...sayings. When he mounted the crazy ladder of the scaffold he said, " Master Lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift for myself." And he desired the executioner to give him time to put his beard out of the way of the stroke, " since...

...weak, and some fears were expressed lest the scaffold might break down. " Mr. Lieutenant," said More, " see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." The executioner, as usual, asked forgiveness. " Friend,'' said More, " thou wilt render me to-day the...

...death ? " Sir Walter Ealeigh— "It matters little how the head lies." Sir Thomas More — " I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself" (as ascending the scaffold). Chancellor Thurlow — "I'm shot if I don't believe I'm dying." Adams...

...pray you, sir," he said to the lieutenant, thinking the scaffold a little shaky—" I pray you, sir, see me safe up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." There was no remorse now, for there had been no guilt; there was no hesitation in death, for there...

...jokingly to the lieutenant of the Tower, observing that they were weak and shook beneath his tread, " I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safe up; and, for my coming down, I can shift for myself.1' Also he said to the executioner, after he had laid his head upon the block,...

...jokingly to the Lieutenant of the Tower, observing that they were weak and shook beneath his tread, " I pray you, master Lieutenant, see me safe up ; and, for my coming down, i can shift for myself." Also he said to the executioner, after he had laid his head upon the block,...

...which was so weak that it was ready to fall ; on which he said, merrily, "Master lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." When he laid his head on the block he desired the executioner to wait till he had removed his beard,...

...weak that some fears were expressed that it might break down. " Master lieutenant," said Sir Thomas, " see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." The executioner, as usual, asked his forgiveness. "Friend," replied he, "thou wilt render me to-day...

...and even as he climbed the scaffbld to bow beneath the headsman's axe, he gayly said, " I pray you see me safe up; and for my coming down let me shift for myself." Sir Thomas More's fame as a writer rests upon two works. The one most remarkable, on account of its...

...jokingly to the Lieutenant of the Tower, observing that they were weak and shook beneath his tread, " I pray you, master Lieutenant, see me safe up ; and for my coming down, I can shift for myself." Also he said to the executioner, after he had laid his head upon the block,...