This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...not imagine that the King or his officers would ever condemn him to die. Thereupon he exclaimed 'Ha! God be praised! here is a rude sentence! I pray that He may give me grace to have a right knowledge of Him this day!' Then turning to St. Pierre, he added; 'Ha, ha! Monsieur de St. Pierre, this is not at all what you ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...not imagine that the King or his officers would ever condemn him to die. Thereupon he exclaimed 'Ha! God be praised! here is a rude sentence! I pray that He may give me grace to have a right knowledge of Him this day!' Then turning to St. Pierre, he added; 'Ha, ha! Monsieur de St. Pierre, this is not at all what you told me this morning: '--but the latter answered him not a word, and withdrew. The Constable was then left in the hands of four Doctors in Theology, one of them a Cordelier, Maistre Jehan de Sordun: --the second an Augustin canon; the third the Penitencier of Paris: and the fourth Maistre Jehan Hue, curate of St. Andre des Arts, and Dean of the Faculty of Theology, in the University of Paris. Of these and of the Chancellor the Constable earnestly begged that they would give him the Lord's Body: --but they did not grant his request: --a mass was however celebrated before him, and with this he was forced to be content. Mass ended, holy water was sprinkled on him, and they gave him consecrated bread to eat: --of this he partook and then remained in conference with the Doctors till two in the afternoon, when he descended the steps of the Palace, where the parliament sat, and mounted again on horseback to be led to the Hotel de Ville. In front of the building some scaffoldings were erected for persons to get on to see him die; and as he advanced he was escorted by the registrary of the court, with all the ushers of the same. On arriving at the Hotel de Ville he was taken into the Bureau, against which a scaffolding had been raised, with an enclosed passage of wood as a way of approach, and adjoining was a smaller scaffold upon which he was to be executed. The Constable remained in the Bureau with his confessors testifying great regret, followed by many ac...
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