Haller.—The artery ceases to beat.
Grotius.—Be serious.
Erasmus.—Lord, make an end.
Cardinal Beaufort.—What! is there no bribing death?
Hilary, Bishop of Poictiers.—Soul, thou hast served Christ these seventy years, and art thou afraid to die? Go out, soul, go out.
Queen Elizabeth.—All my possessions for a moment of time!
Charles II.—Let not poor Nelly starve.
Anne Boleyn.—It is small, very small indeed (clasping her neck).
Sir Thomas More.—I pray you see me safe up; and as for my coming down, let me shift for myself (ascending the scaffold).
John Hampden.—O Lord, save my country! O Lord, be merciful to——