#historical!frary

[acciofrary]

I just want more time with you.

He appeared to have no earthly thought but for the pale, fair girl who sat by his pillow weeping. Earnestly he conjured his mother to be kind to her, to love her as a daughter: as earnestly he asked his brothers to promise that she should be a beloved sister to them. "Take care of her for my sake," plead the dying king. - Life of Mary, Queen of Scots by Xavier Donald MacLeod

Toby Regbo and Adelaide Kane in Reign, 3.03 “Extreme Measures”

[halequin]

——“The next December Mary was destined to meet with a much heavier affliction. Her husband, King Francis, in addition to other complaints, had been suffering for some time from pain and disease in the ear. One day, when he was preparing to go out hunting, he was suddenly seized with a fainting fit, and was soon found to be in great danger. He continued some days very ill. He was convinced himself that he could not recover, and began to make arrangements for his approaching end. As he drew near to the close of his life, he was more and more deeply impressed with a sense of Mary's kindness and love. He mourned very much his approaching separation from her. He sent for his mother, Queen Catharine, to come to his bedside, and begged that she would treat Mary kindly, for his sake, after he was gone.” —  Jacob Abbott, Mary Queen of Scots