(addressing the crowd gathered for his execution at the olde palace yard) “AT THIS HOUR MY AGUE COMES UPON ME. I WOULD NOT HAVE MY ENEMIES THINK I QUAKED FROM FEAR.”

(upon seeing the executioner’s axe) “THIS IS A SHARP MEDICINE, BUT IT IS A PHYSICIAN FOR ALL DISEASES AND MISERIES. . . .”

(head resting upon the place where the axe should soon fall) “STRIKE, MAN, STRIKE!”