King has absolute power. And what he has given he can taken away.
The executioner is, I believe, very expert; and my neck is very slender
O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast.
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.
Remember me when you do pray that hope doth lead from day to day.
And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.