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However, driven out he was: the Maypole about which the revelers had danced was hewed down by the stern zealots who believed in dancing about only one pole, and that the whipping post. Merrymount was deserted. HOWEVER DRIVEN OUT HE WAS THE MAY POLE ABOUT WHICH THE REVELLERS HAD DANCED WAS HEWED DOWN BY THE STERN ZEALOTS WHO BELIEVED IN DANCING ABOUT ONLY ONE POLE AND THAT THE WHIPPING POST MERRIMOUNT WAS DESERTED
 many more." This absurd notion of vicarious atonement, spun purely from Morton's imagination, appealed to Samuel Butler as worthy of further elaboration. Morton's "New English Canaan" appeared in 1632. About thirty years later the second part of the famous English satire "Hudibras" appeared, embodying Morton's idea in altered but recognizable form, in what was the most popular English book of the day. This satire, appearing when the reaction against Puritanism was at its height, was accepted and solemnly deposited at the door of the good people of Boston and Plymouth! And thus it was that Morton's fabricated tale of the Weymouth hanging passed into genuine history along with the "blue laws" of Connecticut. One cannot help believing that the mischievous perpetrator of the fable laughed up his sleeve at its result, and one cannot resist the thought that he was probably delighted to have the scandal attached to those righteous neighbors of his who had run him out of his dear Ma-re-mount. O SAYS MANY MORE THIS ABSURD NOTION OF VICARIOUS ATONEMENT SPUN PURELY FROM MORTON'S IMAGINATION APPEALED TO SAMUEL BUTLER AS WORTHY OF FURTHER ELABORATION MORTON'S NEW ENGLISH CANAAN APPEARED IN SIXTEEN THIRTY TWO ABOUT THIRTY YEARS LATER THE SECOND PART OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH SATIRE HOUDIBRAS APPEARED EMBODYING MORTON'S IDEA IN ALTERED BUT RECOGNIZABLE FORM IN WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR ENGLISH BOOK OF THE DAY THIS SATIRE APPEARING WHEN THE REACTION AGAINST PURITANISM WAS AT ITS HEIGHT WAS ACCEPTED AND SOLEMNLY DEPOSITED AT THE DOOR OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF BOSTON AND PLYMOUTH AND THUS IT WAS THAT MORTON'S FABRICATED TALE OF THE WEYMOUTH HANGING PASSED INTO GENUINE HISTORY ALONG WITH THE BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT ONE CANNOT HELP BELIEVING THAT THE MISCHIEVOUS PERPETRATOR OF THE FABLE LAUGHED UP HIS SLEEVE AT ITS RESULT AND ONE CANNOT RESIST THE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS PROBABLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE SCANDAL ATTACHED TO THOSE RIGHTEOUS NEIGHBORS OF HIS WHO HAD RUN HIM OUT OF HIS DEAR MERRY MOUNT
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