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408 two jentlewomen, who helped her of therwith, and also her Frose paste and neckecher, geving to her a fayre handkercher to knytte about her eyes. Then the hangman kneled downe, and asked her forgevenes, whome she forgave most willingly. Then he willed her to stand upon the strawe, which, doing she sawe the blocke. Then she sayd I pray the dispatche me quickly. Than she kneeled downe faying, Wil you take it of before I lay me downe? And the hang- man answered her, No, madame. She tyed the kercher about her eyes. Than feeling for the blocke, saide, What shal I do, where is it? One of the standers by guyding her therunto, she layde her head downe upon the block, and stretched forth her body, and sayd, Lorde, into thy handes I commende my spirite.

And so she ended."

"The Plate hath been compared with the two antique engravings formerly in the possession of Dr. Mead, afterwards of Mr. Duane,