But this the House of Lords deny’d,
And said, The British Parliament
Rul’d over all the king’s extent:
Therefore he’s forc’d to wave his plea;
But not a fig regarded he,
As mercy he scorn’d for to crave.
Then all three sentence did receive,
“To be beheaded on Tower-hill,
(A humble bow they gave there-till,)
“On the eighteenth August, Forty-Six,