...so weak that it was ready to fall ; wherefore he said merrily to Mr. Lieutenant, " I pray you, Sir, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." When he began to speak a little to the people, which were in great troops there to hear and see him,...

...scaffold was very weakly constructed, he observed to the Lieutenant of the Tower, " I pray you, Sir, see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift for myself;" and after having placed his head on the block, he requested the executioner to wait until he had removed...

...but slenderly built, he turned to the lieutenant of the Tower and said, ' I pray you, Mr. Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.' He requested the spectators to offer up their prayers for him, and to bear witness that he died in...

...which was so weak that it was ready to faD, on which he said, merrily, " Master lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." When he laid his head on the block he desired the executioner to wait till he had removed his beard,...

...unaffectedly cheerful, and his words expressed a mind well at ease. Perceiving that the scaffolding was weakly erected, he said, in his usual tone, to...the attending officer, " I pray thee, friend, see me safely up, and, for my coming down, let me shift for myself." Observing the executioner pale and trembling,...

...unaffectedly cheerful, and his words expressed a mind well at ease. Perceiving that the scaffolding was weakly erected, he said, in his usual tone, to the attending officer, " I pray thee, friend, se« me safely up, and, for my coming down, let me shift for myself." Observing the executioner pale...

...which was so weak that it was ready to fall, on which he said, merrily, "Master lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." When he laid his head on the block he desired the executioner to wait till ho had removed his beard,...

...which was so weak that it was ready to fall, on which he said, merrily, "Master lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." When he laid his head on the block he desired the executioner to wait till ha had removed his beard,...

...unaffectedly cheerful, and his words expressed a mind well at ease. Perceiving that the scaffolding was weakly erected, he said, in his usual tone, to...the attending officer, ' I pray thee, friend, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' Observing the executioner pale and trembling,...

...unaffectedly cheerful, and his words expressed a mind well at ease. Perceiving that the scaffolding was weakly erected, he said, in his usual tone, to...the attending officer, ' I pray thee, friend, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' Observing the executioner pale and trembling,...