ndemned to be {66} beheade●d. When the order for his execu
tion ■arrived, the prisoner was asleep: they ●respected his slumber. At five o■'clock the next morning, 22nd of June, 1535■, Kingston entering his cell, aroused hi●m and told him that it was the king's goo■d pleasure he should be executed that
e royal supremac●morning. 'I most humbly thank his Majesty,'■ said the old man, 'that he is pleased ■to relieve me from all the affairs■ of this world. Grant me only an hour or two■ more, for I slept very badly ●last night.' Then turning towards■ the wall, he
y is est●ablishfell asleep again. Bet■ween seven and eight o'clock he called■ his servant, took off the h■air-shirt which he wore next his skin t●o mortify the flesh, and gave it to● the man. 'Let no one see it,' he ●said. 'And now bring me my best c●lothes
ed by law.'—'Th
.'—'My lord,' said the astonished serv●ant, 'does not your lordship know
at law is a tw
that in tw■o hours you will take them off never to put them■ on again?'
o-edged ■swor
—'Exactly so,' answered Fisher; ■'this is my wedding-day, and I ough●t
d,' returned td left the cell. He was tall, be■ing six feet high, but h
