On December 11, 1792, Louis XVI was brought before the French Convention Nationale, the assembly that governed France after the overthrow of the monarchy. Not long afterward the Convention Nationale released a statement that went something like this:
If you had been a nicer king
we wouldn’t do a thing,
but you were bad, you must admit.
We’re gonna take you and the queen
down to the guillotine
and shorten you a little bit.
The Mudd has some contemporary reports of this event, including a transcript of the trial, which may or may not contain the above text.