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| 31 | <img border="0" src="monarchs/boleyn-sketch1.jpg" alt="sketch of Anne Boleyn by Hans Holbein the Younger" align="left" width="175" height="157"><font size=-1>This
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| 32 | account of Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution was made by the Tudor chronicler Edward Hall.</font><p>
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| 33 | <font size="-1">The execution took place on 19 May 1536 at 8 o'clock in the
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| 34 | morning. It was the first public execution of an English queen.</font></td>
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| 39 | 'Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the
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| 40 | law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing
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| 41 | against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything
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| 42 | of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save
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| 43 | the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more
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| 44 | merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle
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| 45 | and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I
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| 46 | require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world
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| 47 | and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord
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| 48 | have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.' </p>
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| 50 | <p><i>After being blindfolded and kneeling at the block, she repeated several
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| 52 | <br></i>'To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesu receive my soul.'<p align="center">
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| 55 | <a href="monarchs/boleyn.html">
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| 56 | <font size="2">to the Anne
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| 57 | Boleyn website</font></a></p>
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