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English: At 2am on Wednesday 8 February 1587, Mary Queen of Scots picked up her pen for the last time. Her execution on the block at Fotheringhay Castle was a mere six hours away when she wrote this letter. It is addressed to Henri III of France, brother of her first husband.

As well as the https://digital.nls.uk/mqs/trans1.html, Mary's last written words are available here in a https://digital.nls.uk/mqs/trans1.html. You can also read the historical background to this letter.

The letter is part of the https://digital.nls.uk/mqs/ . (NLS reference: Adv.MS.54.1.1)
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Camera location52° 31′ 35.22″ N, 0° 26′ 18.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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