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7 appearance in Parliament, went off in a passion, and, would never countenance them more. But yet, to be revenged on Gcorge, she would never give the King rest, til 'he delivered George into her hands, that he might be punished at her pleasure; which the King accordingly commanded to be done, knowing that George would rescue himself by some intrigue or other. No sooner was he delivcred into her hands, but she and her maids of honour pronounced his doom, which was as follows: As he had affronted the Queen among so great an cquipage, which out to be honoured in chief above all women in the nation, that he should be stoned to death by the hands of women.Now the time having 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, with their aprons full of stones, to fall upon him, and put him to death, according to the Queen's appointment.

HIS SPEECH TO HIS EXECUTIONERS.

Here's a female band with bags of stones

To kill a man for rumple groans:

I'm clean of rapine, blood and thefts,

Could I convert my farts to rifts.

Since I the first for farting die,

Close up the place from whence they fly.

To commit my crime I think you'll scarce,

If once you do cork up your arse.

And now since women stones do carry,

Men need not in this world tarry.

Judge if such women be chaste complete

With forty stones between their feet:

But since 'tis so you will come on,

The greatest whore throw the first stone.

When he ended with these words, The greatest whore throw the first stone,' every one put it to another to cast the first stone; but knowing they would attain the character of a whore for so