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Mary Stuart
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2017
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It is as I have said; – what they have witnessed
The Lord will judge.
MELVIL
Thou mountest, then, satisfied
Of thy own innocence, the fatal scaffold?
MARY
God suffers me in mercy to atone,
By undeserved death, my youth's transgressions.
MELVIL (making over her the sign of the cross)
Go, then, and expiate them all by death;
Sink a devoted victim on the altar,
Thus shall thy blood atone the blood thou'st spilt.
From female frailty were derived thy faults,
Free from the weakness of mortality,
The spotless spirit seeks the blest abodes.
Now, then, by the authority which God
Hath unto me committed, I absolve thee
From all thy sins; be as thy faith thy welfare!
[He gives her the host.
Receive the body which for thee was offered —
[He takes the cup which stands upon the table, consecrates it with silent prayer, then presents it to her; she hesitates to take it, and makes signs to him to withdraw it.
Receive the blood which for thy sins was shed,
Receive it; 'tis allowed thee by the pope
To exercise in death the highest office
Of kings, the holy office of the priesthood.
[She takes the cup.
And as thou now, in this his earthly body
Hast held with God mysterious communion,
So may'st thou henceforth, in his realm of joy,
Where sin no more exists, nor tears of woe,
A fair, transfigured spirit, join thyself
Forever with the Godhead, and forever.
[He sets down the cup; hearing a noise, he covers his head, and goes to the door;
MARY remains in silent devotion on her knees.
MELVIL (returning)
A painful conflict is in store for thee.
Feel'st thou within thee strength enough to smother
Each impulse of malignity and hate?
MARY
I fear not a relapse. I have to God
Devoted both my hatred and my love.
MELVIL
Well, then, prepare thee to receive my Lords
Of Leicester and of Burleigh. They are here.
SCENE VIII
Enter BURLEIGH, LEICESTER, and PAULET.
[LEICESTER remains in the background, without raising his eyes; BURLEIGH, who remarks his confusion, steps between him and the QUEEN.
BURLEIGH
I come, my Lady Stuart, to receive
Your last commands and wishes.
MARY
Thanks, my lord.
BURLEIGH
It is the pleasure of my royal mistress
That nothing reasonable be denied you.
MARY
My will, my lord, declares my last desires;
I've placed it in the hand of Sir Amias,
And humbly beg that it may be fulfilled.
PAULET
You may rely on this.
MARY
I beg that all
My servants unmolested may return
To France, or Scotland, as their wishes lead.
The Lord will judge.
MELVIL
Thou mountest, then, satisfied
Of thy own innocence, the fatal scaffold?
MARY
God suffers me in mercy to atone,
By undeserved death, my youth's transgressions.
MELVIL (making over her the sign of the cross)
Go, then, and expiate them all by death;
Sink a devoted victim on the altar,
Thus shall thy blood atone the blood thou'st spilt.
From female frailty were derived thy faults,
Free from the weakness of mortality,
The spotless spirit seeks the blest abodes.
Now, then, by the authority which God
Hath unto me committed, I absolve thee
From all thy sins; be as thy faith thy welfare!
[He gives her the host.
Receive the body which for thee was offered —
[He takes the cup which stands upon the table, consecrates it with silent prayer, then presents it to her; she hesitates to take it, and makes signs to him to withdraw it.
Receive the blood which for thy sins was shed,
Receive it; 'tis allowed thee by the pope
To exercise in death the highest office
Of kings, the holy office of the priesthood.
[She takes the cup.
And as thou now, in this his earthly body
Hast held with God mysterious communion,
So may'st thou henceforth, in his realm of joy,
Where sin no more exists, nor tears of woe,
A fair, transfigured spirit, join thyself
Forever with the Godhead, and forever.
[He sets down the cup; hearing a noise, he covers his head, and goes to the door;
MARY remains in silent devotion on her knees.
MELVIL (returning)
A painful conflict is in store for thee.
Feel'st thou within thee strength enough to smother
Each impulse of malignity and hate?
MARY
I fear not a relapse. I have to God
Devoted both my hatred and my love.
MELVIL
Well, then, prepare thee to receive my Lords
Of Leicester and of Burleigh. They are here.
SCENE VIII
Enter BURLEIGH, LEICESTER, and PAULET.
[LEICESTER remains in the background, without raising his eyes; BURLEIGH, who remarks his confusion, steps between him and the QUEEN.
BURLEIGH
I come, my Lady Stuart, to receive
Your last commands and wishes.
MARY
Thanks, my lord.
BURLEIGH
It is the pleasure of my royal mistress
That nothing reasonable be denied you.
MARY
My will, my lord, declares my last desires;
I've placed it in the hand of Sir Amias,
And humbly beg that it may be fulfilled.
PAULET
You may rely on this.
MARY
I beg that all
My servants unmolested may return
To France, or Scotland, as their wishes lead.
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