night before the execution. It appears as if hurriedly penned with a
blunt quill, and is on a narrow strip of thin foolscap paper such as
Hariot used. It is about twelve inches long and nearly four inches wide,
about one-third of the lower part of the paper being blank. There is no
heading, date, or anything else on the paper. It is rather difficult to
read, but every word, letter and point have been made out, and the whole
_Note_ is here given, line for line, and verbatim, the heading and
press-mark only being added :

[SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S ' NOTE OR REMEMBRANCE '

_for his speech on the Scaffold_ Oct. 29 1618.]

Two fits of an agew.

Thankes to god.

of calling god to witness.

note

That He Speake iustly & truely.

I.) Concerning his loyalty to _ye_

King. French Agent,

& Comission fro ye french King.

2.) of Slanderous fpeeches touching