Stretched out on her deathbed, Isabella the Catholic comforted her ladies and retainers who were weeping over her approaching death, saying:
— “Do not weep for me nor waste any time on useless prayers for my recovery. Pray rather for the salvation of my soul.”
Vicente Vega, Diccionario ilustrado de frases célebres y citas literárias (Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1955), 632. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 420