And brandishing his blade, he jeering said,
That vengeance gave it eyes and appetite;
It soon would eat—but eat in silence dread.
“He [an Indian slain by Standish] bragged of the excellency of his knife: Hinnaim namen, hinnaim michen, matta cuts: that is to say, by and by it should see, by and by it should eat, but not speak.”
CANTO SEVENTH.
His flock no more,—with strifes now sorely riven.
The opinions for which Williams was banished, were but the beginning of schism in the Massachusetts churches, and his banishment but the commencement of persecution. Many members of the church of Salem still adhered to him, and finally followed him to Providence.