Who me this day to death condemn.”
When he at last the block had faced,
He doffed his hat and had it placed
The multitude before:
“Friend Lorenz, to my prayer give ear,
I beg to leave my hat lie here.
With this he bowed his knees in prayer,
And when the Paternoster there,
He earnestly had prayed,
He said: “To God I’ve given my cause,