...some cheering words to his companions. " Here die I, Richard Grenville," the old sailor exclaimed, " with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his country, queen, religion, and honour." The ill success of the naval expeditions against...

...Admiral's ship to die ; and gave up his gallant ghost with those once-famous words : " Here die I, Eichard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind ; for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought, fighting for his country, queen, religion and honour ; my soul willingly departing from this body,...

...fine old Knglifh gentleman, who fpoke his own epitaph when he faid — Here die /, Kichard Gienville, with a joyful and quiet mind: for that I have ended my life as a true foldier ought to do, that kath fought for his counti'ey, Queen, religion, and honour. Whereby my foul...

...the fleet crowded round the expiring hero, who, feeling his end approaching, cried out in Spanish, ' Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet...fought for his country, Queen, religion, and honour. Wherefore my soul most joyfully departeth out of this body, and shall always leave behind it an everlasting...

...his end approaching, showed not any sign of faintness, but spake these words in Spanish, and said, ' Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet...have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do that haih fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour. Whereby my soul most joyfully departeth out...

...praised by the Spaniards, died of his wounds on board the ship of Bassano. His last words were : — " Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind ; for that I have ended my life as a true Englishman ought to, fighting for his country, queen, religion, and honour ; my soul willingly departing...

...hours, and when at last mortally wounded, said with his last breath in the heat and smoke of battle, " Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet...have ended my life, as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his country, queen, religion and honour." It was men of this stamp who entered into the...

...he was obliged to surrender. He died a few days after, and his last words were those of a hero : " Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet...have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his country, queen, religion, and honour. My soul willingly departing from this body,...

...him. Feeling the end to be near, he said in Spanish, that all might understand : " Here die I, Bichard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that...have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for hie country, Queen, religion, and honour, leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved...

...a clear, quiet voice, using the Spanish tongue, he says to those around him, " Here die I, Eichard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that...queen, religion, and honour ; whereby my soul most joyfully departeth out of this body, and shall always leave behind it an everlasting fame of a valiant...