Immortal Last Words – Terry Breverton

On May 2, 1536, she was arrested and taken to the Tower of London. On May 12, four men, including her own brother, were put on trial, falsely accused of having sexual relations with her. On May 15, Anne was accused of adultery, incest and high treason, and two days later her brother and the other men were executed. Henry commuted Anne’s sentence from burning to beheading and brought a swordsman from France, rather than use a common ax. On the morning of her execution, Anne sent for the Constable of the Tower, who wrote: “And in the writing of this she sent for me, and at my coming she said, ‘Mr.

Kingston, I hear I shall not die afore noon, and I am very sorry therefore, for I thought to be dead by this time and past my pain.’ I told her it should be no pain, it was so little. And then she said, ‘I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck,’ and then put her hands about it, laughing heartily.”

She then climbed the scaffold and made a short speech to the crowd: “Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord.

And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.” 1508–October 24, 1537 “Here lies Jane, a phoenix Who died in giving another phoenix birth. Let her be mourned, for birds like these Are rare indeed.” Jane Seymour’s epitaph in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Palace Jane was the third wife of Henry VIII, but she never gave up her Roman Catholic faith.

Because of this she tried to have Henry’s eldest child, Mary Tudor, brought to court and made heir to the throne behind any children that Jane might have with Henry. She also sought clemency for the ringleaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace, thus earning the king’s anger.

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Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Any member of educational institutions wishing to photocopy part or all of the work for classroom use or anthology should send inquiries to Permissions c/o Quercus Publishing Inc., 31 West 57 th Street, 6 th Floor, New York, NY 10019, or to [email protected]. ISBN 978-1-62365-251-7 Distributed in the United States and Canada by Random House Publisher Services c/o Random House, 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019 www.quercus.com OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS MENKAURA Fourth Dynasty (c.2620 BCE–2480 BCE) BUDDHA C.563 BCE–C.483 BCE LEONIDAS, KING OF SPARTA C.54O BCE–II August 480 BCE DIENECES THE SPARTAN em>d.480 BCE PERICLES C.495 BCE–429 BCE SOCRATES 469 BCE–399 BCE ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ALEXANDER III OF MACEDON 356 BCE– June 10 or 11, 323 BCE DIOGENES OF SINOPE, DIOGENES THE CYNIC C.412/404 BCE– 323 BCE DEMOSTHENES 384 BCE–322 BCE ARCHIMEDES OF SYRACUSE C.287 BCE–C.212 BCE HANNIBAL, SON OF HANNIBAL BARCA 248 BCE–183 or 182 BCE LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA FELIX C.138 BCE -78 BCE GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR 100 BCE–March 15, 44 BCE CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR OF EGYPT January 69 BCE–August 12, 30 BCE HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS) December 8, 65 BCE– November 27, 8 BCE JESUS OF NAZARETH 7/2 BCE–26/36 CE NERO CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS (BORN LUCIUS DOMITIUS AHENOBARBUS) December 15, 37 CE–June 9, 68 CE TITUS FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS 9 CE–79 CE TITUS FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS, EMPEROR OF ROME December 30, 39 CE–September 13, 81 CE AKIBA BEN JOSEPH C.50 CE–135 CE MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS AUGUSTUS, EMPEROR OF ROME April 26, 121–March 17, 180 GORDIAN THE YOUNGER (MARCUS ANTONIUS GORDIANUS SEMPRONIANUS ROMANUS AFRICANUS, GORDIAN II, EMPEROR OF ROME) c.192–April 12, 238 CHARLEMAGNE, KING OF THE FRANKS April 2, 742–January 28, 814 POPE ST GREGORY VII, HILDEBRAND, ILDEBRANDO BRONIZI DE SOANA c.

1015–May 25, 1085 HENRY I, KING OF ENGLAND 1068/69–December 1, 1135 ST THOMAS À BECKET 1118–December 29, 1170 GENGHIS, KHAN OF THE MONGOLS C.1162–1227 SIR WILLIAM WALLACE 1272–August 23, 1305 JACQUES DE MOLAY c. 1244–March 18, 1314 AGNOLO DI TURA DEL GRASSO c.1300–post 1350 PETRARCH (FRANCESCO PETRARCA) July 20, 1304–July 19, 1374 JOHN HUSS (JAN HUS, JAN HUSS, JOHN HUS) c.

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