disorder as to enable me to get on board a

47:27.250 --> 47:32.090
boat, though so weak that I could not
stand, and again set off for Ung Pen La.

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The last four miles were in that painful
conveyance the cart, and in the midst of

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the rainy season, when the mud almost
buries the oxen.

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You may form some idea of a Burmese cart
when I tell you their wheels are not

47:46.270 --> 47:50.430
constructed like ours, but are simply
round thick planks, with a hole in the

47:50.430 --> 47:53.150
middle, through which a pole that supports
the body is thrust.

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I had just reached Ung Pen La when my
strength seemed entirely exhausted.

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The good native cook came out to help me
into the house, but so altered and

48:04.430 --> 48:08.570
emaciated was my appearance that the poor
fellow burst into tears at the first

48:08.570 --> 48:08.990
sight.

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I crawled on the mat in the little room to
which I was confined for more than two

48:13.570 --> 48:17.650
months, and never perfectly recovered
until I came to the English camp.

48:18.750 --> 48:23.230
At this period, when I was unable to take
care of myself or look after Mr. Judson,

48:23.650 --> 48:27.850
we must both have died had it not been for
the faithful and affectionate care of our

48:27.850 --> 48:28.610
Bengali cook.

48:29.430 --> 48:33.150
A common Bengali cook will do nothing but
the simple business of cooking,

48:33.730 --> 48:37.690
but he seemed to forget his caste and
almost his own wants in his efforts to

48:37.690 --> 48:38.130
serve us.

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He would provide, cook and carry your
brother's food, and then return and take

48:43.210 --> 48:43.770
care of me.

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I have frequently known him not to taste a
food until near night, in consequence of

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having to go so far for wood and water,
and in order to have Mr. Judson's dinner

48:53.490 --> 48:54.670
ready at the usual hour.

48:55.290 --> 48:59.950
He never complained, never asked for his
wages, and never for a moment hesitated to

48:59.950 --> 49:02.490
go anywhere or perform any act we
required.

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I take great pleasure in speaking of the
faithful conduct of this servant,

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who is still with us, and I trust has been
well rewarded for his services.

49:13.090 --> 49:17.050
Our dear little Maria was the greatest
sufferer at this time, my illness

49:17.050 --> 49:21.670
depriving her of her usual nourishment,
and neither a nurse nor a drop of milk

49:21.670 --> 49:23.130
could be procured in the village.

49:23.970 --> 49:27.670
By making presents to the jailers,
I obtained leave for Mr. Judson to come

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out of prison and take the emaciated
creature around the village to beg a

49:31.910 --> 49:34.510
little nourishment from those mothers who
had young children.

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Her cries in the night were heart-rending
when it was impossible to supply her want.

49:40.330 --> 49:43.570
I now began to think the very affliction
of Job had come upon me.

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When in health I could bear the various
trials and vicissitudes through which I

49:48.350 --> 49:53.390
was called to pass, but to be confined
with sickness and unable to assist those

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who were so dear to me when in distress,
was almost too much for me to bear,

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and had it not been for the consolations
of religion and an assured conviction that

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every additional trial was ordered by
infinite love and mercy, I must have sunk

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under my accumulated sufferings.

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Sometimes our jailers seemed a little
softened at our distress, and for several

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days together allowed Mr. Judson to come
to the house, which was to me an

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unspeakable consolation.

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Then again they would be as iron-hearted
in their demands as though we were free

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from sufferings and in affluent
circumstances.

50:27.990 --> 50:31.970
The annoyance, the extortions and
oppressions to which we were subject

50:31.970 --> 50:36.550
during our six months' residence in Oon
Pen La are beyond enumeration or

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description.

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The time at length arrived for our release
from that detested place, the Oon Pen La

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prison.

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A messenger from our friend the Governor
of the North Gate of the Palace,

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who was formerly Kungtung Myut Sa,
informed us that an order had been given

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the evening before in the palace for Mr.
Judson's release.

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On the same evening an official order
arrived, and with a joyful heart I set

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about preparing for our departure early
the following morning.

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But an unexpected obstacle occurred which
made us fear that I should still be

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retained as a prisoner.

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The avaricious jailers, unwilling to lose
their prey, insisted that as my name was

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not included in the order I should not go.

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In vain I urged that I was not sent there
as a prisoner, and that they had no

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authority over me.

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They still determined I should not go,
and forbade the villagers from letting me

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a cart.

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Mr. Judson was then taken out of prison
and brought to the jailer's house,

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where by promises and threatenings he
finally gained their consent on condition

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that we would leave the remaining part of
our provisions we had recently received

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from Ava.

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It was noon before we were allowed to
depart.

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When we reached Amarapura, Mr. Judson was
obliged to follow the guidance of the

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jailer, who conducted him to the governor
of the city.

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Having made all necessary inquiries,
the governor appointed another guard,

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which conveyed Mr. Judson to the
courthouse in Ava, to which place he

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arrived some time in the night.

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I took my own course, procured a boat,
and reached our house before dark.

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My first object the next morning was to go
in search of your brother, and I had the

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mortification to meet him again in prison,
though not the death prison.

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I went immediately to my old friend the
governor of the city, who was now raised

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to the rank of Wung Yee.

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He informed me that Mr. Judson was to be
sent to the Burmese camp, to act as

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translator and interpreter, and that he
was put in confinement for a short time

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only, until his affairs were settled.

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Early the following morning I went to this
officer again, who told me that Mr. Judson

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had at that moment received twenty Tikals
from government, with orders to go

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immediately on board a boat for Maloon,
and that he had given him permission to

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stop a few moments at the house,
it being on his way.

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I hastened back to the house where Mr.
Judson soon arrived, but was allowed to

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remain only a short time, while I could
prepare food and clothing for future use.

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He was crowded into a little boat,
where he had not room sufficient to lie

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down, and where his exposure to the cold,
damp night threw him into a violent fever,

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which had nearly ended all his sufferings.

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He arrived at Maloon on the third day,
where, ill as he was, he was obliged to

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enter immediately on the work of
translating.

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He remained at Maloon six weeks,
suffering as much as he had at any time in

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prison, except that he was not in irons,
nor exposed to the insults of those cruel

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jailers.

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For the first fortnight after his
departure, my anxiety was less than it had

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been at any time previous since the
commencement of our difficulties.

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I knew the Burmese officers at the camp
would feel the value of Mr. Judson's

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services too much to allow their using any
measures threatening his life.

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I thought his situation also would be much
more comfortable than it really was,

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hence my anxiety was less.

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But my health, which had never been
restored since that violent attack at Oong

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Pen La, now daily declined until I was
seized with a spotted fever with all its

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attendant horrors.

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I knew the nature of the fever from its
commencement, and from the shattered state

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of my constitution, together with the want
of medical attendance, I concluded it must

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be fatal.

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The day I was taken, a Burmese nurse came
and offered her services for Maria.

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This circumstance filled me with gratitude
and confidence in God, for though I had so

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long and so constantly made efforts to
obtain a person of this description,

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I had never been able, when at the very
time I most needed one and without any

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exertion, a voluntary offer was made.

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My fever raged violently and without any
intermission.

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I began to think of settling my worldly
affairs and of committing my dear little

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Maria to the care of the Portuguese woman,
when I lost my reason and was insensible

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to all around me.

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At this dreadful period, Dr. Price was
released from prison, and hearing of my

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illness obtained permission to come and
see me.

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He has since told me that my situation was
the most distressing he had ever

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witnessed, and that he did not then think
I should survive many hours.

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My hair was shaved, my head and feet
covered with blisters, and Dr. Price

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ordered the Bengali servant who took care
of me to endeavour to persuade me to take

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a little nourishment, which I had
obstinately refused for several days.

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One of the first things I recollect was
seeing this faithful servant standing by

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me, trying to induce me to take a little
wine and water.

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I was, in fact, so far gone that the
Burmese neighbours who had come in to see

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me expire said, she's dead, and if the
King of Angels should come in he could not

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recover her.

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The fever, I afterwards understood,
had run seventeen days when the blisters

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were applied.

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I now began to recover slowly,
but it was more than a month after this

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before I had strength to stand.

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While in this weak, debilitated state,
the servant who had followed your brother

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to the Burmese camp came in and informed
me that his master had arrived and was

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conducted to the courthouse in town.

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I sent off a Burman to watch the movements
of Government, and to ascertain if

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possible in what way Mr. Judson was to be
disposed of.

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He soon returned with the sad intelligence
that he saw Mr. Judson go out of the

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palace yard accompanied by two or three
Burmans who conducted him to one of the

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prisons, and that it was reported in town
that he was to be sent back to the Ung Pen

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La prison.

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I was too weak to bear ill tidings of any
kind, but a shock as dreadful as this

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almost annihilated me.

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For some time I could hardly breathe,
but at last gained sufficient composure to

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dispatch Mung Ing to our friend the
Governor of the North Gate, and begged him

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to make one more effort for the release of
Mr. Judson and prevent his being sent back

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to the country prison, where I knew he
must suffer much as I could not follow.

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Mung Ing then went in search of Mr.
Judson, and it was nearly dark when he

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found him in the interior of an obscure
prison.

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I had sent food early in the afternoon,
but being unable to find him, the bearer

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had returned with it, which added another
pang to my distress, as I feared he was

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already sent to Ung Pen La.

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If I ever felt the value and efficacy of
prayer I did at this time, I could not

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rise from my couch, I could make no
efforts to secure my husband, I could only

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plead with that great and powerful Being
who has said call upon me in the day of

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trouble and I will hear, and now shalt
glorify me, and who made me at this time

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feel so powerfully this promise,
that I became quite composed, feeling

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assured that my prayers would be answered.

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Where Mr. Judson was sent from Maloon to
Ava, it was within five minutes' notice,

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and without his knowledge of the cause.

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On his way up the river he accidentally
saw the communication made to Government

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respecting him, which was simply this,
We have no further use for Yudhathan,

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we therefore return him to the Golden
City.

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On arriving at the courthouse,
there happened to be no one present who

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was acquainted with Mr. J., the presiding
officer inquired from what place he had

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been sent to Maloon, he was answered from
Oong Pen La, let him then said the officer

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be returned to Ava, when he was delivered
to a guard and conducted to the place

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above mentioned, there to remain until he
could be conveyed to Oong Pen La.

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In the meantime, the Governor of the North
Gate presented a petition to the High

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Court of the Empire, offered himself as
Mr. Judson's security, obtained his

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release and took him to his house,
where he treated him with every possible

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kindness, and to which I was removed as
soon as returning health would allow.

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It was on a cool, moonlight evening in the
month of March, that with hearts filled

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with gratitude to God and overflowing with
joy at our prospects, we passed down the

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Irrawaddy, surrounded by six or eight
golden boats, and accompanied by all we

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had on earth.

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We now, for the first time for more than a
year and a half, felt that we were free

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and no longer subject to the oppressive
yoke of the Burmese.

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And with what sensations of delight,
on the next morning did I beheld the masts

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of the steamboat, the sure presage of
being within the bounds of civilized life.

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As soon as our boat reached the shore,
Brigadier A.

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and another officer came on board,
congratulated us on our arrival,

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and invited us on board the steamboat,
where I passed the remainder of the day,

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while your brother went on to meet the
General, with a detachment of the Army had

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encamped at Yandabu, a few miles farther
down the river.

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Mr. Judson returned in the evening,
with an invitation from Sir Archibald,

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to come immediately to his quarters,
where I was the next morning introduced

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and received with the greatest kindness by
the General, who had a tent pitched for us

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near his own, took us to his own table,
and treated us with the kindness of a

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father, rather than as strangers of
another country.

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For several days, this single idea wholly
occupied my mind, that we were out of the

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power of the Burmese Government,
and once more under the protection of the

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English.

01:00:15.620 --> 01:00:20.160
Our feelings continually dictated
expressions like these, what shall we

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render to the Lord for all his benefits
toward us?

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The Treaty of Peace was soon concluded,
signed by both parties, and a termination

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of hostilities publicly declared.

01:00:31.040 --> 01:00:35.400
We left Yandabu after a fortnight's
residence, and safely reached the Mission

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House in Rangoon, after an absence of two
years and three months.

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Through all this suffering, the precious
manuscript of the Burmese New Testament

01:00:46.100 --> 01:00:46.840
was guarded.

01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:51.100
It was put into a bag, and made into a
hard pillow, for Dr. Judson's prison.

01:00:51.780 --> 01:00:55.480
Yet it was forced to be apparently
careless about it, lest the Burmans should

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:57.880
think it contained something valuable and
take it away.

01:00:58.800 --> 01:01:02.320
But with the assistance of a faithful
Burmese convert, the manuscript,

01:01:02.740 --> 01:01:06.260
representing so many long days of labour,
was kept in safety.

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At the close of this long and melancholy
narrative, we may appropriately introduce

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the following tribute to the benevolence
and talents of Mrs. Judson, written by one

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of the English prisoners who were confined
at Arbor with Mr. Judson.

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It was published in a Calcutta paper after
the conclusion of the war.

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Mrs. Judson was the author of those
eloquent and forceful appeals to the

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Government, which prepared them by degrees
for submission to terms of peace,

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never expected by any who knew the hauteur
and inflexible pride of the Burman court.

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And while on this subject, the
overflowings of grateful feelings,

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on behalf of myself and fellow prisoners,
compel me to add a tribute of public

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thanks to that amiable and humane female,
who, though living at a distance of two

01:01:52.500 --> 01:01:56.860
miles from our prison, without any means
of conveyance, and very feeble in health,

01:01:57.400 --> 01:02:01.580
forgot her own comfort and infirmity,
and almost every day visited us,

01:02:01.940 --> 01:02:06.100
sought out and administered to our wants,
and contributed in every way to alleviate

01:02:06.100 --> 01:02:06.820
our misery.

01:02:07.880 --> 01:02:12.240
While we were left by the Government
destitute of food, she, with unwearied

01:02:12.240 --> 01:02:16.360
perseverance by some means or another,
obtained for us a constant supply.

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When the tattered state of our clothes
evinced the extremity of our distress,

01:02:21.080 --> 01:02:23.580
she was ever ready to replenish our scanty
wardrobe.

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When the unfeeling avarice of our keepers
confined us inside or made our feet fast

01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:34.500
in the stocks, she, like a ministering
angel, never ceased her applications to

01:02:34.500 --> 01:02:38.600
the Government until she was authorised to
communicate to us the grateful news of our

01:02:38.600 --> 01:02:41.940
enlargement, or of a respite from our
galling oppressions.

01:02:43.520 --> 01:02:47.900
Besides all this, it was unquestionably,
owing in a chief degree to the repeated

01:02:47.900 --> 01:02:52.380
eloquence and forcible appeals of Mrs.
Judson, that the untutored Burman was

01:02:52.380 --> 01:02:56.880
finally made willing to secure the welfare
and happiness of his country by a sincere

01:02:56.880 --> 01:02:57.480
peace.

01:03:01.300 --> 01:03:07.500
Epilogue to the Original Edition And now,
to conclude, good Christian readers,

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this present tractation, not for the lack
of matter, but to shorten rather the

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matter for largeness of the volume.

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In the meantime, the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ work with thee, gentle

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reader, in all thy studious readings.

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And when thou hast faith, so employ
thyself to read, that by reading thou

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mayst learn daily to know that which may
profit thy soul, may teach thee

01:03:29.600 --> 01:03:34.080
experience, may arm thee with patience,
and instruct thee in all spiritual

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knowledge more and more to thy perfect
comfort and salvation in Christ Jesus our

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Lord, to whom be glory in secular
secularum.

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Amen.

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