 | Niloufer Harben - Drama - 1988 - 302 pages
...Before kneeling down at the scaffold, he embraced the executioner and then addressed the following words to him: Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office; my neck is very short, take heed therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thine... | |
 | Virginia Sloyan - Christian poetry - 1990 - 172 pages
...and after his prayers said, he turned to the executioner, and with a cheerful countenance spake unto him. "Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office, my neck is very short. Take heed therefore thou shoot not awry for saving thine honesty."... | |
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Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty. 
