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      &lt;img border=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;_httpdocimg_/maryqos1565cr.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; height=&quot;236&quot;&gt;Mary Stuart 
      wrote this letter on 8 February 1587, completing it just six hours before her
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&lt;font size=-1&gt;It is addressed to her former brother-in-law,
King Henry III of France.&amp;nbsp; She had written to him regularly throughout
her imprisonment in England.&amp;nbsp; The letter is a remarkable document.&amp;nbsp;
Mary clearly believes she is dying as a martyr to her Catholic faith.&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;font size=-1&gt;It should be noted that Henry III did not provide the
wages and pensions which Mary so poignantly sought.&amp;nbsp; It was King Philip II of
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8 February 1587

&lt;br&gt;To the most Christian king, my brother and old ally,

&lt;p&gt;Royal brother, having by God's will, for my sins I think, thrown myself

into the power of the Queen my cousin, at whose hands I have suffered much

for almost twenty years, I have finally been condemned to death by her

and her Estates.&amp;nbsp; I have asked for my papers, which they have taken

away, in order that I might make&amp;nbsp;my

will, but I have been unable to recover anything of use to me, or even

get leave either to make my will freely or to have my body conveyed after

my death, as I would wish, to your kingdom where I had the honor to be

queen, your sister and old ally.

&lt;p&gt;Tonight, after dinner, I have been advised of my sentence:&amp;nbsp; I am

to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning.&amp;nbsp; I have not

had time to give you a full account of everything that has happened, but

if you will listen to my doctor and my other unfortunate servants, you

will learn the truth, and how, thanks be to God, I scorn death and vow

that I meet it innocent of any crime, even if I were their subject.&amp;nbsp;

The Catholic faith and the assertion of my God-given right to the English

crown are the two issues on which I am condemned, and yet I am not allowed

to say that it is for the Catholic religion that I die, but for fear of

interference with theirs.&amp;nbsp; The proof of this is that they have taken

away my chaplain, and although he is in the building, I have not been able

to get permission for him to come and hear my confession and give me the

Last Sacrament, while they have been most insistent that I receive the

consolation and instruction of their minister, brought here for that purpose.&amp;nbsp;

The bearer of this letter and his companions, most of them your subjects,

will testify to my conduct at my last hour.&amp;nbsp; It remains for me to

beg Your Most Christian Majesty, my brother-in-law and old ally, who have

always protested your love for me, to give proof now of your goodness on

all these points:&amp;nbsp; firstly by charity, in paying my unfortunate servants

the wages due them - this is a burden on my conscience that only you can

relieve:&amp;nbsp; further, by having prayers offered to God for a queen who

has borne the title Most Christian, and who dies a Catholic, stripped of

all her possessions.&amp;nbsp; As for my son, I commend him to you in so far

as he deserves, for I cannot answer for him.&amp;nbsp; I have taken the liberty

of sending you two precious stones, talismans against illness, trusting

that you will enjoy good health and a long and happy life.&amp;nbsp; Accept

them from your loving sister-in-law, who, as she dies, bears witness of

her warm feeling for you. Again I commend my servants to you.&amp;nbsp; Give

instructions, if it please you, that for my soul's sake part of what you

owe me should be paid, and that for the sake of Jesus Christ, to whom I

shall pray for you tomorrow as I die, I be left enough to found a memorial

mass and give the customary alms.

&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, at two in the morning

&lt;p&gt;Your most loving and most true sister

&lt;br&gt;Mary R&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;nt&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;
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