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The Dying Hours of Good and Bad Men Contrasted (1854), ed. by Daniel P. Kidder (PDF in Australia)
Infidel Death-Beds (New York: Truth Seeker Company, ca. 1910), by G. W. Foote (multiple formats at archive.org)
Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston This Day Being Thursday, October 12, 1797 for Burglary (1797), by Stephen Smith (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, Alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and A Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest (St. Louis: Chambers and Knapp, 1841), ed. by A. B. Chambers, contrib. by Madison Henderson, James W. Seward, Alfred Amos Warrick, and Charles Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Life, and Dying Speech of Arthur, a Negro Man, Who Was Executed at Worcester, October 10, 1768, For a Rape Committed on the Body of One Deborah Metcalfe (1768), by Arthur (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Last Words and Dying Speech of Edmund Fortis, a Negro Man (1795), by Edmund Fortis (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last (New Haven, CT: T. and S. Green, 1790), by Joseph Mountain, ed. by David Daggett (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Death-bed scenes : or, Dying with and without religion ... (New York : Lane & Scott, 1851), by D. W. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
How they died; (Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication, [1883]), by Alfred Nevin (page images at HathiTrust)
Pebbles from the brink, or, Last expressions of the dying [electronic resource] / ([Ottawa? : s.n.], 1913), by M. C. Pritchard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A pastor's last words to his people [electronic resource]. ([Kingston, Ont. : s.n.], 1863), by John Machar (page images at HathiTrust)
The last words (real and traditional) of distinguished men and women : collected from various sources / (Troy, N.Y. : C. A. Brewster, 1900), by Frederic Rowland Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
The last words (real and traditional) of distinguished men and women / (New York : F. H. Revell, 1902), by Frederic Rowland Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographica Scoticana: or a brief historical account of the lives, characters, and memorable transactions of the most eminent Scots worthies, noblemen, gentlemen, ministers, and others: from Mr. Patrick Hamilton, who was born about the year of our Lord 1503, and suffered martyrdom at St. Andrews, Feb. 1527, to Mr. James Renwick, who was executed in the Grafs-market of Edinburgh, Feb. 17, 1688 ... (Glasgow, J. Bryce, 1781), by John Howie and Book Traces Project (page images at HathiTrust)
Closing scenes of human life / (New York : Carlton & Phillips, 1854), by Daniel P. Kidder (page images at HathiTrust)
The contrast; or The death-bed of a free-thinker and the death-bed of a Christian : exemplified in the last hours of the Hon. Francis Newport, and the Rev. Samuel Finley, D.D. (Middlebury : Printed by J.D. Huntington, 1807) (page images at HathiTrust)
The last speeches of Thomas Wentworth, late Earle of Strafford, and deputy of Ireland : the one in the Tovver, the other on the scaffold on Tower-Hill, May the twelfth 1641 : together with his deportment before and at the end of his execution. (London printed : [s.n.], 1641), by Thomas Wentworth Strafford (page images at HathiTrust)
The speech and carriage of Stephen Colledge at Oxford, before the castle, on VVednesday August 31. 1681 : taken exactly from his own mouth at the place of execution. (London : Printed for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and John Fish near the Golden Tun in the Strand, 1681), by Stephen Colledge (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of death. (London, Printed by W. Bulmer and co., 1819), by Samuel Dobree (page images at HathiTrust)
The closing scene : or, christianity and infidelity contrasted, in the last hours of remarkable persons / (Philadelphia : R. E. Peterson, 1850), by Erskine Neale (page images at HathiTrust)
I want my mamma / (New York : W.H. Anstead, c1902), by Pauline B. Story and Robert H. Brennen (page images at HathiTrust)
Dying declaration of Nicholas Fernandez, who with nine others were executed in front of Cadiz harbour, December 29, 1829 : for piracy and murder on the high seas /, by Nicholas Fernandez and Ferdinand Bayer (page images at HathiTrust)
A true copy of Sir Henry Hide's speech on the scaffold,immediately before his execution before the exchange, on the 4th of March, 1650 : taken in short-hand from his mouth / (London : Printed by Peter Cole, 1650), by Henry Hyde, Peter Cole, and John Hinde (page images at HathiTrust)
Death-bed scenes and pastoral conversations : second series / (London : Calkin and Budd, 1832), by John Warton (page images at HathiTrust)
The Scots worthies. Rev. from the author's original ed. by W.H. Carslaw. (Edinburgh Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier, [1870]), by John Howie (page images at HathiTrust)
The last words (real and traditional) of distinguished men and women, collected from various sources. (New York : Revell, 1901), by Frederic Rowland Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
Když se připozdívá... : poslední slova osob historických, u večer jich života mluvená a k poučení i výstraze napsaná ; mládeži i dospělým / (V Praze : Vyd. a nakl. Comenia, Evanjelické matice Komenského, 1898), by Vaclav Ptáček (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Derniers sentiments des plus illustres personnages condamnés a mort, ou, Recueil des lettres qu'ils ont écrites dans les prisons, des discours qu'ils ont prononcés sur l'échafaud; : avec un précis historique de leur vie, de leur procédures & des circonstances les plus interessants de leur mort. (À Paris, : Chez Moutard ..., 1775), by abbé Sabatier de Castres, Antoine Sabatier de Castres, abbé Bassin de Préfort, and abbé Donzé de Verteuil (page images at HathiTrust)
Last words of famous men and women. (Norristown, Pa., Herald Printing, [1898]), by Walter Raimee Egbert (page images at HathiTrust)
Meika ieiroku / (Tōkyō : Shōryūdō, Meiji 40 [1907]), by Sokō Ōsawa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Death-bed scenes : or, Dying with and without religion, designed to illustrate the truth and power of Christianity / (New York : Hunt & Eaton, 1851), by D. W. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographia Scoticana : or, A brief historical account of the lives, characters, & memorable transactions of the most eminent Scots worthies, noblemen, gentlemen, ministers, and others, who testified or suffered for the Reformation in Scotland, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (Dumfries, D. Halliday, 1835), by John Howie and John Carslaw (page images at HathiTrust)
Derniers momens de Duplessis-Mornay, Gigord, Rivet, Dumoulin, Drelincourt et Rieu. (Genève : Chez M.me Susanne Guers, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Scots worthies ... : containing a brief historical account of the most eminent noblemen, gentlemen, ministers, and others, who testified or suffered for the cause of reformation in Scotland, from the beginning of the sixteenth century, to the year 1688 / (Glasgow : W.R. M'Phun, 1835), by John Howie and William M'Gavin (page images at HathiTrust)
Ultima verba, factaque, et ultimæ voluntates morientium philosophorum virorumque et foeminarum illustrium, &c., &c. : plurimis è scriptoribus descripta compilata collecta & variis è linguis in Latinam linguam translata / (Amstelædami : J. F. Lucas, 1721), by Joannes de Richebourg (page images at HathiTrust)
The last words (real and traditional) of distinguished men and women; (Troy, N.Y., C. A. Brewster & co., 1900), by Frederic Rowland Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
Reflexions sur les grands hommes qui sont morts en plaisantant. (Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1758), by M. Deslandes and M. de La Chapelle (page images at HathiTrust)
Testimony to the love of Jesus : the last words to his friends of the Rev. Paul Mazakute, the first Dakota Presbyter of the Protestant Episcopal Church. ([Boston?] : Published through the offerings of the Dakota League of Massachusetts, 1874), by Paul Mazakute (page images at HathiTrust)
Scenas da hora final. (Porto, Livraria Portuense, 1878), trans. by Camilo Castelo Branco (page images at HathiTrust)
Death-bed scenes; or, Dying with and without religion: designed to illustrate the truth and power of Christianity. (New-York, Carlton & Porter, [c1851]), by D. W. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
The last words (real and traditional) of distinguished men and women, (New York, Chicago [etc.] Fleming H. Revell company, 1901), by Frederic Rowland Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
Death-bed scenes : or, Dying with and without religion : designed to illustrate the truth and power of Christianity / (New York : Lane and Scott, 1851), by D. W. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
Infidel death-beds. "Idle tales of dying horrors", (New York, The Truth seeker company, [1892]), by G. W. Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women, by Frederic Rowland Marvin (Gutenberg ebook)
The last testimony & declaration of the Reverend Samuel Crossman, D.D. and Dean of Bristoll setting forth his dutiful and true affection to the Church of England as by law established. ([London? : s.n., 1683?]), by Samuel Crossman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The house of weeping, or, Mans last progress to his long home fully represented in several funeral discourses, with many pertinent ejaculations under each head, to remind us of our mortality and fading state / by John Dunton ... (London : Printed for John Dunton ..., 1682), by John Dunton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The declaration of Mr. Alexander Henderson, principall minister of the word of God at Edenbrough, and chiefe commissioner from the Kirk of Scotland to the Parliament and Synod of England: made upon his death-bed. ([London : s.n.], Printed, an. Dom. 1648), by Alexander Henderson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A certain and true relation of the heavenly enjoyments and living testimonies of God's love unto her soul, participated of from the bountiful hand of the Lord, and communicated to her in the time of her weakness of body. Declared upon the dying-bed of Sarah, the wife of John Beck ... who departed this life the 13th day of the 6th moneth, 1679. ([London : s.n.], Printed in the year 1680), by Sarah Beck (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Arthur Browne, a seminary priest, his confession after he was condemned to be hanged at the assizes holden at Dorchester, the sixteenth day of August after which sentence of death pronounced, he fell upon his knees asking God forgivenesse, rayling upon the Iesuits, for, said he, they, and none but they, are the plotters of mischiefes and seducers of His Majesties subjects and have brought him to this confusion, humbly praying this Honourable Bench to pardon him, and he would unfold a great part of their villany, which in secret he hath bin sworne unto. (Printed at London : For George Tomlinson, August 25, 1642), by Arthur Browne (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A true copy of the paper delivered by Margaert [sic] Martels own hand, before she went to the place of execution, July the 16th, 1697 (London : Printed by Mary Edwards ..., [1697]), by Margaret Martel (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A true translation of a paper written in French, delivered by Margaret Martell to the under-sheriff at the time and place of her execution, at Suffolk-street end, July 16, 1697, for the barbarous murther of Elizabeth Pullen, wife of Paul Pullen, Esq. (London : Printed for E. Mallet ..., 1697), by Margaret Martel (HTML at EEBO TCP)
O glorious Ihesu, o mekest Ihesu, o mooste swettest Ihesu, I prayethe that I may haue newe confession, contrition and satisfaction or I dye ... ([Westminster : W. Caxton, ca. 1484]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A letter to Dr. Burnet from the Right Honourable the Earl of Rochester, as he lay on his death-bed, at His Honours lodge in Woodstock-Park / printed from the original, wrote with his own hand, June 25, 1680, at twelve at night. (London : Printed for Richard Bently ..., 1680), by John Wilmot Rochester (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The speech of Collonel Malcomb Rogers (agent for the King of Scots) at the same place of execution at Edenborough in Scotland, where the Earl of Montross lost his life, for his raising of forces against the English, in the name and defence of his masters prerogatives.: With the manner of his tryal before the officers of the army; the articles and charge, read, and exhibited against him by the judge advocate, the fatal sentence pronounced at the bar of justice; and a narrative of the transactions of the whole business. (London : Printed for George Horton, 1654), by Malcolm Rogers (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The last speech, confession and execution of John Smith alias Ashburnh am [sic] a notorious highway-man who was hang'd at Stampford-Hill, where he is to be hung up in chains: and Edward Jackson, who was drawn, and hang'd, at Tyburn, for high-treason, on Monday the 26th. of this instant May, 1684: (London : printed by E. Mallet in Blackhorse Alley near Fleet Bridge, 1684), by John Smith and Edward Jackson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The speeches and prayers of Major General Harison, Octob. 13. Mr. John Carew, Octob. 15. Mr. Justice Cooke, Mr. Hugh Peters, Octob. 16. Mr. Tho. Scott, Mr. Gregory Clement, Col. Adrian Scroop, Col. John Jones, Octob. 17. Col. Daniel Axtell, & Col. Fran. Hacker, Oct. 19: the times of their death. Together with severall occasionall speeches and passages in their imprisonment till they came to the place of execution. Faithfully and impartially collected for further satisfaction. ([London] : Printed [by Simon Dover and Thomas Creeke], anno Dom. 1660), by Thomas Harrison (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The two last prayers of VVilliam late Viscount Stafford, at his execution on Tower-hill: Wednesday the 29th. of Dec. 1680 the one in Latin, the other in English. (London : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1681), by William Howard Stafford (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The truest relation of the Earle of Straffords speech on the scaffold on Tower-hill, before he was beheaded, May 12. 1641. Together with his deportment before and at the end of his execution: ([London : s.n.], Printed in the yeare, 1641), by Thomas Wentworth Strafford (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The declaration of Coll. Okey left at his dying hour, to the Presbyterian congregations, at St. Sepulchres, Christs-Church, Alderman-Bury, and other parts of the city of London : as also, his desires to the Congregational churches of Dr. Homes, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Jessie, and the rest ... (London : Printed for Robert Williamson, 1662), by John Okey (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A present for youth, and example for the aged, or, The remains of Damaris Pearse: containing her speech after she kept her bed, and a copy of a written paper, of her own composing, which she left as her last legacy to her brothers and sisters, and was the last thing that ever she wrote : and also several pious expressions, occasionally uttered in her last sickness, worth minding : together with her funeral-sermon, preached by a reverend minister of the Gospel. (London : Printed for Tho. Parkhurst ..., 1683), by Damaris Pearse (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A Relation in part of what passed through a true and faithful servant and handmaid of the Lord, Mary Page, when she lay upon her bed of sickness, as followeth: with an exhortation to all friends to wait, to dwell in the cross of Christ Jesus, given forth b the same spirit, though through another vessel. ([London : s.n., 1665]), by Mary Page and Daniel. Exhortation to all Friends to dwell in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ Wills (HTML at EEBO TCP)
An Account of the behaviour of Henry Weller, John Ralph, Clement Snell, Joseph Rumney, Matthew Smith, Ralph Cook, in Newgate, since their condemnation with seasonable advice to all condemned prisoners : published by their earnest request and desire. ([London : s.n., 1680]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Truth made manifest: or, The dead man's testimony to the living: Being a compendium of the last sayings, dying speeches, sentences, and expressions, of Captain William Bedlow; that pattern of love to his country. Who deceased at Bristol, the 20th. of August, 1680. Convincing all, both deluded Protestants, and wilfully-blinded Papists, of the realty of that late horrid plot; with his endeared caution both to his King and country, shewing the eminent danger that still threatens. With a sermon made upon this text, preached at his funeral by a reverend divine, Mr. Thomas Palmer. ([London] : Printed for P. Brooksby, in VVest-Smithfield, 1680), by William Bedloe and Thomas Palmer (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Mr. John Eliot, called, doctor of medicine, his last speech and advice to the world, at his suffering, March 9. 1694: ([Edinburgh : printed by George Mosman, and are to be sold at his shop in the Parliament closs, M.DC.XCIV. [1694]]), by John Eliot (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Two speeches dflivered [sic] on the scaffold at Tower-Hill on Friday last,: by Mr. Christopher Love, and Mr. Gibbins, being the 22. of this instant August, 1651. With the manner of their deportment and carriage at the place of execution: and Mr. Love's declaration and propositions to the citizens of London, touching the King, Scots, and covenant. / By G.H. An ear-witness on the scaffold. (London : Printed for William Loe [sic], servant to the Common-wealth of England, 1651), by G. H., Christopher Love, and John Gibbons (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The last counsel of a martyred King to his son.: Wherein is contained, 1. The last precepts of the most Christian King of Charles the First, written by his own hand to his son Charles the Second King of Great Brittain France and Ireland, &c. ... 6. A divine eligie upon the great sufferings and death of his sacred Majesty. Never publisht before. By J.D. Esq; a loyal subject and servant to His Majesty. (London : printed for J. Jones and are to be sold at the Royall Exchange in Cornhill, 1660), by Francis Gregory and Charles King of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The speech of Collonel Hugh Grove, upon the scaffold at Exceter, on Munday last, immediately before his head was severed from his body.: With his prayer a little before death, and his declaration and protest to the people, touching a [brace] a [sic] loyal heart, a faithful conscience, a bloody scaffold, and a fatal axe. / Taken by an impartial hand, and transmitted to the press, to the end, it might be printed, published, and dispierced, throughout the three nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland. (London : Printed for Sam. Burdet, 1655), by Hugh Grove (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A lively testimony to the living truth given forth by Robert Jeckell upon his death-bed in the presence of many eye and ear witnesses whose names are subscribed. (London : [s.n.], 1676), by Robert Jeckell (HTML at EEBO TCP)
An account of the behaviour, confession and last dying speech of Sir John johnson: who was executed at Tyburn, on Tuesday the 23d day of December. anno Dom. 1690. for stealing of Mrs. Mary VVharton, in company of Captain james Campbel and Archibald Montgomery, since fled. ([[Edinburgh] : Re-printed in the year, 1691]), by John Johnston (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The sufferers legacy to surviving sinners[;] or, Edmund Kirk's dying advice to young men: vvrote by his own hand in Newgate, and delivered to his friend with a desire the same might be published, on Friday the 11th of June, 1684. Being the day on which he was executed at Tyburn, for murthering his wife. (London : printed by Geo. Croom, in Thames-street over against Baynard's Castle, 1684), by Edmund Kirk (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The speeches and confession of Arthur Knight, and Thomas Laret, at the places of execution in Russel Street neer Covent-Garden, and at Islington, on Wednesday last, being the second of this instant March, 1653.: Being condemned (by order of law) to be hang'd on a gibbet, neer unto the place where they committed the fact: the one, for killing of Major Furnifal; the other, for murthering of his own wife. With the great oath and protestation taken by the said Thomas Laret, immediatly before his death, in the presence of Mr. Cook, the minister: and his exhortation to all men in generall, both in city and countrey, never to strike or beat their wives any more. Published according to order. (Imprinted at London : for G. Horton, 1653), by Arthur Knight and Thomas Larat (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The speech of Mr Arthur Knight of Grays-Inne, gentleman;: who was executed in the Covent-Garden the second day of March, 1652. (London : Printed for Tho: Heath at his shop in Russell-Street, near the Piazza's of Covent-Garden, [1653]), by Arthur Knight (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The declaration of the right reverend father in God John, late Lord Bishop of Chichester, upon his deathbed ([London? : s.n., 1689]), by John Lake (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The last dying speeches and confession of the six prisoners who were executed at Tyburn this 17th of September, 1680: With the acccount [sic] of their behaviour in Newgate, and at the place of execution. With many remarkable passages worthy to be observed. The names of the executed persons are as followeth, viz. George Cole, Tho. Sutton, alias Browne, Tibia Hog, Mary Bucknall, Edward Willis, Edmund Dubber. With the account of their crimes for which they suffered. ([London : printed for T. Davies, 1680]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Mr. Love his funeral sermon,: preached by himself on the scaffold on Tower Hill, in the hearing of many thousand people, on Friday the two and twentieth day of this instant August. Divided into three parts; 1. The matter for which he suffered, 2. The cleering or justifying of himself. 3. His exhortation to the people. (London : Printed by Robert Wood, 1651), by Christopher Love (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Mr. Love's speech made on the scaffold on Tower-hill, August 22. 1651.: With his proposals to the citizens of London; his desires touching religion, and his judgment concerning the Presbyterian-government; as also, his perfect prayer immediately before his head was severed from his body: printed by an exact copy taken in short-hand. ([London : s.n., 1651]), by Christopher Love (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A true and exact copie of Mr. Love's speech and prayer, immediately before his death, on the scaffold at Tower-Hill, Aug. 22. 1651.: ([London] : Published for the use of Mr Love's special friends, [1651]), by Christopher Love (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The true and perfect speec [sic] of Mr. Christopher Love on the scaffold on Tower-Hill on Friday last, being the two and twentieth day of this instant August, 1651.: Comprizing his funerall sermon; his exhortation to the citizen his propositions touching religion; and his prayer immediately before his head was severed from his body. Together with Mr. Gibbons his speech; and the manner of his deportment, carriage, and resolution: published for the good of the Common-wealth of England. (Imprinted at London : by Iohn Clowes, 1651), by Christopher Love (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The apprentices vvarning-piece.: Being a confession of Peter Moore, formerly servant to Mr. Bidgood, apothecary in Exeter, executed there the last assises for poysoning his said master. Wherein is observed such lamentable expressions proceeding from him, as may produce a trembling to all who reade or heare thereof, and be a warning to such leud servants who walk the same steps, lest they receive the same punishment. (London : Printed, and are to be sold by Henry Walker, 1641), by Peter Moore (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The last speeches of Thomas Wentworth, late Earle of Strafford, and deputy of Ireland: The one in the Tovver, the other on the scaffold on Tower-Hill, May the twelfth. 1641. Together with his deportment before and at the end of his execution. (London : [s.n.], printed, 1641), by Thomas Wentworth Strafford (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The two last speeches of Thomas Wentworth, late Earle of Strafford, and deputy of Ireland: The one in the Tower, the other on the scaffold on Tower-Hill, May the 12th 1641. ([London] : Printed for Francis Coules, 1641), by Thomas Wentworth Strafford (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The last speech of M. Peter Vowell,: which he intended to have delivered (had he been permitted) upon the tenth of July, 1654. Being the day of his suffering death, in the place where Charing Cross once stood. Written by himself a little before his suffering. Published for general satisfaction. ([London : s.n.], Printed in the yeer MDCLIV. [1654]), by Peter Vowell (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The speech of Captain Henry Warren at the place of execution neer Wapping-Dock, on Thursday last, being the fourteenth of this instant October, 1652.: With his prayer immediatly before his death, and a perfect narrative of all his proceedings at sea, in relation to the late King, Parliament, and the Dutch fleet. Published according to order. (London : Printed for G. Horton, and are to be sold at the Royoll [sic] Exchange in Cornhill, 1652), by Henry Warren (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The confession of Capt. George Baker, at the place of execution, in justification of Mr. Staines, druggist: ([[London] : Printed for Randall Taylor near Stationers-Hall, 1685]), by George Baker and Samuel Smith (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A true copy of Sir Henry Hide's speech on the scaffold, immediately before his execution before the Exchange, on the 4th of March, 1650.: Taken in short-hand from his mouth, by John Hinde. (London : Printed by Peter Cole, at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil by the Exchange, MDCL. [1650, i.e. 1651]), by Henry Hyde and John Hinde (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Some testimonies of the life, death and sufferings of Amariah Drewet of Cirencester in Gloucestershire, lately deceased and to the way of life wherein he walked, whose living words upon his dying bed are worthy to be had in remembrance. (London : Printed by Andrew Sowle ..., 1687 [i.e. 1688]), by Mary Drewet, John Drewet, Charles Marshall, and Theophila Townsend (HTML at EEBO TCP)
An account of some of the dying-sayings of Susannah Yeats, late wife of Samuel Yeats, of the parish of Minching-Hammpton in Glocester-shire with a sermon preached at her funeral by Thomas Worden ... (London : Printed for William Marshall ..., 1688), by Thomas Worden and Susannah Yeats (HTML at EEBO TCP)
An Account of the behaviour, confession and last dying speech of Sir John Johnson, who was executed at Tyburn on Tuesday the 23d day of December, anno Dom. 1690 for stealing of Mrs. Mary Wharton in company of Captain James Campbel and Archibald Montgomery, since fled. (London : Printed for Langley Curtiss, 1690) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
An Account of the behaviour, dying speeches, and execution of Mr. John Murphey, for high treason, and William May, John Sparcks, William Bishop, James Lewis, and Adam Foresith for robbery, piracy and felony, at the execution-dock on Wednesday the 25th of November, 1696 (London : Printed for T. Crownfield ..., 1696) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The Behaviour, last speeches, confessions, and execution of the prisoners that suffered at Tyburn on Fryday the 7th of March, 1678/9 viz. Thomas Coxe and Charles Smith who were drawn thither on a hurdle for treason, Mary Augur, for murther, and Anne Atkins for a burglary ... : with a true account of their carriage and discourses to Mr. Ordinary and others, both in prison and at the place of execution. (London : Printed for L.C., 1678/9 [i.e. 1679]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The last words and testimonies of and for William Allen, late of Cowen in Essex, a faithfull servant of the Lord; who finishing his testimony, departed this life the 21. of the 11th month, 1679. (London, : Printed and sold by Benjamin Clark ..., 1680), by William Allen (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Truth brought to light, or, The last words of a dying-man: being the speech of William Dillon Esquire, executed the twenty fifth of February, 1662, for the death of J. Web, lately killed in a frey in Long-Acre. ([London : s.n., 1662]), by William Dillon (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The perfect speech of Mr. John Gibbons, as it was delivered by himself on the scaffold at Tower-hill, on Friday the 22 of August, 1651 : being the same day that Mr. Love (the minister) was also executed. : Likewise his desires to the people; his protestation touching religion, and his true prayer immediately before his head was severed from his shoulders. ; Published by a perfect copy, at the request and for general satisfaction to his friends and others. (London : Printed for T. Cook, 1651), by John Gibbons (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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