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 King rest, till be delivered George into her hands that he might be punihed at her pleaure, which the King, accordingly commanded to be done, knowing that George would rescue himself by some intrigue or other. No sooner was he delivered into her hands, but he and her maids of Honour pronounced his doom, which was as follows: As he had affronted the Queen among so great an equipage who ought to be honoured a cheif above all women in the nation, that he hould be toned to death by the hands of women, Now, the time being come that he was to die, according to their appointment, he was taken into a park, where a great number of women were waiting for him, and to put him to death, according to the queen's appointment.