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MaryQueenofScots
byTimVicary
1Fotheringhay
MynameisBessCurle,butthisisnotmystory.ItisthestoryofmyladyMary,QueenofScots.Shewrotethestory,andthenshegaveittome.Iamgoingtogiveittoherson.
Shebeganthestoryaweekago.ItwasJanuary1587,andwesathereinourcoldroominFotheringhayCastle,inthenorthofEngland.Wecouldn'tseemuchfromthewindow.Oneortwohouses,ariver,sometrees,somehorses,andaroad.That'sall.
TheroadgoestoLondon,thehomeofQueenElizabethofEngland.Marysatwithherlittledoginherhandsandwatchedit,alldaylong.
Noonecamealongtheroad.Nothinghappened.IwatchedMary,unhappily.
'Please,YourMajesty,comeawayfromthatwindow,'Isaid.'Itdoesn'thelp.Nooneisgoingtocome.QueenElizabethcan'tdoit—Queensdon'tkillQueens.'
'Don'tthey,Bess?
'marysaid.'Thenwhyarewehere,inthisprison?
WhyamInotfree?
'
'Why,YourMajesty?
BecauseQueenElizabethisafraidofyou.'
'That'sright,'marysaid.'She'safraidofme,andshehatesmetoo.ShehatesmebecauseIambeautiful,andsheisnot,becauseIhadthreehusbands,andshenevermarried.Andbecausemanypeople—goodCatholicpeopleinEngland,France,Scotland,Spain—saythatI,Mary,amthetrueQueenofEngland,notElizabeth.AndElizabethhasnochildren,so,whensheisdead,mysonJames…'
Shecameawayfromthewindowandstoodinfrontofme.'James,'shesaidquietly,'myson.Doeshethinkaboutmesometimes?
HewasonlytenmonthsoldwhenIlastsawhim.Itisnearlytwentyyears…'
'Ofcoursehethinksaboutyou,YourMajesty,'Isaid.'Youwritetohimoften.Howcanheforgethismother?
'
'Thenwhydoesn'thewritetome?
'Maryasked.'DoeshewantmetosayhereinanEnglishprison?
'
'No,ofcoursenot,YourMajesty.But—hehasalotofwork,YourMajesty.HeistheKingofScotland,and…'
'HeisnottheKingofScotland,Bess,'shesaid.'NotbeforeIamdead.Rememberthat.'
'No,YourMajesty,ofcoursenot.Butperhapspeopletellhimthingsthatareuntrue.Youknowwhatpeoplesay.Perhaps—perhapshethinksyoukilledhisfather.'
Mary'sfacewentwhite.Shewasveryangry,andforaminuteIwasafraid.Shesaid:
'Youknowthat'salie,Bess.Itisalie!
IdidnotkillJames'sfather—Iknewnothingaboutit!
'
'Iknowthat,YourMajesty.ButperhapsJamesdoesn'tknowit.Hehearssomanylies,allthetime.Heneedstoknowthetruestory.Whydon'tyouwrite,andtellhim?
'
Marysatdownslowly.Shelookedoldandtired.'Allright,Bess,'shesaid.'Givemeapen,please.I'mgoingtowritetoJames,andtellhimthetruestory.YoucangiveittohimwhenI'mdead.'
'Dead,YourMajesty?
Don'tsaythat.Youaren'tgoingtodie.'
Herold,tiredeyeslookedatme.'YesIam,Bess.Youknowwhatisgoingtohappen.Onedaysoon,amanisgoingtobringaletterfromQueenElizabeth.Andthenhermenaregoingtokillme.ButbeforeIdie,IwouldliketowritetomysonJames.Iwanttotellhimthestoryofmylife.Sogivemeapen,please.'
Igaveherapen.Thisiswhatshewrote.
2France
DearJames.VerysoonIamgoingtodie,andmeetmyGod.BeforeIdie,Iwanttowritethetruestoryofmylifeforyou.EverythingthatIwritehereistrue—Icannotlietoyou,ortoGod.Pleasebelievethat,James.It'simportanttome.
MyfatherdiedwhenIwasoneweekold,soIwastheQueenofScotswhenIwasababy.AtfirstIlivedwithmymotherinScotland,andthen,whenIwasfive,IwenttoFrance.MymotherwasFrench,butshestayedinScotland,anddiedthere.
IwenttoFrancetomarrytheKingofFrance'sson.HisnamewasFrancis,andhewasoneyearyoungerthanme.In1559,hisfatherdied,soFranciswasKing.ThenIwasQueenofFrance,andQueenofScotlandtoo.
IwasveryhappyinFrance.Francis,myhusband,waslikealittlebrothertome.Ithinkhelovedme,buthewasveryyoung,andhewasoftenill.Andthen,in1560,hedied.Hewassixteenyearsold.
WhenhediedIwasveryunhappy,andmylifewasverydifferent.TherewasanewKingandQueen,andIwasn'timportantinFrance,anymore.ButIwasstillQueenofScots,soIcamebacktoScotland.WhenIarrivedinScotland,Iwasayounggirlofeighteen.Mymotherwasdead,andtherewasnoonetheretomeetme.Iwalkedofftheship,andIsleptinalittlehousenearthesea.
Nextday,theScotslordscamefromEdinburgh.Theywerepleasedtoseeme,andforaweekeveryonewashappy.Peoplesmiledatmeandsanginthestreets.Ithinkeveryonelikedme.Then,thatSunday,Iwenttochurch.
James,myson,youareaProtestantandIamaCatholic.Youareagoodman,andyouloveGod,butyourchurchandmychurchareenemies.IwasbornaCatholic,andIamgoingtodieaCatholic.IloveGod,too—Ihopeyouunderstandthat.I'mnotgoingtochangenow.
ThatSunday,peopleshoute
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