The Last Dying Speech, and Travels, of William Walker/Chapter 2
THE PRAYER.
O Eternal and merciful Lord, look down we beseech thee, in the multitude of thy mercies, upon this thy servant, whose sins thou art justly displeased. O let him not cast away his hopes in thee, nor place them any where else, for let the wicked deliver of mankind any longer prevail against him; be with him in the hour of death, and be his exceeding comfort. O wash his sin ⟨dark⟩ soul from the guilt of blood, in the precious blood of our dear Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; so that his sinful life may be ended, and as he departs from thence thou mayst receive him in the arms of thy mercy, through the merits and mediation of our Redeemer.
After this he seemed more composed, and said a small gleam of light seemed to enlighten his sin-darkened soul; and then began to pray with the Minister, with redoubled fervency, saying the Lord's prayer and creed, singing a penitential psalm, and the lamentation of a sinner, and then prayed by himself, commending his spirit to a merciful Creator, when he was launched into eternity; which caused the tears to flow from the greatest multitude of spectators that has been remembered these many years, on such a melancholy occasion.
After having hung, the usual time, his body was cut down and then he was hung in chains, as a dreadful monument to all such wicked wretches.