While they were preparing to carry him up, he exhorted and comforted the Protestants, who were all weeping round him.

When he reached the platform he laid himself of his own accord on the cross; but hearing from the executioner that he must first be undressed, he raised himself again with a smile, so that the executioner's assistant could remove his doublet and small-clothes.

As he wore no stockings, his legs being bandaged the man also unwound these bandages, and rolled up Boeton's shirts-sleeves to the elbow, and then ordered him to lay himself again on the cross.

Boeton did so with unbroken calm.

All his limbs were then bound to the beams with cords at every joint; this accomplished, the assistant retired, and the executioner came forward.