Anne Boleyn Quotes

• The king has been very good to me. He promoted me from a simple maid to be a marchioness. Then he raised me to be a queen. Now he will raise me to be a martyr.

  Anne Boleyn

  Kings, Queens, Simple

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• The executioner is, I believe, very expert; and my neck is very slender

  Anne Boleyn

  Believe, Experts, Necks

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• O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast.

  Anne Boleyn

  Rocks, Quiet, Ghost

  Anne Boleyn, “O Death Rock Me Asleep”

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• King has absolute power. And what he has given he can taken away.

  Anne Boleyn

  Kings, Taken, Given

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• Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die.

  Anne Boleyn

  Christian, Men, Law

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• If any person should meddle with my cause, I require them to judge the best'.

  Anne Boleyn

  Judging, Causes, Should

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• From a private gentlewoman you have made me first a marchioness, then a queen; and, as you can raise me no higher in the world, you are now sending me to be a saint in Heaven.

  Anne Boleyn

  Queens, Sarcasm, Heaven

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• Remember me when you do pray that hope doth lead from day to day.

  Anne Boleyn

  Praying, Remember, Day To Day

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• And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.

  Anne Boleyn

  Desire, World, Praying

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• If it ever lay in my power, I will work the Cardinal as much displeasure as he has done to me.

  Anne Boleyn

  Done, Cardinals, Lays

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• O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.

  Anne Boleyn

  Soul, Mercy, Lord

  Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution, tudorhistory.org. May 19, 1536.

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• To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesus receive my soul.

  Anne Boleyn

  Jesus, Soul, Christ

  Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution, tudorhistory.org. May 19, 1536.

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