He joined his voice with the voices of those present, repeating the prayers with them.

Already the court was hurrying to the Duke of Orleans; some of the more confident had repaired to the Duke of Maine's; the king's servants were left almost alone around his bed; the tones of the dying man were distinctly heard above the great number of priests.

He several times repeated, _Nunc et in hora mortis_.

Then he said, quite loud, "O, my God, come Thou to help me, haste Thee to succor me." Those were his last words.

He expired on Sunday, the 1st of September, 1715, at eight A.M.Next day, he would have been seventy- seven years of age, and he had reigned seventy-two of them.
In spite of his faults and his numerous and culpable errors, Louis XIV.
had lived and died like a king.