Before Elizabeth had her beheaded, Mary, Queen of Scots, a devout Christian and loyal Catholic to the end — as well as mother of James I (inspiration for the King James Bible) — composed the following prayer
(this is Swinburne’s translation from the Latin that Her Maiesty composed it in)
O Lord my God, I have trusted in thee; O Jesu, my dearest one, now set me free. In prison’s oppression, in sorrow’s obsession, I weary for thee.
With sighing and crying, bowed down as dying, I adore thee, I implore thee, set me free!
Discussion
No comments for “The Prayer Of King James’ Mother”