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Mactan 1521
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Teaching English in the Elementary Grades ( Language Arts) (ENG 353)
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Mactan 1521
Course: Teaching English in the Elementary Grades ( Language Arts) (ENG 353)
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Students shared 50 documents in this course
University: Eastern Visayas State University
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MACTAN - 1521
by Virginia B. Licuanan".
See our script below:
SOLO:Mactaaaannnn !!!!
ALL:1521 !!!
ALL:A messenger from the Spaniards
came/
That day fifteen twenty – one;//
He came in Magellan’s name/
To theislandofMactan.//
GROUP 1:To Lapulapu who was the chief
That on Mactan did reign
He said,
Messenger:“I ask in our leader’s name
A tribute for the king ofSpain.”
Lapu-lapu:“A tribute for a foreign king?”
GROUP 2:He heard proud Lapulapu say.
Lapu-lapu:“Tell your leader that not a thing
Will the chief of this island pay.”
GROUP 2:“We and our fathers and their
fathers before
Have on this island lived:
We owe no tribute to any king,
And no tribute shall we give.”
Messenger:“If you do not give what we
ask,”
GROUP 1:Was the messenger ‘s reply,
Messenger:“The Spaniards will come with
guns and swords
And you and your men shall die.”
Lapu-lapu:“If they have guns,”
GROUP 2:Lapulapu said’
“So have we our weapons too;
If the Spaniards to our island come,
They shall see what bamboo spears can do.
GROUP 2:“The Spanish swords are made of
steel
And their armor strong and bright.
Against all weapons we shall win
While we are in the right.”
ALL:Lapulapu’s eyes flashed as he
repeated,
And his voice did proudly ring:
Lapu-lapu:“We are freemen and will pay
No tribute to a foreign king.”
GROUP 1:When Magellan heard Lapulapu’s
words
He said with all disdain,
Magellan:“How dare this little chief affront
His Majesty ofSpain?
GROUP 1:“Our guns and swords this man’s
False pride will break
If he will not tribute give,
Then tribute we will take.
Magellan:“We’ll show this chief that our
word
We can follow with our deed.
Prepare our three ships and sixty men,
And I myself will lead.”
ALL:For theislandofMactan
The Spaniards did set sail,
Their guns and swords in brightly display
To make the enemy quail.
ALL:Their ships and armor were a glittering
show
Of military might;
Never had the peaceful Mactan waters,
Mirror such a warlike sight.
GROUP 1:And when they anchored
dropped
Off the palm-fringed Mactan shore,
Magellan:“I’ll teach this chief a lesson,”
The Spanish leader swore.
ALL:He led his soldiers to the beach
In full battle array.
Magellan:“My men, for our king,
GROUP 1:“Magellan said,
Magellan:“Let us make this a proud day.”
GROUP 1:“We have or guns and armor;
Our enemy has none.
Our swords against those bamboo spears –
The fight’s as good as won.”
GROUP 2:But Lapulapu stood proudly
As the Spanish troops drew near.
Lapu-lapu:“No shining Spanish armor
Will save them from my spear.”
Lapu-lapu:“Aim true!”
GROUP 2:he told his men,
Lapu-lapu:“When your spears you fling,
Remember that freemen do not bow
To any foreign king.”
GROUP 2:Steel sword against bamboo
spear –
It seemed an uneven fight,
And the Spanish armor
Increased each Spaniard’s might.
GROUP 2:But Lapulapu and his brave men
Into the battle led.
And soon the blue-green Mactan waters
With Spanish blood grew red.
Magellan:“Fight on my men.”
GROUP 1:Magellan cried,
Magellan:“For His Gracious Majesty….”
Lapu-lapu:“Fight on, men of Mactan,
GROUP 2:Lapulapu said,
Lapu-lapu:“Fight for our liberty.”
GROUP 1: The cause of liberty lent more
strength
GROUP 2: Than Spanish steel and lead;
GROUP 1: And soon Magellan lay dying,
GROUP 2: And his soldiers all had fled
ALL:And Mactan is an islands
That lives in history,
Where one brave man died for a king
And where another lived for liberty.
