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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 |
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Scots, Mary Queen of (b. Dec. 8, 1542; d. Feb. 8, 1587). A metrical prayer in Latin:—
"0 Domine Deus! speravi in Te; 0 care mi Jesu! nunc libera me. In dura catena, in misera poena, desidero te; Languendo, gemendo, et genu flectendo, Adoro, imploro, ut liberes me" is given in several works including Julian Sharman's Poems of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1873, as the composition of the ill-fated Queen. It is said that it was written by her on the fly-leaf of her prayer-book (Horae in laudem B. M. Virgin) the night before her execution. This book—or at any rate what is regarded as such—is in the library of Stonyhurst College, Lancashire. It has been examined for the purposes of this Dictionary. The Prayer is not therein, nor is there any evidence of any portion of the book having been torn away. This fact raises a grave doubt as to its authorship which we are unable to settle. The Praye has been translated by several persons, including J. Fawcett, 1782, J. W. Hewett, 1859, p. 145, &c.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne. During her childhood, Scotland was governed by regents, first by the heir to the throne, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and then by her mother, Mary of Guise. In 1548, she was betrothed to Francis, the Dauphin of France, and was sent to be brought up in France, where she would be safe from invading English forces during the Rough Wooing. Mary married Francis in 1558, becoming queen consort of France from his accession in 1559 until his death in December 1560. Widowed, Mary r
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