glorianas: 13th February, 1542-For her last performance, she was, as ever when in public, note perfe
glorianas: 13th February, 1542-For her last performance, she was, as ever when in public, note perfect. She spoke of Christ and the redemption promised to all who believed. She urged the crowd to learn from her example and effusively praised the justice of her sentence and the good government of the King. There were no last minute protestations of love, nor was there admission of guilt for the adultery she was suspected of but had not formally been condemned for.A few women from her suite stood by to perform their last service for Catherine, who sank to the straw and nuzzled her neck, bare and exposed, into the embrace of the block. She had made it familiar. She would leave with dignity. Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII - Gareth Russell -- source link
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