[00:16.32] | chapter 3 Darnley and Riccio |
[00:23.10] | At first I wanted to marry the son of the King of Spain,Don Carlos. |
[00:30.67] | But he was a Catholic, of course, and my Scots lords did not like that. |
[00:39.14] | It was difficult for me, James.I wanted to please myself. |
[00:45.60] | I wanted to please my friends and family in France and to please my people,too. |
[00:54.00] | And then there was the Queen of England. |
[00:59.63] | At first I wanted very much to be friends with Elizabeth. |
[01:05.70] | We wrote many letters,and talked about a meeting—a meeting between two sister Queens. |
[01:14.91] | Elizabeth wrote to me at this time. |
[01:19.91] | Our two countries need to be friends.You need a husband,I need a friend. |
[01:29.99] | Why not marry my friend Robert Dudley,the Earl of Leicester? |
[01:37.31] | He is a tall,strong man. I think he could be a good husband for you. |
[01:47.07] | I was very angry about this letter. |
[01:51.78] | There were a lot of stories about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley. |
[01:58.14] | They were good friends—he often danced and sang and talked with her. |
[02:06.60] | Sometimes,people said, he stayed in her room all night. |
[02:13.66] | Dudley had a wife, but one day she died very suddenly. |
[02:21.80] | It was an accident—she fell down the stairs, they say. |
[02:29.44] | But then, perhaps she was unhappy, because of her husband and Elizabeth. |
[02:38.40] | ‘And she writes to me about a man like this!'I thought. |
[02:45.11] | ‘She wants him to marry me, because he is her friend—her lover,perhaps! |
[02:52.58] | She wants her lover to be King of Scotland!' |
[02:57.59] | I found a better man than Dudley, James. I found Henry Darnley, your father. |
[03:08.90] | He was nineteen years old, and I was twenty-three. |
[03:15.30] | He was a tall man, with a beautiful face and big green eyes. |
[03:23.00] | He talked and sang well, and I liked dancing with him. |
[03:29.26] | He often wore expensive black clothes, and he laughed a lot when he was with me. |
[03:37.64] | He was very young and friendly, and I felt happy when I was with him. |
[03:44.80] | I liked him very much, and I thought he loved me too. |
[03:52.43] | He was an important man,too. |
[03:56.70] | We were cousins—his grandfather was King of Scots,and his great-grandfather was Henry VII of England. |
[04:10.01] | In July 1565, I married him. |
[04:15.76] | Elizabeth was very angry,and so were a lot of the Scots lords. |
[04:22.79] | My half-brother, the Earl of Moray,tried to stop the marriage. |
[04:30.20] | I had to fight him,and he ran south,to England.But I was happy. |
[04:39.63] | Your father and I laughed, every day. |
[04:43.74] | He was now Henry, King of Scots. |
[04:49.46] | After one or two weeks,the laughter stopped. |
[04:57.21] | A King has a lot of work, James, you know that. |
[05:02.66] | He has to read hundreds of letters,talk to people,and think about a lot of important things. |
[05:12.74] | I did those things,every day.But now,I thought,I had a man to help me. |
[05:22.58] | ‘My lord Henry,'I said.‘Would you like to read all the letters with me? |
[05:29.27] | You can sit next to me, and you can work with me every day.' |
[05:35.92] | Your father looked unhappy.‘ |
[05:40.34] | I'm not interested in work like that,'he said.‘I don't understand it.' |
[05:49.09] | ‘Of course not,'I said.‘You're a young man, my love.But I can teach you.' |
[05:59.03] | For one or two days he sat down with me,and I tried to teach him. |
[06:05.90] | But it was true, he was not interested in the work,and he did not try to understand it. |
[06:17.08] | ‘You do it, Mary,'he said.I'm going out with my friends. |
[06:23.38] | We're going to ride, and drink, and swim.' So I did all the work. |
[06:33.60] | At night,too, he often went out with his friends in the town. |
[06:39.35] | They drank a lot,and laughed and sang,and there were often fights. |
[06:46.59] | But no one said anything,because he was the King, my husband. |
[06:54.75] | What could people say? They were unhappy, but they were afraid of him. |
[07:04.13] | Some of them went to England, to the Earl of Moray. |
[07:11.01] | At this time I was often very tired, because I was pregnant. |
[07:18.03] | You, my son James, were alive inside me. |
[07:24.59] | But I did all the work of a Queen and I needed friends too. |
[07:32.21] | One of these friends was a young Italian, David Riccio. |
[07:39.74] | Riccio was a little man and he was not tall or beautiful or strong. |
[07:50.93] | But he was a very clever, interesting man. |
[07:55.75] | He wrote many of my letters for me, and helped me. |
[08:01.58] | He sang well,too,and I sometimes sang with him in the evenings. |
[08:09.20] | I liked him very much,and at first,your father liked him too. |
[08:18.82] | But then, Moray's friends began to talk about me and Riccio. |
[08:25.17] | ‘David Riccio is in the Queen's rooms every night,'they said to your father. |
[08:32.34] | ‘She laughs and sings and dances with him, my lord—it is not right! |
[08:38.51] | He is not a Scotsman, and he is not her husband. He is always with her.' |
[08:45.93] | Perhaps they said other things,too—I don't know. |
[08:53.89] | A lot of Scots lords listened to them. |
[08:58.35] | But I tell you, James, before God, I did nothing wrong. |
[09:05.94] | David Riccio was a good man. He worked hard,and he helped me—so of course I liked him. |
[09:17.76] | Your father did not work—he went out to the town every night with his friends,and drank.And then one night, your father came home. |
[00:16.32] | chapter 3 Darnley and Riccio |
[00:23.10] | At first I wanted to marry the son of the King of Spain, Don Carlos |
[00:30.67] | But he was a Catholic, of course, and my Scots lords did not like that |
[00:39.14] | It was difficult for me, James I wanted to please myself |
[00:45.60] | I wanted to please my friends and family in France and to please my people, too |
[00:54.00] | And then there was the Queen of England |
[00:59.63] | At first I wanted very much to be friends with Elizabeth |
[01:05.70] | We wrote many letters, and talked about a meeting a meeting between two sister Queens |
[01:14.91] | Elizabeth wrote to me at this time |
[01:19.91] | Our two countries need to be friends You need a husband, I need a friend |
[01:29.99] | Why not marry my friend Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester? |
[01:37.31] | He is a tall, strong man I think he could be a good husband for you |
[01:47.07] | I was very angry about this letter |
[01:51.78] | There were a lot of stories about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley |
[01:58.14] | They were good friends he often danced and sang and talked with her |
[02:06.60] | Sometimes, people said, he stayed in her room all night |
[02:13.66] | Dudley had a wife, but one day she died very suddenly |
[02:21.80] | It was an accident she fell down the stairs, they say |
[02:29.44] | But then, perhaps she was unhappy, because of her husband and Elizabeth |
[02:38.40] | ' And she writes to me about a man like this!' I thought |
[02:45.11] | ' She wants him to marry me, because he is her friend her lover, perhaps! |
[02:52.58] | She wants her lover to be King of Scotland!' |
[02:57.59] | I found a better man than Dudley, James I found Henry Darnley, your father |
[03:08.90] | He was nineteen years old, and I was twenty three |
[03:15.30] | He was a tall man, with a beautiful face and big green eyes |
[03:23.00] | He talked and sang well, and I liked dancing with him |
[03:29.26] | He often wore expensive black clothes, and he laughed a lot when he was with me |
[03:37.64] | He was very young and friendly, and I felt happy when I was with him |
[03:44.80] | I liked him very much, and I thought he loved me too |
[03:52.43] | He was an important man, too |
[03:56.70] | We were cousins his grandfather was King of Scots, and his greatgrandfather was Henry VII of England |
[04:10.01] | In July 1565, I married him |
[04:15.76] | Elizabeth was very angry, and so were a lot of the Scots lords |
[04:22.79] | My half brother, the Earl of Moray, tried to stop the marriage |
[04:30.20] | I had to fight him, and he ran south, to England But I was happy |
[04:39.63] | Your father and I laughed, every day |
[04:43.74] | He was now Henry, King of Scots |
[04:49.46] | After one or two weeks, the laughter stopped |
[04:57.21] | A King has a lot of work, James, you know that |
[05:02.66] | He has to read hundreds of letters, talk to people, and think about a lot of important things |
[05:12.74] | I did those things, every day But now, I thought, I had a man to help me |
[05:22.58] | ' My lord Henry,' I said' Would you like to read all the letters with me? |
[05:29.27] | You can sit next to me, and you can work with me every day' |
[05:35.92] | Your father looked unhappy' |
[05:40.34] | I' m not interested in work like that,' he said' I don' t understand it' |
[05:49.09] | ' Of course not,' I said' You' re a young man, my love But I can teach you' |
[05:59.03] | For one or two days he sat down with me, and I tried to teach him |
[06:05.90] | But it was true, he was not interested in the work, and he did not try to understand it |
[06:17.08] | ' You do it, Mary,' he said I' m going out with my friends |
[06:23.38] | We' re going to ride, and drink, and swim' So I did all the work |
[06:33.60] | At night, too, he often went out with his friends in the town |
[06:39.35] | They drank a lot, and laughed and sang, and there were often fights |
[06:46.59] | But no one said anything, because he was the King, my husband |
[06:54.75] | What could people say? They were unhappy, but they were afraid of him |
[07:04.13] | Some of them went to England, to the Earl of Moray |
[07:11.01] | At this time I was often very tired, because I was pregnant |
[07:18.03] | You, my son James, were alive inside me |
[07:24.59] | But I did all the work of a Queen and I needed friends too |
[07:32.21] | One of these friends was a young Italian, David Riccio |
[07:39.74] | Riccio was a little man and he was not tall or beautiful or strong |
[07:50.93] | But he was a very clever, interesting man |
[07:55.75] | He wrote many of my letters for me, and helped me |
[08:01.58] | He sang well, too, and I sometimes sang with him in the evenings |
[08:09.20] | I liked him very much, and at first, your father liked him too |
[08:18.82] | But then, Moray' s friends began to talk about me and Riccio |
[08:25.17] | ' David Riccio is in the Queen' s rooms every night,' they said to your father |
[08:32.34] | ' She laughs and sings and dances with him, my lord it is not right! |
[08:38.51] | He is not a Scotsman, and he is not her husband He is always with her' |
[08:45.93] | Perhaps they said other things, too I don' t know |
[08:53.89] | A lot of Scots lords listened to them |
[08:58.35] | But I tell you, James, before God, I did nothing wrong |
[09:05.94] | David Riccio was a good man He worked hard, and he helped me so of course I liked him |
[09:17.76] | Your father did not work he went out to the town every night with his friends, and drank And then one night, your father came home |
[00:16.32] | chapter 3 Darnley and Riccio |
[00:23.10] | At first I wanted to marry the son of the King of Spain, Don Carlos |
[00:30.67] | But he was a Catholic, of course, and my Scots lords did not like that |
[00:39.14] | It was difficult for me, James I wanted to please myself |
[00:45.60] | I wanted to please my friends and family in France and to please my people, too |
[00:54.00] | And then there was the Queen of England |
[00:59.63] | At first I wanted very much to be friends with Elizabeth |
[01:05.70] | We wrote many letters, and talked about a meeting a meeting between two sister Queens |
[01:14.91] | Elizabeth wrote to me at this time |
[01:19.91] | Our two countries need to be friends You need a husband, I need a friend |
[01:29.99] | Why not marry my friend Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester? |
[01:37.31] | He is a tall, strong man I think he could be a good husband for you |
[01:47.07] | I was very angry about this letter |
[01:51.78] | There were a lot of stories about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley |
[01:58.14] | They were good friends he often danced and sang and talked with her |
[02:06.60] | Sometimes, people said, he stayed in her room all night |
[02:13.66] | Dudley had a wife, but one day she died very suddenly |
[02:21.80] | It was an accident she fell down the stairs, they say |
[02:29.44] | But then, perhaps she was unhappy, because of her husband and Elizabeth |
[02:38.40] | ' And she writes to me about a man like this!' I thought |
[02:45.11] | ' She wants him to marry me, because he is her friend her lover, perhaps! |
[02:52.58] | She wants her lover to be King of Scotland!' |
[02:57.59] | I found a better man than Dudley, James I found Henry Darnley, your father |
[03:08.90] | He was nineteen years old, and I was twenty three |
[03:15.30] | He was a tall man, with a beautiful face and big green eyes |
[03:23.00] | He talked and sang well, and I liked dancing with him |
[03:29.26] | He often wore expensive black clothes, and he laughed a lot when he was with me |
[03:37.64] | He was very young and friendly, and I felt happy when I was with him |
[03:44.80] | I liked him very much, and I thought he loved me too |
[03:52.43] | He was an important man, too |
[03:56.70] | We were cousins his grandfather was King of Scots, and his greatgrandfather was Henry VII of England |
[04:10.01] | In July 1565, I married him |
[04:15.76] | Elizabeth was very angry, and so were a lot of the Scots lords |
[04:22.79] | My half brother, the Earl of Moray, tried to stop the marriage |
[04:30.20] | I had to fight him, and he ran south, to England But I was happy |
[04:39.63] | Your father and I laughed, every day |
[04:43.74] | He was now Henry, King of Scots |
[04:49.46] | After one or two weeks, the laughter stopped |
[04:57.21] | A King has a lot of work, James, you know that |
[05:02.66] | He has to read hundreds of letters, talk to people, and think about a lot of important things |
[05:12.74] | I did those things, every day But now, I thought, I had a man to help me |
[05:22.58] | ' My lord Henry,' I said' Would you like to read all the letters with me? |
[05:29.27] | You can sit next to me, and you can work with me every day' |
[05:35.92] | Your father looked unhappy' |
[05:40.34] | I' m not interested in work like that,' he said' I don' t understand it' |
[05:49.09] | ' Of course not,' I said' You' re a young man, my love But I can teach you' |
[05:59.03] | For one or two days he sat down with me, and I tried to teach him |
[06:05.90] | But it was true, he was not interested in the work, and he did not try to understand it |
[06:17.08] | ' You do it, Mary,' he said I' m going out with my friends |
[06:23.38] | We' re going to ride, and drink, and swim' So I did all the work |
[06:33.60] | At night, too, he often went out with his friends in the town |
[06:39.35] | They drank a lot, and laughed and sang, and there were often fights |
[06:46.59] | But no one said anything, because he was the King, my husband |
[06:54.75] | What could people say? They were unhappy, but they were afraid of him |
[07:04.13] | Some of them went to England, to the Earl of Moray |
[07:11.01] | At this time I was often very tired, because I was pregnant |
[07:18.03] | You, my son James, were alive inside me |
[07:24.59] | But I did all the work of a Queen and I needed friends too |
[07:32.21] | One of these friends was a young Italian, David Riccio |
[07:39.74] | Riccio was a little man and he was not tall or beautiful or strong |
[07:50.93] | But he was a very clever, interesting man |
[07:55.75] | He wrote many of my letters for me, and helped me |
[08:01.58] | He sang well, too, and I sometimes sang with him in the evenings |
[08:09.20] | I liked him very much, and at first, your father liked him too |
[08:18.82] | But then, Moray' s friends began to talk about me and Riccio |
[08:25.17] | ' David Riccio is in the Queen' s rooms every night,' they said to your father |
[08:32.34] | ' She laughs and sings and dances with him, my lord it is not right! |
[08:38.51] | He is not a Scotsman, and he is not her husband He is always with her' |
[08:45.93] | Perhaps they said other things, too I don' t know |
[08:53.89] | A lot of Scots lords listened to them |
[08:58.35] | But I tell you, James, before God, I did nothing wrong |
[09:05.94] | David Riccio was a good man He worked hard, and he helped me so of course I liked him |
[09:17.76] | Your father did not work he went out to the town every night with his friends, and drank And then one night, your father came home |