Compare 1577 edition: 1 The twelfe of Februarie being mondaie, about ten of the clocke, there went out of the tower to the scaffold on the tower hill, the lord Gilford Dudleie, sonne to the duke of Northumberland,The lord Gil|ford Dudleie executed on the tower. husband to the ladie Iane Greie daughter to the duke of Suffolke; and without the bulworke gate, maister Thomas Offleie one of the shiriffes of London receiued him and brought him to the scaffold, where after a small declaration he knéeled downe and said his praiers. Then holding vp his eies & hands to heauen with teares, at the last he desired the people to praie for him, & after he was beheaded. His bodie being laid in a cart, and his head in a cloth, was brought into the chappell within the tower, where the ladie Iane, whose lodging was in maister Patridges house; did sée his dead carcasse taken out of the cart, as well as she did see him before aliue going to his death: a sight (as might be supposed) to hir worse than death. By this time was there a scaffold made vpon the greene ouer against the white tower,The [...] of the ladie Iane lead to execution. for the ladie Iane to die vpon, who being nothing at all abashed neither with feare of hir owne death, which then approched, neither with the sight of the dead carcasse of hir hus|band when he was brought into the chapell, came forth, the lieutenant leading hir, with countenance nothing abashed, neither hir eies anie thing moiste|ned with teares, with a booke in hir hand, wherein she praied vntill she came to the said scaffold. Whereon when she was mounted, this noble yoong ladie as she was indued with singular gifts both of learning and knowledge, so was she as patient and mild as a|nie lambe at hir execution: and a little before hir death vttered these words.]
22.1. The words of the ladie Iane at hir death, on a scaffold vpon the greene ouer against the white tower.
The words of the ladie Iane at hir death, on a scaffold vpon the greene ouer against the white tower.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _GOod people I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condem|ned to the same. My offense a|gainst the queenes highnes was onelie in consent to the deuice of other, which now is deemed treason; but it was neuer of my seeking, but by counsell of those who should seeme to haue further vnder|standing of things than I, which knew lit|tle of the law, and much lesse of the titles EEBO page image 1100 to the crowne. But touching the procure|ment and desire therof by me, or on my be|halfe, I doo wash my hands in innocencie thereof before God, and the face of all you (good christian people) this daie. And ther|with she wroong hir hands wherin she had hir booke. Then (said she) I praie you all good christian people, to beare me witnesse that I die a true christian woman, & that I looke to be saued by none other meanes, but onelie by the mercie of God, in the bloud of his onelie sonne Iesus Christ; & I confesse that when I did know the word of God, I neglected the same, & loued my selfe and the world, and therefore this plague and punishment is iustlie & worthilie hap|pened vnto me for my sins, & yet I thanke God of his goodnesse, that he hath giuen me a time and respit to repent. And now good people while I am aliue, I praie you assist me with your praiers.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then knéeling downe, she said the p [...]alme of Mi|serere mei Deus, in English, and then stood vp and gaue hir maid (called mistresse Ellin) hir gloues and handkercher, and hir booke she also gaue to maister Bridges then lieutenant of the tower, and so vntied hir gowne; and the executioner pressed to helpe hir off with it, but she desired him to let hir alone, and turned hir toward hir two gentlewomen, who hel|ped hir off therewith, and wish hir other attires, and they gaue hir a faire handkercher t [...] [...]ut about hir eies.The executio|ner asked the ladie Iane forgiuenesse. Then the executioner knéeled d [...]wne and asked hir forgiuenesse, whom she forgaue most willinglie. Then he willed hir to stand vpon the straw, which doone, she saw the blocke, & then she said; I praie you dispatch me quicklie. Then she knéeled downe, sai|eng; Will you take it off before I laie me down Whervnto the executioner answered, No madam Then tied she the handkercher about hir eies, and fée|ling for the blocke, she said; Where is it, where is it? One of the standers by guided hir therevnto, and she laid downe hir head vpon the blocke, and then stret|ched forth hir bodie, and said; Lord into thy hands I commend my spirit, and so finished hir life. ¶ This was the end of the lord Gilford and the ladie Iane, I. Stow. whose deaths were the more hastened for feare of further troubles and sturs for hir title, like as hir fa|ther had attempted.]