In this story Hawthorne altered facts to suit his purpose, making the Gray Champion appear at the time of the Boston Insurrection, in 1689. In this year James II, who had succeeded his brother, Charles II, was dethroned, and fled from his kingdom, and his son-in-law, William III, Prince of Orange, was made King of England. The Gray Champion is made to typify the Spirit of Liberty—that spirit which animated Goffe as a Puritan soldier under Cromwell and which sent the Pilgrims and Puritans forth to find a home in the New World. =Discussion.= 1. Read that part of the story which pictures the conditions of New England under Andros. 2. What were the wrongs under which the people suffered? 3. Did they submit willingly? 4. What rumor gave them hope of a return of “civil and religious rights”? 5. How did this rumor affect the Governor and his councilors? 6. Why was the Guard assembled? 7. What effect upon the people had its appearance at this time? 8. What does Hawthorne call this scene in the street? 9. What does he say is its “moral”? 10. Who came to have the advantage, the Governor and his soldiers, or the people? 11. Read all that accounts for the Champion and his sudden appearance. 12. What great cause did he come to champion? 13. What cause were Andros and his soldiers supporting? 14. Who was victorious? 15. Tell briefly the main incident. 16. Give your opinion as to Hawthorne’s purpose in writing this story. =Phrases= mercenary troops, 376, 14 filial love, 376, 16 allegiance merely nominal, 376, 19 civil and religious rights, 376, 24 sluggish despondency, 376, 31 severity of mien, 377, 17 apostolic dignity, 378, 6 confound the opposite faction, 378, 20 prelacy and persecution, 379, 20 leader’s truncheon, 381, 8 hoary apparition, 381, 24 half encompassed, 381, 25 roundheaded dignitary, 381, 36 lurid wrath, 382, 25 obelisk of granite, 383, 19 vindicate their ancestry, 383, 28 WARREN’S ADDRESS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL JOHN PIERPONT Stand! the ground’s your own, my braves! Will ye give it up to slaves? Will ye look for greener graves? Hope ye mercy still? What’s the mercy despots feel? Hear it in that battle peal! Read it on yon bristling steel! Ask it—ye who will. Fear ye foes who kill for hire? Will ye to your _homes_ retire? Look behind you! they’re afire! And, before you, see Who have done it!—From the vale On they come!—and will ye quail?— Leaden rain and iron hail Let their welcome be! In the God of battles trust! Die we may—and die we must; But, O where can dust to dust Be consigned so well, As where heaven its dews shall shed, On the martyred patriot’s bed, And the rocks shall raise their head, Of his deeds to tell? NOTES AND QUESTIONS =Biography.= John Pierpont (1785-1866) was a Unitarian clergyman of Connecticut and the author of several volumes of poetry.