The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-06
DYING WORDS or KINGS AND
QUEENS.
Last Utterances Upon ScnnoId. Gull
otinc and battlefield

Ottnc and battlefield.
From the Philadelphia Press.
IAN emperor should die standing up
right" exclaimed Vespasian. and expired
in the arms OF the attendants who at
tempted to raise him, while These are
the works Of the mournful war" was re-
peated in his last moments by Marcus Au-
relius Antonious.
Fighting on the Bosworth Field. Rich
ard III called out: Il am the King OF
England; l will not bulge a bootw and
Treason! Treason" The gentle boy. Ed
ward VI. exclaimed at the end: 81 faint,
Lord; have mercy on me- Receive my
soul' Bowling her head on the grim
block in Fotheringay Castle. Mary, Queen
OF Scots. said simply: Into Thy hands
On. Lord. I commend my spirit" Charles
l, when before a similar ak. said TO the
eXecutioner: when ! put out my hands
this way. the" and imaging that the
man was about to strike, he exclaimed
wait for the sign"
This was after the historic Remember, -
addressed to Bishop Juxen. When the last
night came for Oliver Cromwell. he repeat
ed several times-"God is good" and when
those by him tried TO persuade him Ia
drink and sleep he replied: 1T Is not my
design to drink or to sleep. but my design
is to make what haste / can TO be gone.
1t seems almost a coincidence that the
last uttcrance of Charles ii were an apol-
ogy to his attendants that he was 80 long
dying, hoping that the trouble he was
causing them would soon be Ove:. William
OF Orange asked: Can this last long,
but his last word was the name OF an old
friend. The last hours Of Anne were
clouded in delirium, but until speech left
her she called out repeatedly. "Oh. my
brother! My dear brotherl What will
become of you?"
fastening TO OsnaburG, George l wal
seized with apoplexy, and repeatedly
called out the name Of his destination
but expired before reaching there. To
companion by his bedside Georve " call
cd out: MY boy, this is DEATH" and ter
years later his brother. William ", II
taking leave OF the archbishop, said; BE
lieve me, / am a religious mani"
OF the kings and queens of France
perhaps none has left a worse memory
than Charles IN in consequence Of the
infamous massacre of St Bartholomew
He on his deathbed. was attended by q
IIuguenot nurse, TO whom he is said "a
have exclaimed: "Ah, my nurse, my dear
nurse, how much blood and how many
murders. All, what wicked counsel have
had. oh. my God, pardon me and have
mercy upon me, II It please theei / know
not whore ] am, so perpleXed and agitated
do they make me. What will become OF
all this? What will be come Of me7 What
shall do? / am lost; l feel II we'll"
When the dagger gave Henry III his
fatal wounds he cried: "Ah, the wicked
monk, he has killed me; kill HIM" Some
hours later he died repeating the mis-
erere." When Henry " also fell before
exclaim Il am wounded 1t is moth
ingr' before his life left him. In his last
moments Louis XIII said: There come
to me thoughts that torment me-" The
Grand Monarque, Louis XIV repeated sew
eral times before the power of speech left
him. "Nunc ct In bora mortis" And
now in the hour OF death'). His last
words were: "Oh, my Cod come to my
aid: hasten to help me-" Standing on the
scaffold before the guillotine Louis XVI
declared: 81 die innocent OF all the crimes
imputed to me! l forgive the authors OF
my death, and | pray God that the blood
they are going to shed may never fall on
France" Mounting the same bloody plat
form so shortly after, the gentle, brave
Marie Antoinette happened to step acct
dentaly on her executioner's foot, and
said: Il beg your pardon. monsieur; !
did not do ii on purpose" Their equally
filthy prison, called a jailer and said: Il
have something to tell YOU" but he died
before he could speak whatever he wished
to communicate.
As Napoleon lay dying on the lonely rock
of st. Helena he muttered in his delirium:
Head of the army" and just at the last
when dying also in exile, the Third Napol-
con asked his doctor: Were you at the
Sedan?" Philip III of Spain on his death
bed cried: What an account / shall have
to give to God Oh. why did ] ever reign
All, If it pleased the Lord to prolong my
life how ! should like to live otherwise than
have hitherto lived"
william. the Silent, the founder Of the
| Dutch Republic exclaimed when struck
by the assassin's bullet: "Oh, my God
have mercy upon my soul, have mercy
upon this poor people," Nicholas of Rus.
STA just before his death dictated kilograms
to be sent to different cities with the word
ing: THE emperor is dying" and Maria
Theresa of Austria was at almost the last
moment asked II she was not lying uncom-
fortably. and answered: Yes, but well
enough TO die" and In avery few moments
expired. Just before his end Frederick the
Great murmured: we are over the hill
we shall go better now and Queen Louisa
Of Prussia (the mother OF the first German
EMPEROR said in her last Illness: II am a
arms" and in the minute before her death
exclaimed: Lord Jesus make It shortl
The last words Of her son, William, the vic
tor of 1870 are said to have been: Il have
no time now TO be tired"