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CODA: Madame du Barry (Died 1793)

These were her last words before she was guillotined:

You are going to hurt me, please don’t hurt me, just one more moment, I beg you!

Madame du Barry was the mistress of Louis XV.

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2 Responses to “CODA: Madame du Barry (Died 1793)”

  1. Jessica Says:
    July 7th, 2006 at 11:49 pm

    aww…how sad. :( I wonder if she had low self-esteem. I am so happy to not be of this world anymore!

  2. Robert Perry Says:
    July 12th, 2006 at 12:30 pm

    I wonder if she was referring to the pain of the blade, or the pains to come afterwards. Yikes!

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