import/englishhistory.net/tudor/prianne3.html url indexed_doc HTMLPlugin 3135 englishhistory.net/tudor prianne3.html prianne3.html en windows_1252 Primary Sources: Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution, 1536 HTML http://englishhistory.net/tudor/prianne3.html http://englishhistory.net/tudor/prianne3.html HASH3d9e49bb224972bc382dbe 1781502979 20260615 1781502987 20260615 HASH3d9e/49bb2249.dir prianne3.gif:image/gif: boleyn-sketch1.jpg:image/jpeg: <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" width="94%"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <br> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/prianne3.gif" alt="Primary Sources: 1536: Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution" width="328" height="152"><p align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="48%" bgcolor="#FFFFE8"><p> <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/boleyn-sketch1.jpg" alt="sketch of Anne Boleyn by Hans Holbein the Younger" align="left" width="175" height="157"><font size=-1>This account of Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution was made by the Tudor chronicler Edward Hall.</font><p> <font size="-1">The execution took place on 19 May 1536 at 8 o'clock in the morning.  It was the first public execution of an English queen.</font></td> <td width="4%"></td> <td valign="top" width="48%"> <p> 'Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it.  I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord.  And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best.  And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.  O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.' </p> <p><i>After being blindfolded and kneeling at the block, she repeated several times: <br></i>'To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesu receive my soul.'<p align="center">  </p> <p align="center"> <a href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fmonarchs%2fboleyn.html"> <font size="2">to the Anne Boleyn website</font></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fprimary.html"> <font size="2">to Primary Sources</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <script language="JavaScript" src="_httpextlink_&rl=0&href=http:%2f%2fhostingprod.com%2fjs%5fsource%2fgeov2.js"></script><script language="javascript">geovisit();</script><noscript><img src="_httpextlink_&rl=0&el=direct&href=http://visit.webhosting.yahoo.com/visit.gif?us1108082600" alt="setstats" border="0" width="1" height="1"></noscript> <IMG SRC="_httpextlink_&rl=0&el=direct&href=http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=76001524&t=1108082600" ALT=1 WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>