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    1. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbath day and lecture day!

      Man from the woods says he knows many people high up who Brown looks up to

    2. I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that 's no trifle to say. I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem. And it was I that brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in king Philip's War. They were my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this path, and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain bę friends with you for their sake.”

      Man says Brown's father wasn't as good as he thinks. He helped his father harass a Quacker women and helped his grandfather burn down a village.

    3. "Too far, too far!"

      Man tells Brown to walk further into the woods but Brown says that is too deep into the woods IMPORTANT: Brown talks about his father and his father and said they were "race of honest men and good Christians" and since they never went deep into the woods he shouldn't either Man tells brown his father and grandfather arent as good as he thinks they are

    4. YOUNG Goodman Brown came forth at sunset, into the street of Salem village,

      He lives in Salem with his wife faith. At a sunset Brown wants to go into the forest. Wife Faith asks him not to but eventually accepts.