[145] Conn says that at the conclusion of the reading the Queen, looking at her crucifix, was heard to say, "Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam."
[146] Chantelauze, p. 411. This speech was communicated by Bourgoing to the anonymous author of La Mort de la Royne d'Escosse, Jebb, ii.
[147] "Mr. Dean, Mr. Dean, trouble me not; I am settled and persuaded in the Catholick Roman faith, and mind to spend my blood in defence of it."—See Ashmole MSS., [Appendix], p. [260].
[148] Brantôme.
[149] "She slided off her stool, and kneeling, said divers Latin prayers."—See Tanner MSS., [Appendix], p. [253].
[150] "Whenever she wished to express any vehement passion of her soul in these prayers, every one wept and wailed, seeing her strike her breast with her crucifix of ivory, and this she did very frequently."—Contemporary MSS., Report of Execution.
[151] Teulet, iv. 153.
[152] "She prayed that the Queen's Majesty might long reign peaceably, might prosper and serve God, ... and that the God of heaven would of His goodness avert His plagues from this silly island; ... that He would receive her soul into His heavenly hand."—Contemporary MSS., f. 175 b.
[153] See Tanner MSS., [Appendix], [253].
[154] "Her meditations ended, she arose and kissed her two gentlewomen, and bowed her body towards her men, and charged them to commend her to her sweet son, to whom she sent her blessing, with promise to pray for him in heaven, and lastly to salute her friends wheresoever."—Contemporary MSS.