. Anecdotes of distinguished persons, chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries : illustrated by engravings. very curious account of her execution waspublifhed in France foon after that event; fromwhich it appears, that on her bodys falling afterdecapitation, her favourite fpaniel jumped out ofher clothes. Immediately before her executionIhe repeated the following Latin Prayer, compofedby herfelf, and which has been fet to a beautifulplaintive Air * by that triple fon of Apollo the-learned and excellent Dr. Harington of Bath,at the requeft of the Compiler, as an embellim-ment to thefe

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. Anecdotes of distinguished persons, chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries : illustrated by engravings. very curious account of her execution waspublifhed in France foon after that event; fromwhich it appears, that on her bodys falling afterdecapitation, her favourite fpaniel jumped out ofher clothes. Immediately before her executionIhe repeated the following Latin Prayer, compofedby herfelf, and which has been fet to a beautifulplaintive Air * by that triple fon of Apollo the-learned and excellent Dr. Harington of Bath,at the requeft of the Compiler, as an embellim-ment to thefe little volumes. O D&mine Deus, fperavi in te ! O care mi Jefuy nunc libera me! m dura catena, in miferd poena, dejtdero te I Languendo, getnendo> ei getwjjetlendoy Adoroy imploro, ut Uteres me ! It may be thus paraphrafed : In this laft folemn and tremendous hour,My Lord, my Saviour, I invoke thy power IIn thefe fad pangs of anguifh and of death,? Receive, O Lord, thy fuppliants parting breath? * See the Musrc annexed* Before 1 The Prayer ofI Mary Queen of Scots before her ^\ dolce W-l i 1.

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