FOOTNOTES:
Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Pæto
Quem de visceribus traxerat ipsa suis,
Si qua fides, vulnus, quod feci, non dolet, inquit;
Sed quod tu facies, hoc mihi, Pæte, dolet.
[2] Charles I., of England, put on two shirts the morning of his execution, saying, "If I tremble with cold, my enemies will say it was from fear: I will not expose myself to such reproaches."—Lingard: "History of England."
[3] See Voltaire's "Account of the Death of the Chevalier de la Barre."
[4] Enter the King, Salisbury, Warwick, to the Cardinal in bed.
King. How fares my lord? speak, Beaufort, to thy sovereign.
Car. If thou be'st death, I'll give thee England's treasure, Enough to purchase such another island, So thou wilt let me live and feel no pain.
King. Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!
War. Beaufort, it is thy sovereign speaks to thee: