It be drawn up in good form. It be duly witnessed. You see that it be all in good form, Paul. (Paul: I see. But wherefore?) It will stand in law; there will be no getting loose from it. It be a good and trusty document. But--so be it that this afternoon I stand trial for witchcraft, and plead guilty or not guilty, this same good and trusty document will be worth less than the parchment 'tis writ on. 'Tis so with the law. There will be an attainder on't. My sons-in-law that testified to the undoing of Martha and me will have their share, and thou and Olive perchance have naught in this bedlam. I bear no ill will toward my sons-in-law and my daughters, who have been put up by them to deal falsely with Martha and me, but I would not that they have my goods. I bear no ill will; it becometh not a man so near death to bear ill will. But they shall not have my goods; I say they shall not. There shall be no attainder on this document. I will stand mute at my trial. (Paul: Goodman Corey, know you the penalty?) I trow I know it better than the catechism. 'Tis to be pressed beneath stone weights until I be dead.

Giles Monologue from Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play

Rehearse Giles's monologue