. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . done, Mr. Herbert deliveredit into the hand of Mr. Woodnot and said: My old friend, I here deliver toyou my last will, in which you will find that I have made you my sole executorfor the good of my wife and nieces; and I desire you to show kindness to 75 76 A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH them, as they shall need it. I do not desire you to be just, for I know youwill be so for your own sake; but I charge you, by the religion of our friend-ship, to be careful of them. And having
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . done, Mr. Herbert deliveredit into the hand of Mr. Woodnot and said: My old friend, I here deliver toyou my last will, in which you will find that I have made you my sole executorfor the good of my wife and nieces; and I desire you to show kindness to 75 76 A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH them, as they shall need it. I do not desire you to be just, for I know youwill be so for your own sake; but I charge you, by the religion of our friend-ship, to be careful of them. And having obtained Mr. Woodnots promise tobe so, he said: I am now ready to die. After which he said: Lord,forsake me not now my strength faileth me; but grant me mercy for the meritsof my Jesus. And now, Lord—Lord, now receive my soul. And with thesewords he breathed forth his divine soul, without any apparent disturbance,Mr. Woodnotand Mr. Bostock attending his last breath and closing his eyes. Your heads must come To the cold tomb:Only the actions of the justSmell sweet, and blossom in their dust. Authority: Izaak Cakijinal No. 35 The Death of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal, Due deRichelieu. Born 1585. Died 1642. THE conspiracy of Cinq Mars was the last episode of importance inthe life of Richelieu. The excitement of the struggle renewed for amoment his fading powers, but with its subsidence the process ofdecline became more rapid than ever. Unable to leave his litter, he wascarried slowly from Lyons to Paris, travelling whenever it was possible bywater. Everywhere he was received with the respect due to royalty. In sometowns the gates were too narrow to admit the spacious litter, and the wallwas promptly demolished to make room for its entry. At Fontainebleau theKing, Louis XIII, came to meet him, and tried to atone for past coldness bythe warmth of his greeting. On 4th November 1642 he reached the PalaisCardinal in Paris, which he was never to quit alive. T
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